Good people like Burbs & kathryn d and Almost Bob and a bunch of other good folk on here (like skater and handyandy) are the true "learned fellows" who live a breathe this stuff every day with a huge gaggle of residential Tenants.
I suppose Consumer Protection (and its equivalent in every state), the legislature, AND all the members of judiciary and law reform commissions have gotten it completely wrong.
You're blowin' hot smoke up the wrong chimney chief.
- Clowns at Consumer Protection
- Pollies up behind the Barracks Arch
- Judges
- Law Reform Commissioners
Chuck all those "learned fellows" into a pot, up end them and give 'em a shake up, I reckon you'd be lucky to have 5 or 6 residential Landlords amongst the lot of 'em. Further, I reckon they'd all be single IP owners with PMs paid to do everything at percentages (in WA at least) over 20% of the pitiful levels of gross rent collected. They'd have bugger all working knowledge of what the "on-the-ground consequences are".
They'd all have the same response as you do now ;
- I don't exactly understand what you mean
- its hardly a deterrence anyway
- I'll be honest and say I don't have an answer for that
- I have literally never heard of an actual landlord being....
- I don't even understand what exactly the complaint is here.
Mate, you're such a babe in the woods.....you literally have no clue about this business do ya ?? A tenancy advocate perhaps, but still no clue about the real world troubles facing a Landlord. But then, you don't need to concern yourself with any of that nonsense - your cash isn't at risk. Pip pip, tally ho, case closed, nothing to do with me, I'm alright Jack.
I note no-one yet has enquired whether you actually own any property. I won't embarrass you either.
They must be all idiots and clearly don't know jack about what the law should be
.....not at all.....but that wasn't the subject. That's a slant you placed on it cos you're a lawyer and you feel comfortable with these at arms length individuals who never deal with non-paying violent grots....all the while wrecking your investment, not paying a cent.....with a Bank breathing down your neck with security swinging over your head.
When you drive from your Irwin St chambers back to leafy Peppy Grove every day in your Jaguar, you don't really ever come into contact with the struggling single Mum with 4 kids out in Gosnells who tries to defend the home against hubby when he gets released from prison and comes around and smashes the windows and doors at 3am.
You, thatbum, literally sir, are waaay out of your depth discussing this subject with monumentally experienced and practical landlords like that listed at the top of the post.