Hi All,
I would really appreciate your feedback on how to best evict my current tenant who is abusive when drunk and how to resolve my issues with my rental house.
I manage my own rental property and rent them out by room to 6 people, each with individual lease and lodge the bond with RTA. Most of them are long term tenant 1-2 years and no trouble.
One of them who has been there nearly 1.5 years and he pays rent on time but the only problem is he does not get a long with other tenants and when he is drunk, he is very hard to deal with.
Today i had been called over to settle the issue with loud music he turned on last night when he was drunk, he came out and very aggressive with other tenants and threaten to hit one person, threw ice cubes over another person, so i called the police.
I will speak to the abusive tenant tomorrow when he is sober and will ask him to leave. Not sure how it would turn out but i would like him to leave immediately ( as i read the RTA website: immediately if the tenant cause danger to another person) or given he has been there a while to give him 1 week-2 weeks notice so he can find another place. I would prefer him to leave immediately but not sure how he would take it.
i think i have few issues to deal with:
1. Manage the property myself: time consuming however the house is hardly ever vacant (3%) and add about $$6-8k more than renting the whole house via agent which helps my cashflow significantly.
2. I rent the house by room:
-issues with Council (might be illegal ? as i rent to 5-6 unrelated people - not students, all professionals/workers)
- bank do not want to revaluate to release equity and they might consider it commercial lending rate or low LVR.
- issues with insurance: as i understand now i will need to buy specialised insurance as the normal LL insurance won't be enough to cover.
The solutions i can think of to get around the issues are:
Option1: Still rent the house by the room but :
1. Contact the Fire safety consultant to make the place complied to Council requirements, thank you to our forum member for the contact details.
2. Get all the tenants to sign one single lease to get around bank lending
3.Buy specialised insurance.
Option2: rent the whole house out via agent
At this moment i find it very hard to be persistent as there are a lot of obstacles, i guess that is part of life, i just have to deal with it one at a time.
Thank you all for sharing your experience and providing advice and support.
Much appreciated.
Anne
I would really appreciate your feedback on how to best evict my current tenant who is abusive when drunk and how to resolve my issues with my rental house.
I manage my own rental property and rent them out by room to 6 people, each with individual lease and lodge the bond with RTA. Most of them are long term tenant 1-2 years and no trouble.
One of them who has been there nearly 1.5 years and he pays rent on time but the only problem is he does not get a long with other tenants and when he is drunk, he is very hard to deal with.
Today i had been called over to settle the issue with loud music he turned on last night when he was drunk, he came out and very aggressive with other tenants and threaten to hit one person, threw ice cubes over another person, so i called the police.
I will speak to the abusive tenant tomorrow when he is sober and will ask him to leave. Not sure how it would turn out but i would like him to leave immediately ( as i read the RTA website: immediately if the tenant cause danger to another person) or given he has been there a while to give him 1 week-2 weeks notice so he can find another place. I would prefer him to leave immediately but not sure how he would take it.
i think i have few issues to deal with:
1. Manage the property myself: time consuming however the house is hardly ever vacant (3%) and add about $$6-8k more than renting the whole house via agent which helps my cashflow significantly.
2. I rent the house by room:
-issues with Council (might be illegal ? as i rent to 5-6 unrelated people - not students, all professionals/workers)
- bank do not want to revaluate to release equity and they might consider it commercial lending rate or low LVR.
- issues with insurance: as i understand now i will need to buy specialised insurance as the normal LL insurance won't be enough to cover.
The solutions i can think of to get around the issues are:
Option1: Still rent the house by the room but :
1. Contact the Fire safety consultant to make the place complied to Council requirements, thank you to our forum member for the contact details.
2. Get all the tenants to sign one single lease to get around bank lending
3.Buy specialised insurance.
Option2: rent the whole house out via agent
At this moment i find it very hard to be persistent as there are a lot of obstacles, i guess that is part of life, i just have to deal with it one at a time.
Thank you all for sharing your experience and providing advice and support.
Much appreciated.
Anne