Hi Andy, yup agree with GGB. It is firstly a police matter.
Get the neighbours to call the police each and every time the tenant disturbs the peace. The tenant will probably act defiantly, until the third time the police are called......when they'll summarily rip it up him.
In my experience it is absolutely imperative neighbours don't get into acts of vigilantism. Just get them to call the police every time.
As for eviction, you can only follow the legal process.....which may cost you 4-8 weeks of rent if the tenant doesn't want to cooperate.
The main occupiers in the block are Asian's who seem reluctant to call the police. From day one (first brought to my attention) I have mentioned to the other residents (Chairman of BC) that the police should be called and the job number recorded. So far I have not received one of these reference numbers but they did then turn around and complain to the strata who wrote a letter to both myself(PM) and the tenant.
In the Strata letter there was a threat of a $500-$700 fine, not sure as never actually saw the letter. Also not sure whether the BC can actually level a fee or whether it actually referes to a police fine.
As mentioned we ( PM and myself) were trying to shortcut any delays by placing them immediately elsewhere but unfortunately that hasn't eventuated.
Following is an extract from the latest email from one of the residents (not the chairman)after I made the mistake of asking the Chairman to email me details of my tenants offenses.
"I send you this message at 2.50 in the night to complain again about your tenants at unit 20 as it is impossible to sleep because of them and my sleeping night is gone. It is every night they do the same thing with the noise laughihg and shouting they do on the balcony. It is not only them who live here, there are others who come here too, is kind of coming and going like at the disco.
I don't know who these people are who have not the least of considration for other people's comfort.
As the owner of the unit I live in am I to be controlled by tenants and I have no rights at all and only they have rights to do whatever they like without being responsible to anybody ?.
That is when you have monsters, neighbours from hell you have not the right whatsoever to silence and quiet in the night so you can sleep like other people ?.
For me personally this has become a serious issue and I don't know what I am going to do about it but I am forced to start to investigate about it because I need to sleep in the night, I can't sleep in the day like them.
From what I have talked with other people here they are affected just like me, but nobody complains, only me".
As I have mentioned these people have been advised to lodge complaints with the police including the gentleman who sent the email. As far as I know the police have only turned up one time.
The vigilante thing has already happened where the chairman (lives next door) has had his door kick after warning them out of the pool so no doubt there is a bit of a seige mentality happening. My tenants are of ilander extraction who do tend to have the one talks around, so I don't doubt the complaints which is why we are eveicting them.
I have been the soft target in as far that they prefer to complain to me rather than calling the police and actually getting involved.
Cheers