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From: Will G
I currently have bathroom people renovating the bathroom in my IP and got a verbal agreement (between my agent and tenant) to reduce the rent by $30 per week while the renovations are being done.
3 days into the renovation the agent calls me up and tells me about a letter the tenant has written saying that they are not very happy having to use the bath and wanted me to either charge no rent for the time the shower wasn't in use; find them alternate accommodation for this time or threaten to take me to a 'tribunal'.
I wasn't happy to hear this and caused me some grief.
I got the agent to call the tenant and ask them to suggest an appropriate rent during the renovation time. They have suggested paying $120/week rather than $200. I have accepted this to avoid further trouble
Can anybody suggest what my legal requirements as a Landlord are during such renovations ? (IP in the ACT - standard rental agreement)
I currently have bathroom people renovating the bathroom in my IP and got a verbal agreement (between my agent and tenant) to reduce the rent by $30 per week while the renovations are being done.
3 days into the renovation the agent calls me up and tells me about a letter the tenant has written saying that they are not very happy having to use the bath and wanted me to either charge no rent for the time the shower wasn't in use; find them alternate accommodation for this time or threaten to take me to a 'tribunal'.
I wasn't happy to hear this and caused me some grief.
I got the agent to call the tenant and ask them to suggest an appropriate rent during the renovation time. They have suggested paying $120/week rather than $200. I have accepted this to avoid further trouble
Can anybody suggest what my legal requirements as a Landlord are during such renovations ? (IP in the ACT - standard rental agreement)
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