From: Adam Randall
Hi
I posted a couple of months ago about a dodgy landlord wanting to take the entire bond off my girlfriends parents, after they kept the place spotless. I went to the tribunal with them as a witness last week, and was disappointed that the tribunal allocated 80 dollars towards the landlord.
Basically the landlord had no evidence,(had his agent turn up) to backup his case, and my impression was they gave the 80 dollars just to keep everyone happy.
The message to me as a Landlord from the South Australian Residential Tenancy Tribunal is plain and clear. Take every tenant you ever get to the tribunal for the entire bond, and 1 of 2 things will happen:
1) either the tenant won't be bothered disputing, and you will get all the bond.
2)Tenant will dispute the claim, but don't worry we will give you some pocket money for keeping us employed.
This system seems to be set up for greedy, lazy, or unscrupulous people who know how to milk the system on both sides of the fence.
Regards Adam
Hi
I posted a couple of months ago about a dodgy landlord wanting to take the entire bond off my girlfriends parents, after they kept the place spotless. I went to the tribunal with them as a witness last week, and was disappointed that the tribunal allocated 80 dollars towards the landlord.
Basically the landlord had no evidence,(had his agent turn up) to backup his case, and my impression was they gave the 80 dollars just to keep everyone happy.
The message to me as a Landlord from the South Australian Residential Tenancy Tribunal is plain and clear. Take every tenant you ever get to the tribunal for the entire bond, and 1 of 2 things will happen:
1) either the tenant won't be bothered disputing, and you will get all the bond.
2)Tenant will dispute the claim, but don't worry we will give you some pocket money for keeping us employed.
This system seems to be set up for greedy, lazy, or unscrupulous people who know how to milk the system on both sides of the fence.
Regards Adam
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