Hi all,
I couldn't recover my old username but I used to post heavily on here eons ago (3 years ago now).
Anywho here's the quick outline of the situation to save you time. BTW, I know this is a forum skewed towards owners and PMs and I like that as I want to be in the owner camp myself:
OK, so here's the issue. First off, she should have known that the transfer wouldn't work. I trusted her experience as a PM when she recommended this course of action. So she's either doing something malicious or she's incompetent. Whenever I have those options I assume incompetence.
Secondly, she wants to summarily increase the bond amount right off the bat. No conversation, no consultation.
Then it's straight to 'we need to hurry' and 'do it ASAP'.
My perspective is this: if she had got the paperwork right the first time we wouldn't be in this mess so don't put the pressure on me to hurry. Secondly, not only is she unapologetic about creating this situation but to crank up the bond without conversation or discussion is, at the least, just plain rude.
So, a room has opened up close to where I live and I wouldn't need to sign a lease.
Question: Does the tenancy agreement only take affect once I move in or am I bound to it now? (deep down I think I know the answer, just want confirmation).
More interesting question (and try, I mean really try, to put yourself in the tenant's shoes for just a moment here): How would you deal with a PM that starts trying be a dictator about things instead of showing some empathy and being reasonable with their tenants?
Thanks in advance for the feedback.
I couldn't recover my old username but I used to post heavily on here eons ago (3 years ago now).
Anywho here's the quick outline of the situation to save you time. BTW, I know this is a forum skewed towards owners and PMs and I like that as I want to be in the owner camp myself:
- I was subletting from my flatmate and then he got a job offer in Burma and moved at short notice. I haven't been on the lease. The lease had been for 6 months but became month-month. This happened around 16-20 Dec sometime (can't remember exact date).
- Have found two consecutive tenants. First was for two weeks. Second just moved in right after the first.
- I decided to take over the lease, hoping it would stay month-to-month. Landlord said it had to be a new lease with a six month period (I now realise I could have gone on as another person on the lease and then removed my old flatmate and potentially avoiding the six month period. I can see why the PM didn't want that and I only figured out this option afterwards. Fair enough, I don't like it but she's doing her job and representing her landlord. I'll be wiser next time.
- We agreed to do a bond transfer and then I would sort out the money with my old flatmate. The bond would be $1560 (approx) as that was 4 weeks rent when it was signed originally (a while ago I'm guessing).
- I managed to get the bond transfer paperwork signed by my old flatmate just before he left. Everything was pretty tight time-wise.
- Today I get an email from the landlord that the bond transfer was disapproved because I wasn't on previous lease. She said we need to do a new bond and now it's $1800. The email basically said 'Here's the new amount, pay it ASAP'.
- The tenancy agreement I signed begins on the 17th of January.
OK, so here's the issue. First off, she should have known that the transfer wouldn't work. I trusted her experience as a PM when she recommended this course of action. So she's either doing something malicious or she's incompetent. Whenever I have those options I assume incompetence.
Secondly, she wants to summarily increase the bond amount right off the bat. No conversation, no consultation.
Then it's straight to 'we need to hurry' and 'do it ASAP'.
My perspective is this: if she had got the paperwork right the first time we wouldn't be in this mess so don't put the pressure on me to hurry. Secondly, not only is she unapologetic about creating this situation but to crank up the bond without conversation or discussion is, at the least, just plain rude.
So, a room has opened up close to where I live and I wouldn't need to sign a lease.
Question: Does the tenancy agreement only take affect once I move in or am I bound to it now? (deep down I think I know the answer, just want confirmation).
More interesting question (and try, I mean really try, to put yourself in the tenant's shoes for just a moment here): How would you deal with a PM that starts trying be a dictator about things instead of showing some empathy and being reasonable with their tenants?
Thanks in advance for the feedback.