Hello all, We rented out IP out at the end of feb. We hired a PM from a well know company. The last rent we received from the tenants was the 23rd of march, so we havent received anything for a month and a bit. We got a letter from the pm saying that they have issued the tenants a form 2 2 weeks ago. We called her and she said that she was on holidays and was unaware that the tenants were that far behind in rent. We were not happy with this, considering we have to put in for the mortgage repayments on this property.
Anyhow she has tried calling, door knocking, smsing, ect and has no response. So issued a form 7 and was waiting to hear about a tribunal date. We rang the tribunal and they told us the date was set for May 6th. We still talk with our old neighbor and she said the tenants were packing up all their stuff the other day. We went by there yesterday and the place is now vacant. At least there is no hearing now. My wife spoke to the PM yesterday and she said the place would be advertised on the net monday and we stated that we wanted to have an open next sat and get tenants in asap. She said that she couldnt hold an open on the saturday, as she doesnt work saturdays WTF? She continued on said that if we wanted to have the house open, we could hold an open ourselves, we said that would be no problem and we wouldnt be paying another 2.2 wks rent considering the house was only rented for 2 months., she said that was fine.
That just got us thinking, what the hell are paying this lady for? We are seriously considering dumping this pm, as we are only on a "ongoing contract with them", and doing it ourselves. It cant be that much work, I think it may be advantageous to actually meet the future tenants and choose the "right ones". The only thing we would have to do is pay the PM for the advertising this week right? Is there anything else I have missed? I found a pdf on this site for applications forms. Ron has posted a link to the OCBA, regarding all the forms for residential tenacies.
Can anyone else offer any advice opinions on this situation?
Thanks alot
whippee
BTW, this is our first and only IP ATM
Anyhow she has tried calling, door knocking, smsing, ect and has no response. So issued a form 7 and was waiting to hear about a tribunal date. We rang the tribunal and they told us the date was set for May 6th. We still talk with our old neighbor and she said the tenants were packing up all their stuff the other day. We went by there yesterday and the place is now vacant. At least there is no hearing now. My wife spoke to the PM yesterday and she said the place would be advertised on the net monday and we stated that we wanted to have an open next sat and get tenants in asap. She said that she couldnt hold an open on the saturday, as she doesnt work saturdays WTF? She continued on said that if we wanted to have the house open, we could hold an open ourselves, we said that would be no problem and we wouldnt be paying another 2.2 wks rent considering the house was only rented for 2 months., she said that was fine.
That just got us thinking, what the hell are paying this lady for? We are seriously considering dumping this pm, as we are only on a "ongoing contract with them", and doing it ourselves. It cant be that much work, I think it may be advantageous to actually meet the future tenants and choose the "right ones". The only thing we would have to do is pay the PM for the advertising this week right? Is there anything else I have missed? I found a pdf on this site for applications forms. Ron has posted a link to the OCBA, regarding all the forms for residential tenacies.
Can anyone else offer any advice opinions on this situation?
Thanks alot
whippee
BTW, this is our first and only IP ATM