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Stupid inspections...
Topic Started: Apr 13 2011, 07:34:57 PM (881 Views)
TerritorianTori	Apr 15 2011, 02:36:56 PM Post #21
It couldn't happen here Posts: 4,859 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: Feb 14, 2007 I come from... Rio Grande Valley, Texas I now live in... Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia	Wow, katze, that's...crazy. I don't think I've ever had an inspection where they commented on the state of my house. And believe me, my house can be pretty bad... What usually happens is that the property manager comes over, we talk about whatever needs fixing, and she's out of there in five minutes. Wham bam. We also have guidelines for maintaining the premises, but they're along the lines of keeping the aircon filters clean, brushing down the ceiling fans, cobwebs, gardening, stuff like that. I hope you have a better experience in your new place!
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AmbroseChick	Apr 15 2011, 03:16:58 PM Post #22
True Blue Mate Posts: 1,381 Group: Members** Member #3,498 Joined: Jan 25, 2010 I come from... Washington State I now live in... Gold Coast QLD I'm planning to move to... nowhere I am happy to be a banana bender	Oh dear... lets not talk about how the landlords/rental companies fleece tenants out of their bond... very sore subject with me and others.
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Kuningan	Apr 15 2011, 04:39:55 PM Post #23
True Blue Mate Posts: 160 Group: Members** Member #4,059 Joined: Oct 20, 2010 I come from... mostly Texas I now live in... Perth I'm planning to move to... we're staying here as long as we can	My tactic now (because I'm apparently a small minded and petty human ;-) ) is to always have something that they need to address on the inspection sheet. In Jan it was a large crack between the tiles in the shower which water could have leaked behind. Two weeks ago it was the "service required" light on the aircon unit. Our unit is relatively new, very expensive, and considered very high end but it is as cheap and poorly made as anything I've ever seen. One of the shower heads is looking crappy and I was thinking "uh-oh" about the bond. And then I was in Bunnings and saw that the fixture is the absolute cheapest shower head on sale - $19.95. When we move if they hit us up for anything I'm totally going down and pricing every item at Bunnings.



ORDMARK	Jun 16 2011, 02:42:38 PM Post #24
Anklebiter Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #4,708 Joined: Jun 16, 2011 I come from... Fort Lauderdale, FL I now live in... Chicago, IL I'm planning to move to... Sydney, NSW	I have a different sort of story about the dredded inspections. When I last lived in Sydney, it was fifteen (15) years ago. I shared a two bedroom apartment at One Darling Harbour with a friend of mine who was a doctor (I am an accountant). Our rent was $675 per week, which was always paid timely. When we rented the apartment, we only dealt with the real estate agent and never met the owner. At the renewal of the lease, the owner wanted to do an inspection of the apartment. Neither of us was available for the inspection, so we left it to the real estate agent to show her through. The apartment was spotless and fully furnished by us with leather furniture, fine wood wall units, an eight seat dining table on the balcony overlooking Darling Harbour, etc. I guess we must have forgotten to "de-gay" the apartment, as after the inspection we got a call from the estate agent saying that she did not want to renew the lease with us because she wanted to have a family living in the apartment. I only hope that things have changed for my return to Sydney in the next three months.



southerncross116	Jun 16 2011, 06:52:22 PM Post #25
Anklebiter Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 18, 2007	My tips are - when you move in, list everything you can see that is wrong, don't think they wont query it at the end - eg, we had 'oh dear, there is dust on the top of the ceiling fan, guess you'll pay for cleaning that !" But to the person moving out, check your lease for the required notice and make sure you give it exactly how they want it ..



AmbroseChick	Jun 16 2011, 11:03:34 PM Post #26
True Blue Mate Posts: 1,381 Group: Members** Member #3,498 Joined: Jan 25, 2010 I come from... Washington State I now live in... Gold Coast QLD I'm planning to move to... nowhere I am happy to be a banana bender	ORDMARK Jun 16 2011, 02:42:38 PM I only hope that things have changed for my return to Sydney in the next three months. I hope so too... that is absolutely disgusting how you were treated and it pisses me off that people can be so stupidly narrow minded.
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SanDiablo	Jun 17 2011, 09:40:59 AM Post #27
True Blue Mate Posts: 1,002 Group: Members** Member #280 Joined: May 1, 2007	I get quarterly inspections and my agent constantly makes snarky comments about my housekeeping including the state of the surface of my desk and whther or not I have unpacked my boxes! Fuck you, Buddy. Must be nice to still have your mom cleaning up after you!
	"I'll try anything twice."


OptoChick	Jun 17 2011, 12:20:40 PM Post #28
Chinwagger Posts: 84 Group: Members* Member #4,050 Joined: Oct 18, 2010 I come from... Orange Couny, California I now live in... Melbourne I'm planning to move to... back to the OC in a few years	Wow Ordmark, that's horrible. They are so prejudiced that they'd rather have a family than two professionals renting their house???



beckagator	Jun 17 2011, 02:05:27 PM Post #29
True Blue Mate Posts: 313 Group: Members** Member #3,897 Joined: Aug 17, 2010 I come from... The Land of Dixie I now live in... much farther south!-yay Melbourne I'm planning to move to... closer into the city	we are coming up to our first inspection, next week. We have never been through one before so I am a little nervous, but I figure this place is much cleaner now than when we first moved in and if they have anything to say about it I will show them the before and after pictures, and I might even mention all the time and energy and money I spent into get the cat urine smell out of the carpet. we live in an old outdated unit and I am more than happy to fix things up-paint, repair, etc. if they let me. I don't like living in squalor, but I know they rented it to us cheap because it needed a lot of work, I am just worried we will fix and clean it up so much they will want to increase our rent!



AmbroseChick	Jun 17 2011, 05:08:02 PM Post #30
True Blue Mate Posts: 1,381 Group: Members** Member #3,498 Joined: Jan 25, 2010 I come from... Washington State I now live in... Gold Coast QLD I'm planning to move to... nowhere I am happy to be a banana bender	Thats a real possibility beck... sorry I'm very cynical about the rental market here...
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crapola	Jun 17 2011, 10:09:55 PM Post #31
True Blue Mate Posts: 716 Group: Members** Member #2,773 Joined: May 21, 2008 I come from... southaussieland I now live in... southaussieland I'm planning to move to... the nearest freezer...	SanDiablo Jun 17 2011, 09:40:59 AM I get quarterly inspections and my agent constantly makes snarky comments about my housekeeping including the state of the surface of my desk and whther or not I have unpacked my boxes! Fuck you, Buddy. Must be nice to still have your mom cleaning up after you! we get that from our crappy agent too. the bitch had the nerve to have a go at me because i had my sewing machine on the kitchen table...



Joshua	Jun 17 2011, 10:37:59 PM Post #32
Yacker Posts: 31 Group: Members* Member #4,702 Joined: Jun 13, 2011 I come from... Seattle I now live in... Sydney	katze Apr 13 2011, 07:34:57 PM I'm so freaking frustrated... So I had a inspection for the townhouse I'm renting today and did all the normal cleaning things this weekend, since I generally don't have time during the week to do much more than dishes. Had arranged a couple weeks ago for one of the kids from church to come do my weeding and other gardening this weekend coming and wasn't able to get him to change, so there were a few weeds coming up but they were all maybe a couple inches off the ground and definitely weren't everywhere so I figured it was fine... Well I get my report back: the floors weren't clean enough for them, weeds were taking over, and all the plant life was getting too tall and turning into trees. I have the strong desire to go back and say that of course the floors weren't perfectly clean cuz I vacuumed 3 days ago and wasn't getting up at 5am this morning to vacuum again since my neighbors wouldn't appreciate it, weeds that are only a couple inches tall aren't taking over and if you come back next week they'll be gone, and all plant life that you claim is too tall was taller than you want me to cut it back to when I moved in and besides why did you plant things like that anyways. So basically I've had it, since this is the second inspection and second report that I've gotten back from them that seems slightly unreasonable. I'm tired of living in a place that needed to be updated about 10 yrs ago... I'm glad my lease is up in 2 months and I'm moving out. Besides I wouldn't mind being closer to work, church, and friends. Ok rant over... I know the feeling. And its so expensive to buy a house here >_< But never the less just smile


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