Subletting debate
What is going on with “ethics” around sub-letting in Melbourne (not sure about other places, lived in Sydney and sub-let there with zero issues)?
What is going on with “ethics” around sub-letting in Melbourne (not sure about other places, lived in Sydney and sub-let there with zero issues)?
This flat in Hawthorn is full of mould. The windows are rotten and the place is filthy. It was last sold in 1987 for $53,900 so I’m assuming it’s owned outright. The block was built in 1959 from what I can find so it’s obviously had zero work done with the original kitchen and bathroom. I looked through the windows (dirty and mouldy) and it’s in a terrible state. Yours for $495 per week.
This might be a weird one, but maybe someone has dealt with a similar issue and has some advice.
So I rent an apartment and the neighbour living next to us runs his exhaust fan almost constantly. We've tried speaking to him and he says he's running it because his 'cat litter smells', so it's not because he's showering lol. I'm talking it's on all day and he has left it on overnight before. Now idk why but this fan creates a really loud hum throughout our entire apartment, especially our bedroom, to the extent that we cannot get to sleep when it's on, and it bothers us when we're just trying to relax in the lounge room. Our own bathroom exhaust doesn't even tune out the noise. We've tried asking him to at least turn it off by midnight so we can sleep, but he often leaves it on past then anyway.
If I press my ear against certain walls at either end of the apartment, I can tell that this humming seems to be traveling through the walls, so closing doors or adding noise insulation likely won't help.
Has anyone else dealt with electrical humming coming from a neighbour's apartment & has some ways to mitigate the noise? I've submitted a noise complaint to the council but I'm concerned I'm going too far & don't want to rock the boat. Just really tired of not being able to relax and/or sleep in our own apartment, especially because IMO he doesn't need to have it running as often as he does.
We're thinking of moving when our lease ends in a couple months because the noise is so unbearable. Any advice appreciated.
Had an inspection recently, we’ve been renting the property for 6 years, and have never had any real issue from the PM or LL end. We’ve had multiple issues from our perspective and some have been fixed but that’s a different story. We’ve had an inspection last week and the PM complained about overgrowth of weeds down the side of the shed. We currently use a gardener to do our lawns/garden maintenance that the REA provided to us.
Looking at the issue, it seems like there’s some random wild silverbeet (I think) growing next to the shed, we didn’t plant this but I guess it’s just taken root and the gardener has decided not to get rid of it? The PM wants us to remove this and do another inspection in 1 week (2 weeks from the original) is this reasonable or can I tell them to essentially FO? We don’t have functioning gardening equipment ourselves anymore (hence using the REA recommended gardener) and both work while having an 8 month old baby so very time poor and also hardly spend time outside this time of year.
Surely this is actually not a real issue and they’re just being arseholes, should I just show them receipts to prove we have a professional gardener once a month and they can take up their issues with with him (I doubt they would actually).
650$ a month in Northcote to live in the communal bathroom separated by some blinds and the back entrance doorway
We've been in the property 4 months. Owner is selling. 1st inspection for sale today and I caught one of the "potential buyers" stealing from a bedroom (I'd set up a cheap camera in the bedroom and lounge room only this morning).
I confronted her and she was completely unfazed. Her excuse was "it's not stealing, I thought the house is empty".
I'm there yelling and swearing at her in the front yard and the 3 agents on site were just standing there and wouldn't give me her details to add to my police report. One of them later admitted he thinks she wasn't registered for the inspection and gave false information, yet they still let her through. Angry is an understatement
Earlier she'd asked the agent if there were any more open homes in the street or an area (Slacks Creek), so keep an eye out for her if you're in the area and your owner is selling.
**EDIT she's been identified this morning through a local crime watch page someone posted the incident to on another platform. Thank you to the people who helped with a name. I was able to look her up and it's 100% her without a doubt. She has a history of criminal offences including serving jail time for serious physical assault. Needless to say, the temporary camera has just become permanent until we move. Her name and photo have been supplied to police and it's now an open investigation.
I have been in property for years, been paying by bank transfer and it’s been fine.
Now I have had multiple emails in two weeks saying “we have moved to Ailo, set up an account”
I sent them two emails saying I do not wish to use Ailo. Today they sent a text message saying “we are now using Ailo”
Snd today an email from Ailo saying “you owe XXX in rent, pay today” when I paid my rent on time and in full last week
Why are they bothering me like this? I have been a tenant for years here and do not appreciate this kinda of pressure
UPDATE: A second email today from Ailo saying my rent is late
Anyone had any problems with Realmark urban they refuse to give me the bond back and I paid for cleaners and carpet cleaners to go over the house and it was spotless no damage
I have finally left my first rental and the rental provider had let us know that we had to pay a departure cleaning fee of $595 the month before our lease ended. Mind you the place is very small with a total of 35m^(2)
We had refused to pay this because the place was already in shit condition. Admittedly the floors seemed clean, but other surfaces like walls, roofs and even some of the furniture (furnished rental) had some big stains, the floor bathroom also had buildup of scum. I know I had taken photos for the condition report but i actually cannot find it in the app it was provided in so I can't confirm how much was shown in the condition report.
I did not tell them that I refused paying until I handed in the keys and immediately started the bond claim, all my experience with this told me that I should not wait for them.
Yesterday we were sent an email informing us that the floor requires vacuuming and steam cleaning and the bench tops require wiping and that we can come back to rectify the issues before 6th july. an exit report was sent despite no email, message or any notification of the inspection happening, they actually cancelled an inspection a week before we handed in the keys.
We weren't informed of ANY professional cleaning having happened and the condition of he place didn't show much evidence of basic cleaning considering the large stains we saw that were removed with a basic wet wipe.
I'm posting this more as a rant but also for any advice particularly since they clearly breached the tenancies act 1997 35(5). I'd love to call VCAT but they're conveniently closed from the moment I received the email and the deadline is on the day they open back up
I am currently on a fixed term lease, and for the past few months there has been a significant leak in our downstairs bathroom (likely due to the bathroom upstairs). It’s caused really bad water damage on the ceiling and mould downstairs, and of course a fear that the downstairs bathroom roof could fall in as the ceiling is squishy lol.
The landlord has had people in to fix the roof on the outside of the house at least because the rain made the leak worse, but the issue has persisted.
Yesterday the landlord and real estate agent came to inspect the leak. The landlord has said that we have two options:
1- He re-waterproofs the upstairs bathroom, cleans up the mould in the downstairs bathroom and paints over it.
2- He ends our tenancy early to fully gut the bathrooms due to the severity of the leak and damage caused.
It seems like the landlord just doesn’t want to be responsible for such a large fix right now and so we have to put up with a bathroom that has a rotting ceiling otherwise we get booted. Is there a way to move out during the renovation period and move back in once it’s fixed? No tradesman was present during the visit yesterday either, so should we get a second opinion?
My wife and I have just moved into a rental property. Bit of background, I don’t make much as an apprentice and she currently doesn’t work and receives no centre link income. Somehow we were accepted for a rental and I applied for the Victorian housing bond loan to help us move in.
They accepted the application and the real estate were happy with it too. Turns out it somewhere, somehow was cancelled. I tried calling them a few times and only ever got through once. The lady on the other end was very unhelpful so I hung up.
At this moment, the real estate doesn’t know it’s been cancelled. All I want to know is what should I do? What will the real estate do once the lease is up? I know they’ll want it or evict us if they find out before hand. But I doubt they will if they haven’t for over a month
Having been involved in thousands of end-of-lease cleans across NSW and ACT, I’ve seen firsthand exactly what property managers look for during final inspections.
If you are moving out soon and trying to secure your full bond back, these are the top 5 areas that consistently get flagged and lead to claims:
For those DIYing their exit clean, focus heavily on these five spots. If anyone has questions about what standard agents usually expect for specific fixtures, ask away and I'll do my best to answer based on what I see pass or fail inspections daily.
I had my second baby 12 days ago so yesterday I had a home visit from the Maternal Child Health Nurse, she told me she's seeing more and more clients who don't have any heating at all in their rentals or who are not using their heaters due to the cost of living. She saw a 10 day old baby in the appointment before us who is living in a rental without heating and the landlord has no intention of providing heating and the family is too scared of eviction to push back on the LL again.
This shouldn't be happening in 2026 in a country like Australia but it is and its heartbreaking. I'm holding my baby and thinking of all the little babies and kids living without heating right now.
I'm not sure why I received this email, but thought it was absolutely repugnant. The sender is a Private Wealth Manager (or something to that effect).
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Doco trailer on the originator of the landlord special as an artform.
Can’t even mention property value can go down without mods deleting your post lol!
Also feel free to comment here on their post about shitrentals:
My moron landlord came onto the property unauthorised with a tradesmen to try have work done because hes trying to do dodgy insurance stuff from the sounds of things. Have it on ring camera, abused them and will now breach them. Not asking for advice, just thought it would be a funny story for you all.
I would totally do this to my current owner for all the shit he’s caused us if I was a petty person 😆😆