Are you able to go there yourself and talk to the managers in person? If so refuse to leave until you speak to someone and something is done

I'm no broker but i agree with Jamie, what you have is the lazy approach. Happened to me a couple months ago. Luckily for me the information on this forum stopped me going ahead with what my broker suggested.

Can I ask why nobody recommends a financial advisor on this forum? I was about to go see one.

Makes you wonder how we survived without the internet?

As a tradie, if someone wants a quick cheap fix i don’t bother. 6 months time someone gets hurt and they end up blaming you. Do it properly from the start or dont bother. At the end of the day someone lost there life to save a couple hundred

Double dipping is a good way of putting it Derek

There should be a site where you can name and shame individuals / companies that rip you off.

Not common at all opee. Most they should be taking is one weeks rent at the start of the agreement

You would think the carpenter would have some if not most of the blame. Should have fixed it properly. If the job seemed to difficult for what its worth he shouldn’t have touched it at all.

Thanks Derek, must have missed it

I’d be changing the pm. 2 months is too long in my book.

would love to know the most affordable suburbs for Melbourne in a 20Km radius of the CBD

I think your pretty safe. Carnlea would be more of a risk. I know people that live in that suburb that have been told not to plant any crop as the soil could contain lead.

Hi zan, would you mind telling us which suburb you are from? I think you might live near me and also heard the same

Giving out presents to tenants is a good idea but you wouldn’t want to become mates. Makes it harder if things go pear shape later on.

How does one do all the necessary checks so this doesn’t happen to them in the future?

Derek, couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s easy to blame someone else then yourself.

I'm at 15??  I Feel like Paris Hilton – do nothing yet still rank highly. TerryW must be spewing.

Thanks Terry, that’s what I needed to know.

Terry, when you say substantially renovated properties, how renovated do they have to be to start paying gst? If crows was to rent the property for say a year or two would the gst be exempt?