So owner has 'right' to have 2 opens per week no more than an hour long during the last 21 days of tenancy
I've given 28 day notice to vacate
What recommendations do you suggest to prevent inspections?
An obvious one is to forewarn the property manager that you will advise any & all prospective people inspecting of what a poor landlord you had & how bad your experience was
I don't care for future 'references' because I won't ever be renting again
New energy stocks utterly obliterate the property market, so no danger of that
I'm sort of new to this, do we heat up the popcorn now or is it during the 'consequences???? but how??????' post?
Doesn’t sound like a rational thing to do.
You can't prevent or hinder open but nothing stopping you from filling your house with questionable artwork/furnishings?
How entitled and selfish. There is ground to push back for excessive viewing but this, man, d!ickmove.
I think we have to wonder what has happened for OP to feel this way and I'd guess that their experience with the landlord/agent has been pretty horrid to want to do this. Consider what would have to occurred for you to want to actually be vindictive or difficult.
Probably just annoyed they have to now move house before their lease was scheduled to end.
Moving house costs $$ and is a lot of time and energy.
Yes, you're right.
I will detail it after I move out
Declare yourself a work from home nudist? Should keep most of them away.
“Accidentally” put on the fridge “DIY Termite Removal” instructions
“Accidentally” put on the fridge “DIY Termite cockroach Removal” instructions
Regardless if you are tenant or landlord. Isn't it something that people have signed onto being a landlord / tenant? It isn't like it is an ambush. People who don't play nice ruin it for everyone. More regulation means more complaining from both sides.
Fair point. Governments shouldn't have written it into law - it sorta shows where their personal bread is buttered…
To quote Drakesy below:
"I think it's BS that tenants should have to put up with strangers being able to walk through your property, touch their stuff and you being asked to vacate at certain times.
You paid to rent the place, not pay to have people interrupt you.
FWIW i've had friends where their TV and a couple of other things was damaged/broken during one of these only for the agent to say where's the proof it wasn't broken before."
You paid to rent the place, not pay to have people interrupt you.
Depends on whether you went for a rental inspection while there is tenants in place. You think people want to walk through people's homes. If you haven't noticed there is a rental shortage.
Just because you never expect to be renting again you think you'll be a pain on the way out. But then never say never.
You could always give notice after you move out but I guess you really want to get every last cent. I can imagine you are a hit at dinner parties because you eat all the food.
"you'll be a pain on the way out"
Particularly for this landlord. & then some. 'Payback's a b**** mofo'
Effing delicious!
Particularly for this landlord. & then some
If the landlord was a problem then it is news to all of us.
I don't know about everyone else but this
'Payback's a b**** mofo'
Doesn't exactly come across that you are being an adult about anything.
@Boogerman: Don't worry you'll learn to regret it.
What goes around comes around. It just isn't obvious because it isn't really direct like you punch someone in the face and they punch you back. It is like paying it forward. Happens for bad stuff too. It just ripples out and it will come back to you.
@netjock: LOL. Sky fairy belief in a different dress. Watch the French movie ‘Irreversible’ for a whack of reality to the lies you tell yourself of ‘karma’, so as to assuage cognitive dissonance.
Warning - don’t watch if you have a weak stomach.
@Boogerman: Don't worry I didn't read it after movie. I've had enough. People who take (or quote) life lessons from movies is just wasting people's time. Seems like you are on here to just entertain yourself or finding an echo chamber.
@netjock: You don't put a lot of effort into your thinking, do you?
The irony of stating "Don't worry you'll learn to regret it." "What goes around comes around." "It just ripples out and it will come back to you." while not even bothering to consider the situation, let alone even understand the quotation I made from another poster.
Ugh.
You don't put a lot of effort into your thinking, do you?
Of course not. I just let people post forum topics and basically thank people who write stuff they like. The echo chamber.
What recommendations do you suggest to prevent inspections?
What would you get out of trying to sabotage their next source of income? Put yourself in the landlord's shoes for a second. It's actually nice to be a decent human being! Besides, you agreed to these inspections when you signed your lease agreement. If you "help out" by keeping things clean etc, they could rent it out after the first inspection and you'll be left alone after that!
(I'm not a landlord and I rented for about 10 years before).
OP is the type of guest that would take a dump on your carpets if they never expect to be back.
No idea that by doing that it just means there will be bad messaging spread down the line and make other tenant's life worse.
I’m a landlord and I’m fair with my rent increases, having only increased it twice in 6 years… we are exceptionally clean tenants where we are renting, and we were just slogged with a 15% rent increase (75/wk more). And when we tried to negotiate, the bitch landlord wanted a 30% increase. They want $690/wk for an outer-city 2 bed unit and negotiations have taken a month, lease ends in 4 weeks and we have little chance of finding a place in that time. And we still don’t have a lease. The uncertainty over the last month has led my partner and I to having multiple panic attacks and me to contemplating self harm again because it feels so unjust to me
So I am trying to figure out how I can destroy their ability to get new tenants when we eventually move out. I work from home so will be home during all inspections. I want to do whatever I can, without having any financial penalty, to get back at them for being (profanity). I wonder if I can switch all the power off and inform them they cannot use our electricity to show tenants the place. Or put a few penises or stinky objects around the house like some rotten eggs and just put them out when they come. Also thinking of putting our current rent and experience on a poster for prospective tenants.
We also won’t be cleaning or tidying up for any inspections if we remain, it was left to us in a filthy state, broken glass, blood on the carpets, cat litter in the shower, all on the entry condition.
in this rental market u can be a drug den and people will still rent!
Bad landlord? Move on and let it go, revenge while sweet is a waste of time and energy.
Week 1: You test positive
Week 2: Your wife/partner tests positive
You want to get it over asap tell them sweet lies
Bravo! You win Ozbargain this week!
:)
I have never won anything before ;-)
Landlord has 21 days so that is not enough. Week 3: kids test positive
If you breach your agreement they can throw you out early. Also if you're ending a fixed lease early, they can keep charging you rent if they fail to lease it out to someone new.
Also, don't be a (profanity) and don't nuke bridges from orbit just because you've decided you're never renting again. You might regret this massively in 5 years.
xCAT hearing AND order within 28 days…. Nup.
Read the OP…Nup.
BYO Durian
I love durian!
Not very Australian to kick someone in the guts. Hope karma catch you OP.
I'd hazard that the gut kicking has been in OPs direction from the property manager for a considerable period. Only self defence to kick back.
Have a 'dinner party' the night before and accidentally leave everything out.
I think it's BS that tenants should have to put up with strangers being able to walk through your property, touch their stuff and you being asked to vacate at certain times.
You paid to rent the place, not pay to have people interrupt you.
FWIW i've had friends where their TV and a couple of other things was damaged/broken during one of these only for the agent to say where's the proof it wasn't broken before.
I’ve seen your various comments over time Drakesy. You & me are like minded & would get along pretty well
Answer is in the username I guess…
Bikies!!
I'm assuming the landlord or REA haven't done you any favours so you are looking for a bit of payback.
Unfortunately, your best bet is to make the first open house as good as possible, so they find someone on the first go and don't need multiple open houses.
OR
You make it more worthwhile for the REA to do the inspections after you move out rather than with you in the house. Decline any requests for the open house, ask for last-minute changes to the open time, hold a party at the same time, play loud music or watch a loud movie while the inspection is happening. Hey, even have printouts of a small blurb of your experience with the landlord and stand next to the REA and hand one to each person that comes in
Don't know what state you're in but in vic anyway, renters are now obliged to be paid for the inconvenience of sales inspections. If it's just a rental inspection the best you can do is "encourage them" to delay (i believe).
just hope that in future that you wont be a landlord with tenants