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Never mind 5 years- I bought 18 months ago for $480K, valuation in November was $744KOriginally posted by Alan H
Similarly, I'm sure in five years time, Geoff's property will have increased in value significantly while this little 'disturbance' will be viewed as an insignificant problem of the past.
Originally posted by Alan H
I just went through an eviction and while it was relatively simple compared to this one, it can be a long drawn out process with few winners..........and no matter how crook the tenant, I'm sure I'll never get any pleasure in evicting someone.
Originally posted by geoffw
The family spent several hours packing that stuff up to put into storage. It was without doubt the worst job I have done related to IPs. The lack of cleanliness was pretty bad. The volume of stuff I've already had to move into storage was pretty big- there was a lot of carrying- and I;m still going. And I suspect in 30 days I will have to carry it out into a big skip.
After this experience, I've told the PM that any tenant who pays on time every time gets a week's free rent at Christmas. I'll see if that makes any difference.chupachup said:This subject has been a great read and I've stored away some of the ideas should I ever have the misfortune of needing to deal with a bad tennant. A question I'd like to put to readers of this thread is - What sort of ideas do you have of things that can be done to 'reward' a good tennant, to keep them good and as a way of saying 'thanks for being a good tennant'. EG: installing room aircon for them, giving them a voucher at Coles/Woolies etc.?
geoffw said:After this experience, I've told the PM that any tenant who pays on time every time gets a week's free rent at Christmas. I'll see if that makes any difference.
geoffw said:He was due to have vacated by 5PM today.
PM went over- and found that he had booked himself into hospital- probably partially as a place to stay, partially to avoid getting shifted out, and partially to gain sympathy.
No further rent has been paid, and no more contact has been made with the agent.
As of 5PM, the PM was able to apply for a warrant. This will take 3-4 working days, when the warrant is being served, (about $110), locks changed ($110), furniture moved and stored (cost unknown). I may be able to store it in a storeroom on the premises, but I'm not sure.
Thanks Crest133.crest133 said:Option 2 (gives you time to arrange option 1) arrange appointment with local office of dept of housing for tenant to attend interview, purpose is to request assistance to pay rent to save the tenancy - DOH have criteria allowing them to pay up to 6 weeks rent provided the landlord provides a letter confirming that the tenancy would survive this particular current crisis, and that there is no other rent outstanding.
geoffw said:Thanks Crest133.
I actually had not mentioned that previously. The PM had previously had him bailed out with the DOH option early last year. But instead of using the opportunity to catch up on rent, he got further behind- he had perhaps become used to not paying rent.