Sunday, March 29, 2009

Rental bond problems

After I spent 9 hours cleaning the rental property the real estate has sent me a list of issues:
- window tracks not clean enough
- a few patches of floor not sufficiently cleaned
- fly screens not sufficiently cleaned
- ceiling fans dusty
- light fitting not sufficiently cleaned
- laundry tub and shelf dusty

I am livid but have decided that I am taking the moral high ground. I could rush around and get angry, but really what's the point. We're never going back to the slum and I told the real estate so.

I told her to organise a cleaner and that it shouldn't cost more than $150 and that we anticipate she won't dock rent. Ultimately, I don't care anymore. It's money we didn't have anyway. Hopefully we get at least $500 back so I can get my motorbike repaired.

I did call it a slum to her. And I mentioned that I wish that I'd checked the Residential Tenancies Act while we'd lived there because she failed to keep the house in good repair.

Oh well - live and learn. That's why we own our home and don't rent. Let the slum lord continue on her way - karma is a bitch!

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