You've got an emergency and you can't get hold of your property manager or landlord... what do you do? Firstly, is the repair urgent? The Consumer Affairs website lists certain situations as urgent repairs, such as: burst water service eg. a…
With rents stagnating throughout the country, landlords who decide to save a few bucks on maintenance could end up turning their investment properties into rental deathtraps. The biggest insurance claims made by landlords according to Terri Scheer Insurance is for loss…
If you could sign a rental lease for a decade, would you? And – more importantly – should you? These questions are being asked by Victoria’s State Government via a rental industry proposal currently on the table. The proposal is investigating…
Victoria's tenants union has called for changes to the state’s tenancy laws that would allow people to keep pets in rental homes without needing approval from their landlords. In a submission to the Residential Tenancies Act Review, announced by the Victorian…
One third of all Victorian renters are not getting their bond back in full, and few exercise their right to lodge an appeal. Over 90 per cent of applications to the residential tenancies division of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal – excluding those from the director…
Tents pitched on a balcony and in the corner of a living room are being advertised to renters from $390 a month in one of the more outrageous signs of Melbourne's desperate rental market. The listings were posted on two…