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I wonder why the agent refuses or have not done anything after 3 weeks. Since it is indeed an illegal act to do, you could try asking your daughter to speak to the agent again and bring up the issue of illegal staying. The agent could be in cahoots for all we know. Bringing up the issue of illegal staying could push the agent to do something about the issue.
Yes, I think your landlord could be evading some taxes too since she does not want to have any black and white agreement with any tenants. You could be living with no rental problems or issues with living conditions as of today, but since there is no legal agreement, you could be evaded at any particular time too. You should really seek a more definite answer through your landlord herself before the worst case scenario happens. As for your parcel, try reporting to the post office and see what their response is. For all we know, your landlord might still have the parcel with her.
I agree that there are indeed pros and cons to not having to engage an agent. You obviously get to save on fees but when unwanted scenarios crop up (which they often do), you would wish you had spent that little sum for an agent. They can help you settle any feud that might happen between tenants and landlords especially concerning rental arrears. They have direct contact with the relevant authority so they know which channel to go to, to help solve your problems which you otherwise would have been left in a jeopardy.
I think with the notice period given of a month is an ample amount of time for the tenant to prepare the necessary arrangement. If you have work or are just unable to be present on that particular service date, then it should be your responsibility to arrange an alternative. You could have a family member or a friend open the door for you instead of being charged another call out fee. Or discuss an alternative with the owner like have him/her come down to your flat on that particular date as a favour or a mutual agreement.
This is excellent news I should think. I can just imagine people having to deal with a new bunch of hooligans every week coming in and out of the premises like that. You’d think that people would be more decent when they come renting homes that belong to other people, or at least to the neighbours of the place that they’re renting. Well. This is what happens when they don’t, and we’re all happy that there’s an actual enforceable ruling for it now.
it’s excellent that you have the records on hand! I should hope that more people are more diligent about the records that they have for the homes that they’ve stayed in, what with pictures and stuff. Whether or not it involves claiming money back from their landlord or whatever, being that on the ball with what’s going on will only help both parties to figure out the proper recourse in due time. So good on you!
I should think that you’d have more sway if the tree was damaging part of your property as I’ve read on a similar thread somewhere here. Then you might be able to go after management to do something about it before it further causes damage to your home. Otherwise, (again from what I’ve read), chances are that the management might just leave things until it gets worse because there are other issues that funds need to be directed towards. Good luck sorting things out though!
first off I’m sorry to hear things have gotten complicated like this. I’m just wondering if all of this could have been avoided if the terms and conditions for repairs could have been outlined before purchase of the property since the damage was noticed before finalising the sale? If so, what could have been done and how specific would one need to be in order to make sure that the lines are extremely clear on who actually needs to pay for what?
I should think that there are a fair bit of issues with regards to the building because of the increase of living space and obviously the building codes and all of that that you’ll need to get approvals for. So you’d definitely need to find out who the relevant bodies are (council, construction/builders, etc) so that you can go to them and put through your proposal for your extensions before you get things done. I’m no expert, but I would play it safe and make sure that everything is all green-lighted by everyone especially if the extension is going to be a permanent fixture to the building going forward.
I honestly don’t see how someone flying a drone could be constituted as an offence actually. I suppose that the real estate agent should have asked for permission, but it could just as easily have been a tenant of the building playing with their toys outside the building. How are you going to segregate the differences between the two without having a confrontation between yourself and the “perpetrator”. I don’t think that it really warrants any actions unless someone was actually hurt, but I suppose you could put in a future preventative clause if you’re really worried about it now…
In addition to all the replies here, best to give the guy who’s got his fridge plugged in some sufficient warning. Just to be nice, of course. At the end of the day, that guy’s got stuff in there that might cost a pretty penny or whatever and far be it for you to protect your vested interest when it comes to the illicit use of your power only to get a lawyer’s letter about damage of this guy’s “property” when everything in the fridge goes bad!
I honestly don’t think the family is going to do anything about their pets even when their applications are disapproved unless some action is going to be formally taken against them to ensure that they aren’t allowed to flout the rules after the judgement has been passed. Perhaps you should inform the owner of the apartment about the behaviour of his tenants (not that he would be able to do much about it) and perhaps he’ll get the hint enough to do something more stringent about how he screen his potential tenants.
Thanks for sharing the information on this. Seems like in most places the rules and regulations having pets in a building would be pretty much drawn up in detail so that there can be no question about how you are and are not supposed to be handling your “additional family members” when it comes to having animals in your home! Seems a little stringent when it comes to an approval process though! Almost as much work as it is to adopt or buy the pet to begin with if you ask me!