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  • Property Management Agents in Melbourne

    I would like to discuss who are the best and worst performing Property Management Agents in Melbourne as experienced by the Landlords and Tenants who are the consumers of their services.  Recently I have had a very bad experience with Andrews Corporation of Melbourne.  After approximately 2 years of attempts at mediation and rapidly ...
    Posted to This is what happened to me... (Forum) by BearBait on July 18, 2009
  • Tough Going For Northern Territory Tenants

    OPINIONby Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au   Below is the slightly edited text of an email and attachment I received this week from a very distressed Darwin couple. I have referred them to local solicitors for legal advice, and to a television current affairs programme. ''Dear Mr. Tim ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on July 5, 2009
  • Real case happened to me about the property agent

    I have a real case happening on me that i received a ''Notice of rent increase to tenant/s'' for one year rent starting from August 2008 to August 2009 from a property agent (MI..). However, we want a half year rent so i went to the property agent to ask them to make a half year contact to me again and let me think about it. After that they didn't ...
    Posted to This is what happened to me... (Forum) by man on November 22, 2008
  • Re: Agents scams when renting.

    Hi Margaret.  Not only is there a breach of ethics, but there may also be a breach of the law.  Unfortunately, very few consumers take any real action against estate agents.  I know that the regulating authorities are constantly overwhelmed with reports and complaints, but these are still represent the fraction that could/should be ...
    Posted to This is what happened to me... (Forum) by Peter Mericka on June 18, 2008
  • Laing and Simmons Newtown... Tenants beware

    We have had a number of unsavoury encounters with these guys not only are they unprofessional, unresponsive and incompetent they were actually in breach of the law on several occasions. Here's a few things that happened to us: 1. We were sent a letter by our agents advising us that our rent was going to increase on a fixed term ...
    Posted to This is what happened to me... (Forum) by Harddoneby-Newtown on June 5, 2008
  • Re: How safe is an open house??

    Please don't take this as a criticism Melbev, but why do tenants allow estate agents to show people through properties in their absence?  Estate agents have no right to insist that a tenant be absent during inspections, and theft is a much greater problem than people realise.
    Posted to This is what happened to me... (Forum) by Peter Mericka on June 5, 2008
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