Termites

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Marty, I think jjj needs to hire you to defend her case. She can't lose !!

Sorry to hear of your predicament jjj, never heard of it over here but we don't have your nasty termites either. Stick to your guns and take the advice thats been given, it seems good. I'd be having second thoughts about sticking with the same landlord ... or ask him to keep your bond over for the next property. Might stump him.

[Colin_Fraser]

You may laugh but this is how I have always been protected from termites.
In the vegetable garden, plant a rose bush on one end of the bed. Not one of those standard roses but a real bushy one.
The rose will attract aphids pretty quick and ants (little black ones). Not only will the ants eat the aphids, they love to eat termites.
Anyone with an ant problem and sets ant baits or spray to kill them, is only inviting termites instead.

[Forgey (Paula)]

We didn't out bond back when we moved a few years ago.
The owners claimed that the lawns needed re mowing yet they didn't do a inspection till 2 weeks later, and the there was a crack in the bathroom sink that was there when we moved in and they wanted to fix that.
When we moved they renovated the unit and put new carpet down and new paint job.
They did the same thing to the people in the unit beside us, used the bond money to renovate.
We had been there 7 years.

[CometGuy]

This is what is great about this group, ask any question and your likely to get some excellent advice! Best of luck jjj, hope you suceed in squashing their bluff.

Terry

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Cheers Geoff, you always come up trumps.

I've been got at myself before by the Real Estate Agents Of Darkness

Glad to pitch in here with all the other good info and advice.

Cheers

[GrahamL]

Sorry to hear of your troubles JJJ, If I'm reading this right the
owner/s of the property you used to live at was happy enough with the
ongoing buisness arrangement you had with them
(through there agent ) to let you lease another property they own ?

I wonder if the hassle your having now is more to do with there agents poor property management than anything you have done ,particularly
if there absent landords or are completely reliant on the agent to fully manage all aspects of there properties . In my experiance of 30 years of renting , (, ) most poperty owners are pretty reasonable one on one , I have very mixed experiances with property managers though , the most common reaction to any interaction with them is an almost complete reluctance to undertake any preventitive work on the properties they manage .

As your still tied up in this exersise for now would it be possible to get the contact details of the owner arrange a meeting with them ... and there agent to try and mediate some sort of outcome ?... I'd at least ask to maybe glean some sort of idea whos really on your case ,somtimes it isn't the owner at all , sometimes its both.

good luck

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Hmm, this particular realo is notorious in this town. I've not spoken to anyone who has a good word to say about them. The stories I'm hearing from previous tenants are terrible. My new neighbors were harrassed about a single hair left in the bathroom sink. I kid you not. The woman who manages the properties.... A b@$ch is the mildest word I've heard to describe her.


Thanks for all the great advise everyone.