Signs Your Landlord/Landlady is Going to Sell
June 19th 2011 21:00
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Having been forced to move due to the owner selling, I have noticed there are some warning signs.
“You can even write your own book,” said Fred. “You’re an expert at it.”
For those of you who rent out there, there are two simple signs that the owner is going to sell:
1. You don’t get a letter advising you the rent is about to go up
2. The owner stops carrying out repairs
In my third and latest case, the owner had stopped carrying out repairs during the Xmas season. I had put it down to the obvious: that everyone was on holidays. When there were no repairs in January, I had put it down to my landlady maxing out her credit card during the holiday season and was now paying it off. Come March and there were still no repairs, it was time to ask the property manager, especially when my old unit upstairs was now available for rent. Hey, if I had to move, at least I could apply for my old unit and still stay in my current building which is not only beautiful but quiet. Not only that, my old unit had just been sold to an investor so it would be extremely unlikely that they would be selling in the short term.
In response, Angelo told me she had been thinking about selling. “But that was before you moved in,” he said, trying not to get me to panic. Not that that mattered. The fact she had even considered it implied it could still happen.
And in April I got the letter that every tenant dreads. By this stage, number 15 had already been snapped up and there were no signs anyone else was going to move out. And in a building where the rent is reasonable and the neighbours tend to be good, who can blame them for wanting to stay put?
“I’m so tired of being forced to move because the owner is selling,” I whined to Fred. “It wouldn’t be so bad if it was once every couple of years but every year?”
“Some people are cursed,” said the receptionist at Richardson & Wrench when I asked her to forward my application to the property manager. “I get people who constantly have to move because the owner is selling and then I get others who stay in a place for years.” The place I was applying for was a lot more expensive than my current one but it was in a company title building. For those of you in the dark about property titles, it means if I was successful, I would have to go for an interview with the owners corporation. That means good neighbours which equals no loud parties which suits me fine.
No wonder Brett has moved back home with Mummy and Daddy and seems to be in no hurry to move out. I would do it myself if it wasn’t for the fact my parents live three hours away from Sydney.
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Beastly bad luck for you and I am so sorry.
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