tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post7651454228902327470..comments2023-10-16T01:20:58.847+11:00Comments on The BROWN COUCH: New renting laws coming soongobnathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10888173139712703092noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-64211687386078874162013-09-11T12:53:55.472+10:002013-09-11T12:53:55.472+10:00Re:Terminating fixed term agreements – Giving noti...Re:Terminating fixed term agreements – Giving notice - Owner's Right, Agent's Liability<br />'Tenants will no longer have to give their own notice of termination if they want to move out before a termination date given by the landlord.' <br />Question:<br />If Tenant move out before Termination Day, Agent did not notice Owner that the investment property already vacant, is Owner Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-62941296393895258172012-01-16T13:59:45.635+11:002012-01-16T13:59:45.635+11:00Hello everyone...
Apologies, I haven't delved...Hello everyone...<br /><br />Apologies, I haven't delved this far back into the Brown Couch for too long (and we've since enabled an alert so we know when people leave comments on our older posts!).<br /><br />There are many questions posted here that can't really be properly answered in the comments field of the Brown Couch. If you are interested in the sort of information raised Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-34978746104674213002011-12-09T17:31:01.774+11:002011-12-09T17:31:01.774+11:00Comment above said that pets remain allowed in the...Comment above said that pets remain allowed in the current legislation, is that correct? <br /><br />There is so much confusion about this. Some state that the clause real estate agents add in re no pets is not legal because it's not in keeping w NSW Legislation. <br /><br />Yet CTTT are evicting people every day for owning a pet in private house even when there are no complaints or Louise in Sydneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-19597228366440388842011-08-10T16:22:02.622+10:002011-08-10T16:22:02.622+10:00Hi again all...
Apologies for not getting back he...Hi again all...<br /><br />Apologies for not getting back here sooner. All requests for tenancy advice should be directed to your local Tenants' Advice & Advocacy Service (see www.tenants.org.au for details).<br /><br />We will consider the question from 'Sean Reynolds' above for a future Brown Couch post.<br /><br />Regards,<br />N.C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-86684884414245257472011-06-02T18:33:19.230+10:002011-06-02T18:33:19.230+10:00How long are we suppose to wait until we want som...How long are we suppose to wait until we want some thing done that is cockcrouches in the kitchen, i have tried every thing my place is spotless and clean this is taking 2months now. Can we put nails in to put pictures up and hang curtains up to keep it warm here just pointless having heating on .I have kept a record of the times i have contacted the realestate,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-17479118089463220072011-04-05T23:25:22.332+10:002011-04-05T23:25:22.332+10:00If ex partner leaves the property as court order t...If ex partner leaves the property as court order to move out which was over three years ago ..... how to remove his name from the tenent agreement ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-71759158572894996982011-03-14T15:50:01.716+11:002011-03-14T15:50:01.716+11:00Re: fee free rent payments.
I was just trying to ...Re: fee free rent payments.<br /><br />I was just trying to find more information about this - has it come into effect, and how will it work? Should I expect my landlord/real estate to let me know what my new fee free rent option will be, or should I be approaching them about what they're doing about it? thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-16826777458032909142011-02-04T10:36:57.314+11:002011-02-04T10:36:57.314+11:00Giving notice
Tenants will no longer have to give...Giving notice<br /><br />Tenants will no longer have to give their own notice of termination if they want to move out before a termination date given by the landlord. This will save tenants the burden of having to pay double rent for longer than is absolutely necessary, and will allow a great deal more flexibility in timing relocations than the current law provides for.<br /><br /> The rule aboveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-46285819702620683622011-01-23T13:22:20.185+11:002011-01-23T13:22:20.185+11:00'Rent increases
The Tribunal will no longer d...'Rent increases<br /><br />The Tribunal will no longer distinguish between primary and secondary considerations when looking at excessive rent increases - comparable market rents will be just one of several factors for the Tribunal to look into. The flip side is that affordability is to be expressly ruled out as a consideration."<br /><br />Brown Couch, what are the terms here? what areHousing Affordabilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091467840417793857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-70261620490517617532010-11-24T16:07:01.404+11:002010-11-24T16:07:01.404+11:00To the first anonymous comment - please see the la...To the first anonymous comment - please see the later entry on the Brown Couch about the proposed regulation and the standard form agreement. The issue of pets and leases is discussed. http://tunswblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/light-globes-pets-and-regs.html<br /><br />To the third anonymous comment - the TU accepts that, if a landlord wants to move in to the property, that should be a "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-50113859798951560882010-11-07T21:49:48.830+11:002010-11-07T21:49:48.830+11:00As a long term tenant, I can't see why the own...As a long term tenant, I can't see why the owner of a house SHOULD have to give a reason for termination. It is their property and wishing to move into to it or what have you at any time is their right as a owner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-79607600309122315072010-10-11T18:13:05.862+11:002010-10-11T18:13:05.862+11:00My landlord who lives next door to me has given me...My landlord who lives next door to me has given me " no grounds termiation" and I know it is relaitaion. we had a falling out about small little thing. <br />And I am told I can't do a thing about it. How unfair is that. I you are fired from your job because the boss doesn't like you, what is the diffence here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-20145450824350454352010-09-22T15:07:34.327+10:002010-09-22T15:07:34.327+10:00Pets REMAIN allowed in the new legislation, yet pe...Pets REMAIN allowed in the new legislation, yet people accept 'no pets' as law just because the Real Estate Institute creates a 'lease form' and adds extra things that are not in the law, like 'no pets'. What will tenants nsw do about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com