So, we moved out of our own house and the agent leased it to a tenant. We got charged $240 for cleaning.
This is a scam, right? The agent's/cleaners win both ways; now and when the tenant moves out and can't keep to the ridiculously high standard of cleanliness the agents expect. Problems included "A mark on a mirror door", "water marks in the laundry sink" and "rubber man (child's toy) stuck to ceiling".
Again, this was us moving out of our own house, now it's rented. No, of course I'm not paying it.
Would you rather them start with a spotless starting point of reference or something that's sorta clean. At least from now on if it's not right you can complain.
Only the first of many bills you will be stuck with.
Not to mention when the tenant falls behind in the rent, remodels the walls, kicks in doors, burns a fish pie in the oven, does a runner, etc.
Oh and it does say "no pets" right 
All the time the agent is slugging u the first weeks rent and about 7% a month.
Yeah agents can be bad. The worse one we had when renting about 10 years ago charged carpet cleaning when we moved out, despite the fact we knew the owners were ripping out the carpet once we left, which the owners did.
We couldn't be bothered fighting it as we moved halfway across the state and had a fair bit of cash after selling our business.
I was overseas renting my house out while on a long honeymoon. Bit of a storm, 3m section of picket fence falls over.
Realo gets ONE quote, won't provide pics or 3 quotes, and the quote is for $2400 unpainted. For 3m of unpainted 1m high picket fence. No, they said, absolutely can't repair existing stuff.
"It's an emergency, tenants have a dog, has to be fixed, just go with our quote!"
Gave the realo 2 fingers, mates went over there and stood the old (nicely painted) section up with a few new droppers, bag o cement, and 4hrs labour.
Cost me $300 for materials (with some change left over) and 2 cartons of xxxx gold.
it's hardly surprising really... real estate agents must be one of the least educated professionals (if you can call them that), and they look after what many would consider their most valuable assets.
So... we're moving into a rental today. 5 floors. One little lift.
Our neighbours, we all discovered this morning, are moving out.
We both rent/rented with the same agency, and both notified the building manager. Neither clicked.
Who should pick up the bill for the extra moving costs? Cause it will take at least twice as long.
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You're on the wrong thread. Go here: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/The-same-people-complain/
tell them they should have rung you before engaging a cleaner, and that the can fark off. and if they dont you will gladly take your business somewhere else, regardless of any agreement, and you will shxt on their doorstop. I threatened a rental agency with shxtting on their doorstop when they wouldn't call a plumber out to fix the shxtter. worked.
