{"id":40635,"date":"2022-10-26T19:27:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T06:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=40635"},"modified":"2022-10-26T19:27:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T06:27:21","slug":"furious-renter-exposes-dodgy-real-estate-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/furious-renter-exposes-dodgy-real-estate-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Furious renter exposes dodgy real estate agent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Sydney<\/a> tenant has accused a real estate agent of trying to manipulate them into continuing to pay rent for a property despite having moved out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The former tenant, Lee, shared a text exchange with the manager of the property he used to live in, on Reddit.<\/p>\n

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He is one of many Australians sharing their frustration at the renting environment as demand exceeds supply and prices soar.<\/p>\n

The agent told Lee he owed money as the latest rental payment had only covered him for the previous week, but Lee claimed he had always paid in advance on a Monday for the week ahead.<\/p>\n

Lee issued a scathing response.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve only ever paid for the coming week, never the prior one,\u201d he wrote after detailing his last two payments and asking to speak to someone else for assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf required I can provide bank receipts for every single one of these payments but doing your accounting for you isn\u2019t really my job. I\u2019m sure you could understand why I\u2019m not paying an extra week rent for a place I don\u2019t live in anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Texts between the former tenant and property manager. Picture: Reddit \/ u\/lee543<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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In another message Lee added he had already overpaid given the agent wanted rent up until Friday and his routine payments on a Monday meant he had paid for an extra three days.<\/p>\n

Lee told Reddit users the agent was withholding his bond and the dispute had been ongoing for a week.<\/p>\n

Disgruntled fellow renters filled the comments with advice, most commonly that Lee should lodge the bond claim himself through the NSW Government\u2019s Rental Bonds Online portal.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever let the agent lodge the bond claim. It is up to the agent to dispute the bond claim and they have a deadline to do it,\u201d one person said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah always do this, puts the onus on the real estate\/landleech to prove why you don\u2019t deserve it back,\u201d another agreed.<\/p>\n

Others said he should also demand a refund for the extra rent he actually paid.<\/p>\n

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PropTrack: Weekly rental prices, September 2022<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Capital cities<\/strong><\/td>\n$520<\/td>\n10.6%<\/td>\n$460<\/td>\n9.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sydney<\/strong><\/td>\n$640<\/td>\n12.3%<\/td>\n$520<\/td>\n8.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melbourne<\/strong><\/td>\n$460<\/td>\n4.5%<\/td>\n$420<\/td>\n7.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brisbane<\/strong><\/td>\n$525<\/td>\n16.7%<\/td>\n$430<\/td>\n7.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adelaide<\/strong><\/td>\n$480<\/td>\n12.9%<\/td>\n$390<\/td>\n11.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perth<\/strong><\/td>\n$495<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n$420<\/td>\n6.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hobart<\/strong><\/td>\n$540<\/td>\n8%<\/td>\n$450<\/td>\n5.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Darwin<\/strong><\/td>\n$620<\/td>\n6.9%<\/td>\n$500<\/td>\n11.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ACT<\/strong><\/td>\n$690<\/td>\n11.3%<\/td>\n$550<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Australia has witnessed the fastest quarterly rise in rental prices on record from July to September, according to PropTrack\u2019s market insight report.<\/p>\n

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