It is obviously an attempt at money grabbing - especially if they are in financial distress. Don't pay it. If it does come to something take it to the tribunal then.
hi mel. im so sorry that your going through this. take them to a tribunal you would not be breaking the lease early if they weren't selling!!! any tribunal would side with you totally. unbelievable some people. huge hugs hun, this is the last thing you need atm. xox
Can you find anything saying their selling on the net or in the paper hon? take photo's of everything that is WRONG with the place and along with anything to PROVE that they are selling go to the realestate and threaten to go to the tribunual and see what happens. Tell them that they have one week to sya yes otherwise you will be going above their heads.
that is just utter ****!!! no wonder I have never rented!
That sux. We're going to tribunal first week in February due to our old real estate being money hungry and wanting some of our bond.. nothing wrong with the house.. not getting a cent from us without a fight!
Do you have anything in writing saying they agreed to you both breaking the lease due to mutual agreement? If you go to tribunal, that is something you will really need. But i would probably just call the Office Of Fair Trading/Bond Board first and see what your rights are, what you will need etc. Have you moved yet?
Im sorry if someone here is an agent... but real estate agents can be real A holes. Ive dealt with some nice ones, but alot are money hungry on a power trip. They dont care that it is your life theyre messing around with.
We had problems with our last rental and the re adn the owner. My advice would be to send emails to the real estate agent try and ask questions or whatever you can to get him/her to actually say or agree to all the terms that have already been discussed. Basically what I mean is try to get the re agent to confirm in writing what you have already discussed so that you have proof...without him/her knowing what you are doing.
Real estate agents can say one thing to your face and do another after, I have ppersonally seen this with a similar situation that went through tribunal. What save us was I made sure all conversation etc was by email so I had proof.
The re might have a lot to gain by lying, the owner is their client they could get in trouble with their boss, maybe even lose their job etc etc.
Maybe call the tenancy ppl in tassie and talk to them not telling them your address etd if you just want advice without gving anythign away.
But I say definitely fight, you are in the right and have done more than you need to, you have bought a property to suit them for goodness sake!! And they wanted you to move out early. What horrible ppl they are being
Nah Maz, I've just got the word of a real estate agent to say that they are selling - which isn't probably worth much.. LOL. so they haven't actually put it on the net or anything, I think they preferred to wait until we were out before putting it on the net (easier to sell an empty house than one with tenants making a mess in it and having to organise people looking through it with my life I suppose!) and now of course, they would just rather take our money instead of being bothered with getting new people in and hey, actually having to farkin fix something
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
for going through this!
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