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[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Anney.

I'm not a property manager - I was just going back through the threads and saw no-one had responded, was gonna bump it but I thought I'd say something as well

First off, I'd be complaining LOUDLY about your property manager - all that damage would've been there when they did their last inspection, and would've been fairly obvious as well. They must be somewhat liable I would think, KWIM??

With the benchtops and cabinetry, I work for a cabinetmaker and I can tell you, it would take a LOT of water to warp the kitchen cabinets, as they are generally made out of a fairly water resistant material, particularly if it was MR MDF. They do this because the cabinets are obviously going to get some water on them, and you don't want them warping straight away. Honestly, I don't know what kind of daily activity would cause cabinets to warp like you're describing, so I'd be asking what the hell they were doing!!

Also the benchtops should've withstood a certain amount of abuse, but if they're putting pots straight from the oven/stove on the tops and leaving them, and doing this consistently, then yes it'll cause the damage you described. I've said all this to show you that it must've been consistent, regular abuse, not just a one off, KWIM?

It might be an idea to find out where they go to school if they're overseas students - you'd be surprised how much influence some of the schools have. A lot of overseas students are on scholarships from their government to come over here, and any whiff of bad behaviour on their bad gets them in a LOT of trouble. I would be contacting the school and seeing if there's anything they can do, such as notifying the parents, if they think it will help.

PM me if I can help - I hope this has helped somewhat, and I hope there is a property manager on here!

[BeautifulMadness]

not beign a property manager either but having delt with them and am renter.

You'd get keep the bond as they as suppose to leave it in the condition it was in when they moved in.
Complain to the estate agent abotu the pm and ask them why you're hosue was left the way it was when they had done an inspection not a few weeks ago.

im not sure abt the insurence bit tho, might take some looking into

i wish u alot of luck

[anney]

thanks ladies. Having a negotiation session tomorrow as we have put in claim to VCAT for $8000 from them. Hope we get something. It is very annoying as I actually blame the agents as much as the tenants but we have to be nice to the agents

[Footsteps]

just wondering whats happened hun...im shocked xxx

[luna moth]

It is very annoying as I actually blame the agents as much as the tenants but we have to be nice to the agents

You don't *have* to be nice to the agents. You can change, or threaten to change. Last place we rented in Melbourne, the landlord changed agents; we hadn't been inspected for 18 months, we never returned the condition report (we thought we'd wait for a reminder call, but it never came) and they were charging waaay less than market value for our place - basically, they were terrible from a landlord's perspective. SO the landlord changed to a different one.

Good luck!!

[anney]

Hi ladies, thanks for all your advice. We got our bond back ($1500) and $2500 compensation so not enough to cover the damage but we decided just to settle for that. As for the agents - well that is a whole other story. My DH had been doing some work for them and then they decided not to pay him (as they felt they had done a great job getting the compensation for us). they are so dodgy and sadly are the type of people that give agents a bad name.