How to Let Potential Tenants Know of The Noise Issue in The Rented Property on The Market

shinichiduy on 18/01/2017 - 13:54

Hi Guys,

I would like to ask you guys if there are any effective methods to let the potential tenants know of the significant noise issue (from the neighbour) in our previous rented property currently advertised on the market.

A little bit of the background:

We experienced a considerable noise issue in our property. The agent, the landlord and the body corp did not do anything about it and totally ignored our complaints. Thanks god that our lease ended and we moved out. However, we don't want let the issue go unnoticed and don't want the potential subsequent fellow tenants to suffer the noise for another year again.

More info on the noise issue can be found here https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/253010

For any fellow ozbargainers currently/having any friends that are currently looking for property in Kew East Vic 3102, please do not/advise them not to sign any lease and pm me first for the address of our troubled property.

Thanks

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Comments

  • Skramit on 18/01/2017 - 14:15
    +1

    Leave it be. Not your problem any more. You did the right thing by moving out and that's where it should end for you.

    It's tempting to be a hero to 'get back' at your landlord and make it hard for them to rent the property again but suggest you walk away and get on with your life.

    • shinichiduy on 18/01/2017 - 14:43
      +5

      Thanks man. While I understand your point, I also feel guilty not to do anything to let the potential tenants know what they are getting themselves into. Beside, if the agent see that they can get away with this, surely they will keep doing this to others and over the time, more and more tenants will suffer.

      The only way to avoid this is to send a clear message to the them: if you don't resolve the issue satisfactorily, you and the landlord will suffer financially. Only upon received the message clearly, I think, will they get on their arses and do something to actually care about the tenants (and their quality of life).

      • Skramit on 18/01/2017 - 14:57
        -5

        Imagine if everyone who bought a lemon from Holden, made it their mission to stop anyone from buying that type of Holden ever again. They would be forever miserable (and a total headcase). The only solution is to never buy a holden again.

        Because essentially you bought a product (housing) from your landlord and it was a lemon. You've moved out which is the same as no longer buying the product and that's enough.

        Be the bigger man.

        • Domingo on 18/01/2017 - 15:38
          +3

          I feel like that situation is quite different - OP wants to post a warning about a specific property from a specific landlord.

          OP isn't saying avoid a specific real estate agent or even other properties that the same landlord owns, just that in this specific advertised property there is a noise problem that was bad enough to make OP leave once the lease had expired.

        • Skramit on 18/01/2017 - 15:45
          +2

          @Domingo: Fair enough. The essence of my point remains though :P Spending your life worrying about something you can't control after you've done the right thing and move out….. move on :)

    • jellykingdom on 23/01/2017 - 16:01

      Meh. I had issues with my landlord (which is literally why i'm a home owner) and went back to and spoke to the new tenants to warn them about all the sh*t he'd tried to pull

      I think of it as a public service announcement. If the situations were reversed, you'd want to know!

  • holdenmg on 18/01/2017 - 15:12
    -1

    I'd call ACA or Bikies or just let it go…

  • SnoozeAndLose on 18/01/2017 - 15:19

    I think if the noise issue you raise is affecting your health i.e. can not sleep at night… then you can claim the mental lose at well.

    If there is noise did you call police? i heard that if this happen the 2nd time the fine will come, if more than 3 times the tenant will be blacklisted. But this is in NSW.

    I used to live in an unit which next door is AirBnB , every weekend different people are there celebrating for something, I called the police and when police come they said they are celebrating birthday. I have called around 5 times then the unit become tenanted and not longer AirBnB, so I think calling police will work. When you call police you will need to ask for reference number, if they do not come at all you can trace it up too.

  • cypher67 on 18/01/2017 - 15:23
    +1

    You don't really have anything to gain from all this. Everytime they do a showing you could stand out the front with a sign explaining the issue, you will make a few enemies and maybe you saved some people some heartache. But unless you commit to doing it every week someone will slip through. One could argue that the one that does slip through wouldn't have got it if you hadnt done what you did. Accept nothing will change, someone will get screwed and you no longer have to deal with the issue.

  • Gronk on 18/01/2017 - 15:32

    +1 for leave it, had a similar situation at the last property I rented, you're better off just bailing out and not looking back rather than trying to notify prospective tenants.

    I'm not sure if this type of thing would be grounds for being added to a tenant blacklist, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were….

  • spackbace on 18/01/2017 - 15:44

    From the other thread:

    Those happen at anytime during the day from 8am-9pm

    As a family guy, I feel (from reading your other post) that you're overreacting, and definitely overreacting in attempting to stop people from renting there.

    • Euphemistic on 19/01/2017 - 09:12
      -1

      Agree, from the other thread it sounds as though many people wouldn't think it was unreasonable noise in the first place.

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 18/01/2017 - 15:56

    All you really can do is leave it and if you know anyone looking for a place that might be interested in your tell them about it.

    In all honesty if it was something the landlord could of fixed i wouldn't of paid rent until it was sorted though.

    You always here about nightmare tenants but there are just as many nightmare landlords and the only thing you can do as a tenant is not pay rent especially if they have breeched the lease agreement in some way

  • m0b1liz3 on 18/01/2017 - 16:41

    I wish there was a website for this sort of thing. Real estate agents are duplicitous scumbags in general and will rarely warn you about problems with a rental unit. A TripAdvisor equivalent for rentals would be good.

    • shinichiduy on 18/01/2017 - 16:48
      +1

      Yeah, I am thinking of the same but starting a property review website properly seems to take a lot of time (and money) as well. It will definitely be a good long term solution, though. Anyone interested in doing so?

      • m0b1liz3 on 18/01/2017 - 16:58

        Exactly, it is a hassle. I've run into slimey real estate agents several times and ended up renting places that had undisclosed issues. My brother has had an even worse time and he is renting at the higher end of the spectrum.

        It's just one of those things in life. You can do something about it but the amount of effort could be less then the reward. That being said, a TripAdvisor like website for rentals would be good and might even become a successful revenue generating site. I would just be worried the real estate agents would get lawyers and try to shut it down before it gained momentum.

        • shinichiduy on 18/01/2017 - 17:00

          under defamation law perhaps? I am wondering if we just talk about the property and not any agents/landlords in specific, would it be ok then?

        • m0b1liz3 on 18/01/2017 - 17:44

          Not sure. I am just commenting on how business seems to work in Australia. Got a monopoly? Government will help protect it. (ie. Online retail taxes coming soon and removing the 1000 limit for charging duty.)

        • xyee on 26/01/2017 - 19:14

          @shinichiduy: it won't be defamation if it's true

  • djkelly69 on 18/01/2017 - 16:53

    If you really want to do something, you could wait until they advertise the open times and go along and tell people.

    I am in agreement with others though, I would just let it go. Have not read the other thread, but you may have the agent/landlord making claims against you if it costs them tenants and the issue is largely unsubstantiated.

    • shinichiduy on 18/01/2017 - 16:56

      Yes, I am afraid of the legal side as well. However, our contract ends already so I am not sure under which laws they are making the claims. Any ideas??

  • Euphemistic on 19/01/2017 - 09:18
    +1

    Just let it go. Be at peace that you are moving to a more suitable location for yourself. You are talking about noisy kids, not bikies baking meth and playing death metal all night.

  • [Deactivated] on 19/01/2017 - 09:39

    Had similar issues with a few neighbours and landlords and the only way I think to try to help people is to write a warning with spraypaint on the public road directly in front of the driveway so potential tenants can't miss it
    So 'noise' on the road, if there smart they will see
    If not the warning sign may end up becoming longer and bigger each year

  • robertbruce on 19/01/2017 - 11:27
    +1

    send a letter to the new tennants

    • Rifraf on 19/01/2017 - 13:47

      won't they know by then?

      • robertbruce on 23/01/2017 - 11:37

        they won't have known how long it has been going on for and how heartless the landlord really is

  • Expie on 19/01/2017 - 16:21
    +2

    http://www.dontrentme.com/au
    Landlords have ways to list bad tenants, I don't see the problem with having a place to list bad landlords.

    • shinichiduy on 19/01/2017 - 16:24

      This is exactly what tenants need. We need to spread this more so that they can be more helpful to tenants

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