JMG79 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Hi, Come back to the forum once agin because we really need some advice. We moved out last week and have just submited an application for a property, not what we wanted but it is within our budget. At the viewing we noticed that the property looked neglected, nothing like in the pictures on the internet. At the viewing we spoke to the management agent who said it ws a break lease as the current tenants wanted to move out. I stated would a property inspection be done before we moved in if we were successful, as I noticed quite a few things wrong with the property, i.e. cracked window, dirty walls, carpets etc. they said no they would just send us some paperwork, which they had to by law within 7 days of us moving in, and we had 14 days to highlight any issues. on things that we thought were not up to scratch. Is this correct, i thought an inspection should be done by the agent prior to us moving in? because its a break lease does this mean we could be liabl for any damage caused by the previous tenants, though i have specified the dates on the application we would be staying from and to? any advice info would be mutch appriciated as im sure there will be others in the same boat thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 The break lease makes no difference. However, I would be a bit concerned about an agent that hadn't made some effort to get the place in good order before you viewed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm not sure, but I think it does leave you wide open to being held accountable for others damage. If you have 14 days, I would take pictures of everything that it wrong with the property and email them to the agent as proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Hi,Come back to the forum once agin because we really need some advice. We moved out last week and have just submited an application for a property, not what we wanted but it is within our budget. At the viewing we noticed that the property looked neglected, nothing like in the pictures on the internet. At the viewing we spoke to the management agent who said it ws a break lease as the current tenants wanted to move out. I stated would a property inspection be done before we moved in if we were successful, as I noticed quite a few things wrong with the property, i.e. cracked window, dirty walls, carpets etc. they said no they would just send us some paperwork, which they had to by law within 7 days of us moving in, and we had 14 days to highlight any issues. on things that we thought were not up to scratch. Is this correct, i thought an inspection should be done by the agent prior to us moving in? because its a break lease does this mean we could be liabl for any damage caused by the previous tenants, though i have specified the dates on the application we would be staying from and to? any advice info would be mutch appriciated as im sure there will be others in the same boat thanks You can haggle with rents nowadays. There are over 8000 vacant properties in Perth, so don't be afraid to make a reasonable offer, and you may get a nicer place in your price range. You shouldn't need to live in sub standard accommodation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Keep looking, you will find a nicer house, the dump I am renting in Clarkson had a "Property Report" which must have been written ten years ago when the house was new, nothing on the report matched the house, when we made millions of comments and took a gizzilion photos and sent the report back to the agent, they called us and came around to "compare" what we had written to the property report, they agreed with us and left, bet they still havnt updated the report, we took the house as we were struggling to find a large dog friendly house and only for 6 months while we built. If you do take it, comment on the property report and take photos, you have 14 days to get the report back to the agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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