Less than a fortnight after the property was tenanted, property manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA sends me an email;
“The tenant has informed me that crackling noises are coming from the power point in the main bedroom when plugging any appliances in. Also light/fan to dining is blinks and switches off after a while. Can I send an electrician.”
They send a second email replying to my request for a quote for the work;
“The approximate amount is $350 + GST, just to replace a power point is $140 + GST, just to buy a fan is also approximately $130. Labour is $99 per hour. But the approximate amount to do the job is $350+ GST”
Expensive, I thought, luckily I had a relative that I could use to perform the repairs.
Strangely, in the same emails, LJ Hooker Belmont WA informs me the tenant does not have a front door key, that’s interesting as section 5.3.8 of the Exclusive Management Authority for Residential Premises Terms and Conditions, states “the agent will arrange for any device or keys to the Premises to be provided to the Tenant for the purposes of entering the Premises”. Odd that I was informed this after the tenant had already signed the lease, maybe a backdoor key was all that was required.
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