Is there a paranormal activity happening in your Rental property? Or do you just need to change a light bulb!

Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of bad luck. In the Gregorian calendar, this ...

Landlord obligations when selling an investment property

All owners are obligated by the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 (since 1st July 2009) to follow legislation when selling a rental property that has an existing tenant ...

Keys and Locks for Rental Properties

A lessor who is considering renting their property to a prospective tenant must be fully aware of their responsibility to provide a key to every door lock at the property, ...

Routine Inspections

The purpose of conducting routine inspections is to identify repairs & maintenance, identify breaches by tenants, and provide a detailed report of the results of the inspection to the owner ...

What’s the purpose…?

The purpose of conducting routine inspections is to identify repairs & maintenance, identify breaches by tenants, and provide a detailed report of the results of the inspection to the owner ...

Tenancy Disputes – How do I handle this?

Communication breakdowns can often be the cause of tenancy disputes and misunderstandings throughout a lease period, and maintaining a good relationship with your tenants and landlords alike will ensure that ...

Water restrictions and drought have changed the way we live

Water restrictions and drought have changed the way we live from day-to-day.  For some rental properties, this is causing a new challenge. Like humans, trees are searching for alternate sources ...

Rent bond and Other Expenses

When moving into a rental property the cost can be beyond costs of removalist, electricity/gas and telephone expenses, these costs are up to 6 weeks rent payable to the lessor ...

Ending a Tenancy

When ending a tenancy there are 2 forms of responsibility from both the tenants and the lessor’s or lessor’s agent. Firstly a Lessor or the lessor’s appointed agent is to ...

For Tenants – Attend open for inspections

I know the feeling all too well… It is Friday afternoon, and you are searching the web for potential properties, you have made a list of the ones you are ...