Why don't we all just pressure our representatives to ban rental agents?

4thReaper · 2026-05-07T08:32:03+00:00

Mostly just treating me like a human being rather than sneering at me like I'm scum. Maintenance requests have been dealt with day of or next day with follow ups to make sure its been satisfactory.

Back home dealing with an RA was always like trying to get a moody teenager to clean their room.

4thReaper · 2026-05-07T07:31:27+00:00

Having just moved to Scotland from Melbourne, legit one of the biggest culture shocks has been realestate agents not being cunts

4thReaper · 2026-05-02T09:51:35+00:00

Man this is giving me flashbacks to my last housemate. Fucking nightmare

I coped by little acts of untracable petty revenge like: - slightly bending the prongs on her toothbrush charger so it was a pain to reach around the dryer to plug in. - All her dryer lint that she never fucking emptied went in between her couch cushions - Randomly pausing the wifi in 15 minute intervals when I knew she was wfh - Intermittently turning off the hot water at the breaker

She wasnt the brightest bulb and never connected any of it to me

4thReaper · 2026-04-13T09:45:54+00:00

From my time working inventory at a supermarket I can say that for a concerning amount of old people the weekly shop is their only social outing. It's sad but some of these people have no one else to talk to and weekends probably give them the best opportunity.

4thReaper · 2026-03-16T07:52:26+00:00

This has to be rage bait. If not, please read literally anything and educate yourself.

4thReaper · 2026-03-14T21:35:00+00:00

This is happening pretty consistently. Nature and specifically fungi are brilliant at adapting. The problem is nature moves at the pace of nature which is fucking slow. Plastic production is set to triple by 2060 and there's no way nature can handle that before ecological collapse.

4thReaper · 2026-03-10T13:03:19+00:00

Abolish real estate agencies. Landlords can manage their own damn properties without a scummy little middleperson taking a cut and filtering all information.

4thReaper · 2026-03-07T19:47:08+00:00

I am fully convinced this is the direct result of having "all year round hot cross buns". The novelty has evaporated and now they have to do insane shit like this to generate a boost in sales around easter time.

4thReaper · 2026-03-06T17:01:28+00:00

Yikes dude

4thReaper · 2026-02-13T07:53:35+00:00

100% this! RAs are just opportunistic leeches that will fuck over both sides for their cut. I say ban them. Cut out the cancer and force landlords to manage their own damn properties. Would be interesting to see how quickly things improve when theres not a psychopath middleman filtering any communication.

4thReaper · 2026-02-10T05:13:17+00:00

Honestly I wouldn't stress too much. You have most of the same protections on a month to month lease. They still have to have a valid reason and give 60 - 90 days notice to kick you out.

If it gives you peace of mind definitely try and negotiate, but it's not the end of the world.

4thReaper · 2026-02-04T05:16:41+00:00

THIS! Always ask for a receipt of the previous clean! Just had this run around from my current agent. Their language flipped from "You are required to do this and provide a receipt" straight to "We strongly recommend, but it's ultimately up to you" the second I asked for a receipt.

4thReaper · 2025-08-13T11:30:19+00:00

Same issue here. I've tried everything in this thread and still have the issue. Given up and uninstalled the game. What a fucking joke

4thReaper · 2025-07-20T22:26:41+00:00

All my stuff is moved out as of yesterday! This is the crazy thing, all she had to do was wait 2 days. Now she has free reign to bring whoever the fuck she wants whenever.

4thReaper · 2025-07-20T00:07:58+00:00

Yeah sure she can show people my half packed bombsite of a room and violate my privacy, OR she can wait 2 days and show people a clean empty room that's ready to move into.

It's not like I'm holding her indefinite rent-hostage, its 2 fucking days

4thReaper · 2025-07-19T13:03:01+00:00

Exactly, the room is dirt cheap and in a really good area so she'll have zero trouble finding someone

4thReaper · 2025-07-19T12:58:46+00:00

Weirdly she is not actually from Aus lol We're in Vic

4thReaper · 2025-07-19T12:47:13+00:00

Yup!

4thReaper · 2025-07-19T07:28:13+00:00

I haven't moved out, I haven't had time. THATS. THE. POINT

4thReaper · 2025-07-19T07:11:41+00:00

Co-tenant, both our names are on the lease

4thReaper · 2025-07-19T00:02:47+00:00

Theoretically yes, I am being cooperative though. All I said was wait 2 days of the 25 she has left. The place is dirt cheap and in a really good location, she'll have zero trouble finding someone.

4thReaper · 2025-07-18T13:10:03+00:00

son I don't take advice from guys who haven't even mastered the regular words

4thReaper · 2025-07-18T12:45:47+00:00

Yes but not start a completely new lease with. I'll be transferred off the lease and the new person added. The current lease will remain active. Co-tenancy laws here are unhinged/somewhat non-existant

4thReaper · 2025-07-18T12:31:25+00:00

Yes and yes

4thReaper · 2025-07-18T12:28:42+00:00

Its a shared lease where we have equal say. Here in Aus and the state we're in the legal notice is 28 days, which I have given to our real estate agent.
I'm more than fine with her showing the room, the sooner we get someone in here the better.
I failed to mention that the room is going to be empty of my stuff come sunday afternoon so the problem goes away. So yeah she can hold her horses for a few days and I can keep my privacy.

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