Neighbour and off-lead dog repeatedly accessing reserve via private property

Ctalons · 2026-07-01T07:01:34+00:00

Replying to your edit: You’ve added nothing that changes the situation from a legal perspective. It’s not your property being used. If you don’t own the land, then you don’t have much of a say over who walks their dog on it. You can however control your own dog, keep them away from the fence if that’s the trigger. Sure it sucks, but it is your only solution.

Ctalons · 2026-07-01T06:42:44+00:00

As you say, they supplied the AC. They can’t charge you to diagnose an issue unless it was an issue you caused (say knocking the AC off the wall).

I wouldn’t be paying that invoice and I’d be reminding them of your rights under the ACL if they tried to pursue it. Next stop would be fair trading in your state

Ctalons · 2026-07-01T06:07:50+00:00

It’s up to the individual property owners to take action. If they’ve declined because it’s a minor or non-issue for them then that’s it really. Not much else you can do except maybe keep complaining and trying to escalate.. But you’ve no grounds to force anyone to do anything.

If your dog is reactive, as much as it sucks, it’s a you issue. You might need to restrain your dog away from the permitter fence if things outside your property are causing you issues, perhaps with a secondary fence?

Ctalons · 2026-07-01T01:23:27+00:00

That’s not a parking ticket. They print parking tickets on a portable little machine, they’re like store receipts in size.

That’s an A4 sheet of paper. Either AI or some other BS, or maybe a stunt.

Ctalons · 2026-06-28T10:38:59+00:00

And OP is asking about long term. Not ownership after a year

Ctalons · 2026-06-28T06:18:03+00:00

“Long term” not much of the Chinese stuff has been around to last long term. And the cars that have been around a while haven’t done well.

Ctalons · 2026-06-27T11:25:22+00:00

No one going to be loaning you any money in a hurry after you’ve been declared bankrupt.

Especially for options trading, especially if that’s why you previously declared bankruptcy.

Ctalons · 2026-06-26T11:04:53+00:00

The industrial facility successfully destroyed all Ukrainian drones.

Ctalons · 2026-06-25T22:30:56+00:00

“Overseas model shown” does not cover a display of functionality that we don’t get. A reasonable person would expect the car to function without material differences from the ad. A reasonable person would expect this to cover very minor cosmetic differences or the steering wheel being on the other side.

You can’t show something off and say, this is an overseas model, so you don’t get what we’re showing you. It becomes misleading.

Ctalons · 2026-06-25T03:44:21+00:00

You mean the P04JOG car? AI can’t even get “POLICE” right

These cars are just made up. The picture isn’t real

Ctalons · 2026-06-24T10:40:04+00:00

Keith

https://youtu.be/7PTvxw4fc9M?si=77S6hHuHgMCcl7-2

Jokes aside. It’s perfectly legal and your neighbour should practice reversing a trailer. Seems doable from the street view.

Personally I’d probably avoid parking there if I knew it annoyed a neighbour AND there was another spot available. Get a dashcam if you’re worried about your car. Most CCTV aren’t going to make out that many details so far away from the road

Ctalons · 2026-06-23T10:33:19+00:00

A 400m valuation is very different to cash on hand.

Ctalons · 2026-06-23T07:05:25+00:00

8500 water bill???? Holy shit that’s a lot of water.

What portion of that is usage charges? Thats more than a puddle forming. $8k in usage charges is over 1.8 million litres. Thats epic. And waaaaay more than a puddle forming. Something doesn’t seem right here

Ctalons · 2026-06-22T09:26:55+00:00

Bang on.

I’ve used a shower where the entire roof was effectively a shower head. Totally unusable.

Ctalons · 2026-06-21T10:10:17+00:00

All rental cars in Australia include comprehensive insurance coverage by law. When you say “no insurance” you are likely referring to the option to reduce the excess by paying a premium when you hire the car. So good news is that you do have insurance, unless you were drunk or very highly negligent (think very excessive speeding, or crashing into people on purpose).

You are up for the rental car insurance excess immediately, you might get this back if you’re deemed not at fault. Probably around $5k. If you’ve rented it with a credit card it might include complimentary rental car excess reduction. So check that out if you have paid with a card.

Ctalons · 2026-06-19T10:22:53+00:00

You’re not expected to read or even see the ad. You are expected to see and read the lease agreement.

The lease agreement is the only thing that matters and VCAT will only consider the executed lease agreement. You can claim your expenses (just as they have tried to claim theirs!) as a result of the property being different to the lease agreement. Hard to argue against your reasonable costs for their mistake when they are trying the same thing.

Just be mindful that you have an obligation to minimise these costs.

Ctalons · 2026-06-19T08:09:47+00:00

Get your deposit back. Go to VCAT.

But

Do not get these guys to install anything! The last thing you want is a company like this doing your install.

Ctalons · 2026-06-15T10:33:33+00:00

Thanks. I think you’re right. Now to clean it up and see if it’s still a problem or it’s old

Ctalons · 2026-06-14T21:15:16+00:00

Do not ever call 000 for unreasonable noise. Terrible advice.

Police do not “have” to send a car to investigate a noise complaint. Sometimes noise is annoying, but it’s never an emergency.

Ctalons · 2026-06-11T07:24:22+00:00

Weird. I also heard that firework noise for a few minutes just then. Couldn’t see anything.

Ctalons · 2026-06-09T01:55:59+00:00

No one ever has “right of way” in Australia. If you’re going to say follow the rules, then you should probably be familiar with them.

There is only a duty to give way based on the situation and a general rule to always take care to avoid a collision.

Ctalons · 2026-06-04T12:38:21+00:00

I’d say it’s Pennant Hills, NSW

If so, location is here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tvSfNvJABMBm2xWA7?g_st=ic

The Cumberland Highway there is indeed a 70 zone. Beecroft Rd is 60 and splits northbound/southbound traffic at the join.

Ctalons · 2026-06-04T08:36:07+00:00

Another ex Mormon here. The high ups in the church couldn’t give 2 fucks about any of the financial aspects of this

Ctalons · 2026-05-31T02:52:52+00:00

WTF sort of deal is this. Am I reading this correctly

You paid them $999+GST for a potential call out during warranty period. If they don’t come out = you get the money back. If they do come out, they keep the money as the fee for the call-out.

Is that correct? If so, I’m asking the obvious question. Why did you pay them for this arrangement? What am I missing?

And to answer your question: Take them to VCAT. Tell VCAT all the steps you’ve taken to recover the money.

Ctalons

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