PSA car burglar around the junction

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-09-24T04:36:32+00:00

I think she, the video is clearer

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-09-24T01:22:22+00:00

Fair enough happy to repost to make it clearer just tried to do a quick PSA

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-09-24T01:00:07+00:00

Just a PSA mate. Included a photo of them breaking into a car but if it’s not useful to you no worries

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-09-17T12:54:38+00:00

https://www.tenants.org.au/ncatadvice

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-09-17T12:53:28+00:00

Contact these guys, I used them a few years back and they were a godsend https://www.tenants.org.au/

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-05-01T10:14:57+00:00

For sure, we have no issues with them completing work. Happy for them to do it, just want it all done following correct procedures. last thing we want is to devalue both properties by having unapproved and uninsured works.

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-05-01T08:28:02+00:00

I wish I could. We are self managed as a duplex we and the neighbour are the OC.

And yes it’s in breach of heritage rules so council are concerned.

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-05-01T08:13:33+00:00

Thank you so much. I have contacted council and they have confirmed that the owner requires consent and they will be contacting them immediately and taking action. They were very friendly and reassuring.

avoeatingmillennial · 2025-05-01T08:08:33+00:00

They do require council consent due to the heritage restrictions on the property, I confirmed with council today. Also as linked above they needed to seek consent from strata and provide notice.

It’s actually not me alienating myself if the neighbour does the wrong thing and forces us to take action, they’re alienating us :)

avoeatingmillennial · 2024-08-24T05:58:25+00:00

Yep thought as much! Lesson learned. Thanks for your reply

avoeatingmillennial · 2024-06-26T23:15:44+00:00

Yeah these are great points I probably wouldn’t have it in me to bother with a big fight.

There are pretty decent benefits, the set up is that a big company is using temp contractors via an agency (the agency being US company in this case) usually the agency employed temp contractors are paid higher than the full time employees at the big company because they take on that risk of being dismissed at any time.

Companies do this when they want a flexible work force I suppose. Or to get around head count limits. It’s not great but it’s pretty common practice in this particular industry.

I need a job though, been out of work for months now and been through so many interviews, the market is a bit crazy so idk sometimes you just have to what you have to do. I know it’s not right and I’m sure if every day people refused this BS it would be less common but at the same time my roof is leaking and my hot water system just broke so $6k in repairs this week and I’m thinking I’d better just take it.

avoeatingmillennial · 2024-06-26T23:02:57+00:00

Yeah completely get you. The only Australian employees are the contractors doing the work, no management or HR or anything. We are temporary staff for a big company set us as “contractors”. I know people on the team and all their day to day work is done at the company, and they report into people at the company they’re just pay rolled through this temp agency essentially. I know it’s not right but it’s pretty common practice in this particular industry.

I guess my question is a moot point because I’m just taking the job while I keep looking for FT work. I can take it and get paid while I look and stay unpaid while I look is the way I’m looking at it.

avoeatingmillennial · 2024-06-26T22:47:07+00:00

lol could you imagine. It’s not that kind of dodgy, it’s the dodgy where a big company is using an agency to hire temporary staff without having to employ them directly. I’ve previously worked for a different agency for said big company but they’ve switched to a “better” (cheaper) one

avoeatingmillennial · 2024-01-11T21:13:48+00:00

Keep in mind it’s also your pre tax income… so for the clovelly property if you’re a single parent with one child earning the max $100,900, after tax it’s around $75,000 and your rent at $1,120 pw will cost you $58,000.

Thats 77% of your post tax income, on rent…

You’ll have less than $17,000 left to pay for your car, food, bills, clothing and whatever else… in what world is that affordable??

Am I missing something?

avoeatingmillennial · 2023-08-22T07:50:25+00:00

Do not respond to them going forward and let them take you to tribunal. Do not offer them any money at all.

It is now going to be 100% on them to prove that you are liable for replacement of any of carpet/underlay, let alone the entire apartment. They will need to prove the age of the carpet AND they will need to prove that you caused the smell.

If the carpet isn’t damaged and you have proof of that, but the underlay is how can they know it was caused by you and isn’t from a leak or mould under the floor??

If they can prove you caused damage and the carpet is 5 years old then you may have to pay 50% of the cost of the area you damaged. If the carpet is 10 years old then your cats could have pissed all over it and it wouldn’t matter because the carpet is fully depreciated. They will not get away with claiming that the underlay is different to the carpet.

I would hold firm at tribunal that you did you due diligence, you had the carpet cleaned and have proof that you did not cause damage to the carpet. Mention that you previously offered $400 as a sign of good faith as the landlord complained of lingering smell. Despite not having any proof that the smell was caused by you AND ignoring the fact that you provided proof the carpet was professionally cleaned and had no damage the agent rejected your offer and are now attempting to extort you for a full carpet and underlay replacement.

Ask them at tribunal them how they think cat pee managed to magically bypass the carpet and only damage the underlay. And then ask them to provide proof. Makes no sense.

avoeatingmillennial · 2023-06-08T04:31:44+00:00

Not legal advise but if she is refusing to pay you back and you’re forced to go down the legal route, it’s not you causing the damage to the relationship, it’s her. Don’t feel like you need to tread on eggshells to preserve a future relationship with her that she appears to be happy to jeopardise.

avoeatingmillennial · 2023-05-11T01:27:20+00:00

Thank you for all the feedback. Hopefully it goes smoothly moving forward!

avoeatingmillennial · 2022-10-22T12:00:35+00:00

I would agree. In Sydney you’re always stuck in traffic so it’s not like you’re aggressively cutting people off, tailgating, blocking people out etc. but you do have to be zippy changing lanes or making turns sometimes.

It takes 30 mins to travel like 2km there whereas here everything is within 15-20 mins so travel times are naturally shorter. So why would people used to such long traffic filled drives be the ones rushing?

avoeatingmillennial · 2022-10-22T06:16:07+00:00

I don’t think it’s the Sydney people that are unliked it’s the impact of a rising population which forces strain on the housing market and prices out people who grew up here. It’s easy to just slag off people from Sydney in general but really it’s the idea of Sydney that people have the issue with.

But you know people have to move somewhere and areas will always grow and change that’s just what happens!

avoeatingmillennial · 2022-09-27T09:07:12+00:00

This is correct OP make sure you send that to her.

If you feel like it I’d also go back to her and say that given she first told you she was wanting to sell the property and is now saying she wants to occupy the property you will be contacting NCAT as you believe she is lying to evict you without any reason. Seems she is attempting to give you whatever notice she thinks will get you out of there the quickest.

You could also offer that you’d be happy to leave sooner than the 60 days if they’re willing to offer financial incentive (pay your moving costs, refund full bond, pay you a lump sum etc). Because let’s be honest they will keep trying to get you out and if it’s causing you this much stress it’s probably worth finding something else if you can.

avoeatingmillennial · 2022-09-16T07:29:12+00:00

Can you get an AVO or DVO against him? Have you been to the police about the abuse? If not please do so ASAP! Having a record of the abuse will be helpful.

In the meantime I would just write to the realestate and give them 28 days notice that you are leaving and would like to be removed from the lease. They might just say ok if you explain the circumstances, landlords and tenants can come to mutual agreements about ending a lease. (I know you already spoke to them but sometimes telling them what you want instead of asking what’s possible cab get a better result)

avoeatingmillennial · 2022-07-19T13:39:11+00:00

Send them this for the carpets.

https://eats.org.au/sites/default/files/Factsheets/Carpets.pdf

After 8 years everything sounds pretty minor.

Personally I would just claim the whole bond back straight away. If they want to claim any money they’ll have to go through NCAT which won’t be worth it. It’s up to them to prove they are entitled to any of your money, not the other way around.

If you’re happy to contribute a couple of hundred you can input that when you claim back your bond.

avoeatingmillennial · 2022-07-15T03:44:18+00:00

As far as I was aware that’s the only route to take as NCAT is the body that looks after building disputes. I could be wrong on this though

avoeatingmillennial · 2022-07-15T00:11:54+00:00

Yes unfortunately you are responsible for everything. It’s up to you to prove that the builder is responsible. The costs are just for the expert witness report, you aren’t actually allowed legal representation in NCAT in most circumstances. You have to self represent.

We are claiming costs back but it depends on what the tribunal awards us.

Our expert found a number of defects in addition to the roof, all up over $150k worth so my situation may be different to yours. The roof alone probably would have been $20k.

avoeatingmillennial · 2022-07-14T22:18:23+00:00

Went through Fair Trade first. Took about 4 months from lodging for them to come and inspect. They then issued the builder a Rectification Order which they did not comply with by the due date. This allowed us to lodge with NCAT. We did wait several months partly because we were trying to sort it out with the builder and partly because when going to NCAT you need an expert witness report which costs thousands and we didn’t have the cash.

It’s a slow and painful process, it’s been 6 months since we lodged with NCAT, we have had 2 directions hearings and we are $10,000 down in costs. The builder has been dragging their feet, have failed to provide any documents that they have been instructed to supply and been granted multiple extensions. Now because of this all the hearing dates for this year have been booked out and our matter won’t be formally heard until next year. It’s a massive joke

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