Power to the little people.

[wombatie]

My daughter was renting a house for 6 months and the landlord was a money hungry pig.  Lots of things kept breaking down and on one occasion he refused to get it fixed so she rang the Ombudsman and it was fixed immediately.  But because of this and the fact that she refused to stay after the 6 month lease was up he went through the house with a fine tooth comb to find something wrong.  Well he did, there was a broken fly screen door, which my husband could have fixed in less than 5 minutes. He wanted her to pay $81to get it fixed or not get her bond back of $1500, when she refused because the screen was broken before she moved in he thought that he could frighten her by taking her to the Tenancy Tribunal, Sara's answer was "Bring it on".  Sara found a photo that was taken before she moved in and low and behold in the very corner of the photo you can see that the screen needed mending.  She got the photo enlarged and took it to the tribunal and won her case.     Then the judge told the landlord that he was greedy and that the repair to the screen would not have cost $80 it may have only cost $20 and that he was to pay all court costs.    So the little people do win sometimes.

 

Marg 

[Docupton]

Good for her, well done, it might have been frustrating at the time but the outcome is great.

[amazingkevin]

I full know the meaning of slum lords.I years I went with out one was worth it.

[bobscroll]

Yes thanks for the story Marg, It is nice when the little people Win!, I'm pleased

for your daughter that it all ended happily, Bob   

[OutoftheWoodwork]

Good for her!!! Nice to see the right person come out on top!

[Kepy]

Good news.  Just goes to show that pictures are really helpful.

I consider myself very fortunate as when we moved into town, I sold my house and am leasing so I don't have to worry about maintenance.  Have a great landlord, she even had a nice deck added and also a long ramp for Mother.  Anything needing fixed is handled right away.  She told me it is my home and to put in a garden if I wanted or other plantings.  Even suggested this spring that I might want some chickens but I didn't go for that.  Am feeding some wild turkeys in the back yard that drive my dog wild when he sees them.  If I catch hunters trying for them, I might return fire.

[Phantom Scroller]

Marg.

             Lovely story, good for her they do anything they can to keep the down payment, I've had the same issue when my son stayed in a house at University until I threatened him with court action and he paid up. con artist. They're not all tarred with the same brush there are some nice one's out there.

Well done, good head on them shoulders..

 

Roly

[Travis]

Nicely played!  

[keefie]

Good for her, glad she won the case - shame she didn't ask for compensation as well !!!