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Originally posted by jazzy jazzy wrote:

ChundaMars you sound like a landlord & a real estate agent.


She did say in an earlier post that she's both
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Originally posted by ChundaMars ChundaMars wrote:

Ok, a few things I'd like to comment on here:

1. It is unreasonable to expect them to wait until after you have moved out to show people through. It often takes a few weeks to find a new tenant, and of course the bigger the gap between your tenancy ending and the new one beginning, the longer the landlord has to pay the full mortgage themselves with no rent coming in. So you should definitely allow them some access to show new tenants through
2. Having said that, they also have to recognise your rights, and can't just push you around willy nilly to show people through whenever they like. You're still the tenant, you still pay rent, it's still your house. While they can give 48hrs notice in writing (hand-delivered to you, that is), in practice it is better to get on the phone and agree on 2 or 3 times a week that they can come through.
3. As nice as the last posters landlords were, don't get your hopes up with regards to free rent or anything like that - the landlords aren't actually doing anything horribly out of the ordinary here, and they still (probably) have a mortgage to pay, so why would they shoot themselves in the foot financially?

I'm in real estate and am a landlord myself so have lots of experience with this - any other questions let me know


Yep, thats totally understandable. We weren't allowed to view the property until the previous tenant moved out. At our previous flat, the agency didn't show people around until we had moved out.

We were told the time and day they would come around with viewers that worked around their schedule & if we weren't home they would use their own key, but of course I am usually at home now haha. We haven't asked for a rent decrease at all.

I just felt uncomfortable with people turning up having a look around at random times. But it will be all over with soon.

I don't think this house will be empty very long, as its hard finding a nice rental property these days at a reasonable price


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Yes, guilty as charged, both a real estate agent and a landlord here. Boo hiss etc. etc. Only one mistake made, as I am also a male! (Even bigger boo hiss etc.)

Treen - the 48 hr notice applies regardless of whether you are home or not sorry.

J&J - odd that an agency would purposefully wait until you moved out before showing people through. As a landlord I certainly wouldn't want them to! And while you do have to allow them access, you don't have to just put up with being treated like dirt - if they ring up and tell you they want to bring someone through that day and it doesn't suit you, just tell them! They have no right to force you to do it...

Oh, and as for saying "its hard finding a nice rental property these days at a reasonable price" - just where in Christchurch are you!?!? Because across most of the city, rents have dropped and it is harder to find tenants - so you may be surprised at how hard it is for them to find a replacement for you!
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Originally posted by ChundaMars ChundaMars wrote:

Yes, guilty as charged, both a real estate agent and a landlord here. Boo hiss etc. etc. Only one mistake made, as I am also a male! (Even bigger boo hiss etc.)


hehehehehe.. boo boo boo, hiss hiss hiss hehehe
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As a landlord, and someone who has been a tenant, I would be horrified if an agent I was using was treating my tenants like this.

In large part because what does that tell the prospective tenants about how they are likely to be treated!

As I understand it the tenant does have to make reasonable accommodations for people to come through. And I realise that tenants and agents may disagree on what is reasonable. But that is no reason to ride roughshod over someone who is still a tenant, still paying rent, and still occupying your property.

We generally give the tenants times we would like to show people through. If they are not able to be home we offer to be there ourselves to keep an eye on things. Otherwise we arrange a time that suits them better. I can't imagine turning up unannounced with strangers in tow.
We do try to get groups of people at once, because that way the tenant is inconvenienced once instead of 3 times, and if times are limited we explain that to prospective tenants. They all seem to understand that we want to be considerate to the people who still live there.
              
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