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[pigsrings]

I am a renter. My last rental property I had bathroom plumbing problems and was threatened by the owners corporation that the costs of plumbing repairs were going to be charged to the owner of the premises because I kept a dog on the premises without permission (another issue all together). I challenged how they were going to prove the hair in the pipes were dog hair. They obviously did not proceed with the threat.

Now, in my current, new place I again have blocked drains in the bathroom. The real estate has stated that if the pipes are blocked with hair I will have to pay the plumbing fee. I have stated that it is not my responsibility and asked how they are going to prove that the pipes are in fact blocked by my hair over the past 5 months rather than over the years, also I had plumbing problems in the bathroom in the first couple of months and, with the knowledge of the real estate I have been piping my washing machine waste water through a pipe into the toilet bowl to avoid having them fix that problem previously.

I am writing to see if anyone other renters have been threatened to pay plumbing fees lately and if this is a heavy handed trend that Sydney real estate agents are using?

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