#52855
TrulEConcerned
Flatchatter

    G’day Monty,

    Here’s my 2c:

    1. The advice given by JT and JonH is sound;

    2. In my experience, going to NCAT is a lucky dip, regardless of the proof you have. It is best to be in a situation where you can avoid NCAT; and

    3. I too had a fixture in a leased property that required care and listed it as a stand alone dot point in the lease mandating that only certain cleaners may be used to clean the fixture (as it was recently expensively repaired and fragile in parts) and that any damage during the tenancy – be it caused by the tenant’s disregard for her own consent to the dot point or say, by placing hard objects on it – would be recoverable from her. I spelled out the cost of the repairs which would be the sum I would sue for. The dot point (or “clause” as she called it) worked a treat, no damage to that item was done.