#54745
TrulEConcerned
Flatchatter

    Jimmy-T, I forgot to address one of your questions directly:

    You wrote:

    I had a horrible feeling you were going to say that. But just to be clear, for future reference, you lost the case at NCAT and then, thereafter, the local Court ignored the NCAT ruling? Is that correct?

    Tenants vacated early i.e. before the lease was up. I sued for them to pay me what they agreed to: 6 weeks rent if they vacate early for whatever reason. They did not want to pay, citing the noise and dust from the renovator made life very difficult. I took the renovator to the Local Court to reimburse me for the lost 6 wks rent. Of course by the time the case was heard, my premises were vacant for a few months after the 6 week period ended. His Honour felt that renovations are part of life and that I need not be compensated.

    So yes: At NCAT I lost my fight for the tenants to pay the above mentioned 6 weeks rent and at the Local Court, I lost the fight to have the profiteer (Mr Renovator) reimburse me the 6 wks out of the $305k he made.