Renting - Accessing Your Records

[smidsy]

Hey Guys,
I rent here in Queensland, is there a way to get my agent to show me my records - I suspect a neighbour is saying things about me so I specifically want to see the stuff they probably don't want me to see.
I believe that Right To Information is government agencies only.
Any suggestions?
Cheers

[rrich]

You could always have your rental agent over for a beer and ask. But rather than ask about specifics you should be more interested in continued renting regardless of neighbour's comments.

Depending upon how things go you can always introduce into the conversation, "My solicitor suggested that I have two options, court action or court action and finding a new residence. Frankly I like doing business with you and neither option is my choice for an acceptable action but you know solicitors."

Basically you're cleaning a stable and it doesn't matter how you shovel it.

[doug3030]

I suspect a neighbour is saying things about me so I specifically want to see the stuff they probably don't want me to see.

Has the agent given you any hint that the neighbour has contacted them? Or have they indicated an intention to act against you in a way that may be to your detriment? If not then what makes you think that the neighbour istalking about you behind your back?

Is the neighbour telling you things to try to make you modify the way you are using the property like threatening to tell the rental agent if you do not stop whatever it is that they do not like? Do they even know who your rental agent is?

What is the status of your lease? If you are near the end of the lease or currently on month to month, why not ask the rental agent if you can sign up for a new lease? If they agree than ther is probably no problem with the agent. If whatever the neighbour dislikes about what you do is not illegal or in breach of the lease then there should not be a problem anyway.

However, which is more important to you? Good health and happiness or the house you are renting. Ongoing feuds with the neighbours can cause a lot of stress resulting in ill health. I know moving can be a right royal pain. I have just been through it myself. Some battles are worth fighting and some you are better off walking away from. Only you cna decide which is which.

[derekcohen]

Hey Guys,
I rent here in Queensland, is there a way to get my agent to show me my records - I suspect a neighbour is saying things about me so I specifically want to see the stuff they probably don't want me to see.
I believe that Right To Information is government agencies only.
Any suggestions?
Cheers

Fonix, are you breaking any council laws, such as time-of-the-day noise regulations? If not, and there is no threat to your renewing your lease, then I would ignore it all. If you are within your council rights, and do feel there are comments that may prejudice your lease, then have a word with the agent. You could also just have a word with the neighbours (all of them) and check whether they have any problems. Keep it friendly.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Simplicity]

Is it possible your neighbour is just nosy and bored.
Some people have nothing better to do than stick there heads in other peoples business.
I work for some property managers.
I’m regularly asked by nosy neighbours , what I’m doing.
Even when it’s obvious what I’m doing.
Some people have no life.

Cheers Matt
Remember ,also your contributing to your property managers wage not the neighbour .

[Arron]

As a long-term landlord I would be pretty confident that your landlord isn’t much interested in what your neighbour says.

Here in NSW landlords get two inspections per year when you can see what’s going on - that’s what matters, and that’s how we make judgements on whether a tenancy is working out.

[doug3030]

Is it possible your neighbour is just nosy and bored.
Some people have nothing better to do than stick there heads in other peoples business.
I work for some property managers.
I’m regularly asked by nosy neighbours , what I’m doing.
Even when it’s obvious what I’m doing.
Some people have no life.

I can relate to that Matt.

I used to have a concrete garden edge business. Often when I was finishing a job in a client's yard the neighbour would come and ask me for a quote to do some work at their house. That's generally a good thing because they have seen youir work and want something similar.

But sometimes I was asked to do a quote where the gardens they laid out looked remarkably similar to what I had just done for the neighbor. These jobs rarely came in and I worked it out that all they are doing was trying to find out how much the neighbour had spent on the garden. Total waste of my time. When I knew for sure that that was what they were doing I used to just double the neighbour's quote and write it on their form