Nothing.
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Nothing. Immediately afterwards, you can prepare the case materials for the tribunal complaint. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-23/what-to-know-before-your-next-routine-rental-inspection/104250168
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You only need to give a good impression to your landlord if your landlord is a petty despot.
It's no business of theirs if there are crumbs on the counterop or towels on the floor or dirty fingermarks from children on some of the walls. They're all things that are easily dealt with during cleaning at the end of the tenancy, they don't affect the value of the property, and the landlord and their agent can stay in their fucking lane.
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This comment is prepostrous.
Inspections don't "ensure the property stays in good shape over time." That's what the tenants do. The inspection is an invasive annoyance.
And when a property is legitimately falling apart, how often will a landlord do anything about it? Complaining about (eg) leaking roofs is just as likely to lead to an eviction as anything else. The suggestion that the landlord wants to "ensure the property stays in good shape over time," is FREQUENTLY absurd.
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@NewtonMark I've been both a renter and a landlord -- the problem is the real estate agents.
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@akent The landlords need to take responsibility for the behavior they’re paying the agent to deliver. (I, too, have been both. Firing an agent for misconduct is hilariously easy)
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@NewtonMark I do agree with you but it's the whole industry. The whole thing is set up to be anti-renter imo.
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@akent Yeah, but wealth calls the shots right? Agents are coin operated humans who do what they’re told or fuck off. No landlord realistically needs to put up with their shit. Even the bad ones can be forced into boundaries.
(Tenants, on the other hand, have to take what’s served. The imbalance of power is enraging)
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@NewtonMark @akent most rental agents afaict are poorly trained kids who’ve learned from the principal agent not to bother the landlord. On a couple of occasions We discovered that when they eventually come to us with an issue the person living in the unit had been asking the agent to get it resolved for months.
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@franksting @NewtonMark @akent it’s a real problem. Property managers are either the new recruits or the fuckups of the real estate industry, anyone who’s any good goes into sales