Brisbane Evicting Crummy Tenants

I'm selling my house and trying to evict the current tenants under a rooming arrangement.

Just after advice if I'm doing this right.

Tenant 1 B

Was issued with a breach notice on the 03.05.2018 to be resolved by the 10.05.2018 for breach of rent. Amount owed on the 03.05.2018

$600 Next rent was then due on the 04.05.2018.

As per breach notice states that any new rent due during the breach process must be paid on time.

On the 11.05.2018 $600 was paid leaving the tenant still $250 in arrears.


On the 30.05.2018 Tenant was issued with notice of eviction as has not paid any rent so is in arrears by $500.

Date given to leave is the 17.06.2018 by which date the tenant will be $1000 in arrears.

I presume they won’t leave so will have to do QCAT.

Have I done this properly?


Tenant 2 R

Given 30 days notice on the 30.05.2018 to leave without grounds date to leave is the 29.06.2018.

Is up to date with rent, I presume won’t leave either and will have to go to QCAT as well.


Tenant 3 C

A prior tenant was approved for a dog and Tenant 3 stated she was looking after the dog while waiting for the owner tenant 4 to come back, this was a few months ago.

It has been found that the dog is registered in her name, she is not authorised for a dog on her lease and that the dog is still at the house.

Tenant issued with notice of breach on the 30.05.2018 to remedy by the 06.06.2018


I am issuing a notice of eviction today the 14.06.2018 as the dog is still there. Giving her 14 days to find new residence so the 30.06.2018


Am I doing this correctly.


I ask as I am selling my house due to severe financial hardship and am near bankrupt.


Tenant 4

Evicted Several Months ago successfully

 

What's a rooming arrangement? Are you sure they are residential tenants? Why don't you have an agent managing?

Do you live in the same house?

 

Home | Residential Tenancies Authority

 

You may want to find a property manager to assist you though it sounds like you can not afford their services. I would also be talking to a real estate sales agent.
Links to some services that might be able to help you with general financial hardship. You may also want to call a lawyer who specializes in bankruptcy law for advice.
Your state run No Interest Loan Service may also be able to refer you to local services, as may your local neighbourhood house and Financial Information Service from Centrelink.
Financial counselling | ASIC's MoneySmart

 

I don't understand why someone would self manage but let alone self manage a rooming accommodation.

Notice to leave (Form R12) | Residential Tenancies Authority

If you have issued the correct notice then best of luck at QCAT as I think you will need it.

 

A PM not willing to take on a rooming house? I hope you later hired them, they're smart

 

I have said this before but I could never ever self manage.

Opens, inspections, chasing rent, knowing every law, finding tenants, evicting them.

I'd lose all my hair!

 

And yet you still rubbish PMs in every other post?

 

Yep. They make my life a lot easier.. Even though most are incompetent. You don't see the amount of follow up and micro managing I need to do just to ensure the basics are done.

And I'm by way no means a control freak

I'm probably going to sound like a winger but.... Last week, I had to follow up a PM on a tenant that was supposed to move in 2 weeks after signing that was agreed on (not my property)
About a week after move in date. I followed up. And got told. Oh the tenant didn't move in.
Nice of you to tell me that!
We did call the owner!
Not sure how that is possible cos they've been unconscious for 2 weeks
Oops sorry, we called the owner of.a different property we got mixed up
And has it been readvertised?
No sorry, we forgot

 

I'm no fan of most PMs either. The majority of them imo don't really care about what's best for you and your asset. They just want the easiest, quickest, out of their hands fix for most issues. Unless you push back and say NO, I expect X, Y and Z. They will just go with whatever the tenants say/want. And some of them are so young and inexperienced in life, I wouldn't get them to manage booking cinema tickets for me.

But they are necessary, to collect rent and keep the buffer between you and the tenants.

 

I'm not disagreeing with you - i had the same issues with my PM's for my own investment properties. I received a monthly statement with 0 money on it so i called to enquire why - they said the tenant moved interstate, didn't think of telling me about it, or readvertising it, etc. Or ones that own their own maintenance company and so are trying to feed them as much work as possible which is not serving the landlords best interests.

Its a big part of why i got into the game myself; to do what i think is right / better. In the process I've been lucky enough to meet some like minded PMs who are on the same wavelength - there's definitely ones I'd have my properties with and ones I wouldn't. I just think tarnishing the whole industry with the same brush isn't valuable to anyone, just the same as there's good and bad teachers, cleaners, police offers, accountants, you name it.

 

I can absolutely deal with being known as a "Necessary Evil" - far better than an irrelevant evil

 

You're like chocolate and ice cream. All sweet and necessary evils

 

LOL

That is because a chunk of them basically only collect the rent money......and that is not a joke.....

If you self managed, forgot the physical part but chased up, phoned and emailed, you would be ahead.

The main advantage is the distance...a step away from tenant.....and PMs have staff for calls, I hate calls....