WA New tenant being unreasonable?

I'm wondering since now we know their ethnicity, that they can't use their cooking utensils like a Khadi or Tawa which are common in that cultures cooking and most likely cast iron or just plain aluminium.

Wouldn't surprise me to be honest, parents give them their hand me down specialised flat bread cooking pan with no edges and they loose it when they can't heat up their chapatti.

I mean I'd be annoyed too, I love chapatti's but I would threaten my landlord over it.

 

I'd offer them to terminate the agreement.

 

The tenants replied again complaining how we (the PM and I) are not treating the issue seriously. They claim that as the induction cooktop requires specialised cookware it does not fit the essential service criteria (btw most cookware is compatible but they are emphasising the uniqueness of these cooktops). They also are saying that they are under a lot of stress and cannot understand what they have done to deserve to be treated this way.

Anyway, the tenants have given us an ultimatum or they are taking it to the court - either I purchase for the property a compatible cooking set similar to what they have, which includes a pressure cooker, skillet, range of saucepans and frypans as part of a list or they purchase a portable gas cooker (of their choosing) with a gas cylinder which they will then bill me, or I replace the cooktop with standard electrical or gas.

If we don't agree to their demands, the tenants say they will take us to court to seek a break of lease and compensation for their move in and move out expenses, their meal purchases and any other related expenses incurred since taking out the tenancy. The PM agrees that we should not correspond with them anymore on this issue and wait for the court hearing.

 

Wow.

 

someone has the entitled princess syndrome!!

sounds like meghan markle

edit: Please please keep us posted,
would love to see the look on their faces when all their demands are not met

 

Pretty much sums up my thoughts.
Now that I know they are Indian however their cookware would be pretty special and not at all compatible with an induction cooktop. It was probably all wedding presents and not that old.
I feel for you, this must be very stressful.

 

Call there bluff. Allow them to terminate and move out. Imagine how difficult the rest of the lease term may be if this is just the start.

 

Yup. As I said in an earlier post. I can smell a nightmare tenant a mile away.

What you got yourselves here is a gen- u-ine nightmare beast that needs to be put down ( out of the lease legally) asap.

This is one case worth going to court over imho. I hope they get their asses kicked.

 

If you become aware that the tenants have carried through with the above and are using the gas cylinder inside the kitchen, than they have invalidated your insurance and other legal and safety concerns. I'm not sure on the rental regulations in Perth, but in most states, this is grounds for you to issue a notice of breach, and leading to an immediate notice to vacate - endangering the safety of neighbours and property.

For example, in Victoria: RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 244 Danger

 

I seriously doubt this. I can't see how it would be a breach, or even if it was, how it would justify termination.

 

"It is dangerous and illegal to use LPG gas appliances designed for ‘outdoor use only’, indoors. It puts workers and others at risk of fire, explosion and asphyxia"... It puts the tenants, the property, neighbors, and neighboring properties at high risk.

LPG cylinders should not be stored or used inside commercial kitchens (revised October 2018) safety alert

Furthermore, in all of our lease contracts (from different REs over the years) there was always a clause that stated the tenant must not do anything to void landlord's insurance, or cause the landlord's insurance premium to be increased.

I'm just advising that I hope the tenants are not stupid enough to actually use and store a gas cylinder inside.

 

Can you discriminate on the basis of someone's cookware?

 

If their cooking needs were so specific you think they would have looked at the kitchen during inspection. The inspection is for all these things. Induction cooktops can be a issue for tenants and are best avoided in rentals over a standard gas hob or electric element. Their problem becomes the landlord problem....I would offer them the option to leave.

 

Its not discrimination when someone doesnt check the property suits all their needs. Hope they like showers and didnt expect a heated spa. Or a outdoor lap pool for their exercise.

 

If this was in Canberra I’d be tempted to go and watch the hearing just for entertainment value lol

 

It'd be worth the airfare.

 

its called cookware discrimination, I believe there is a kitchenware ombudsman.....ill get the number

 

This is reminding me of my tenant who got drunk, walked into a door and wanted compensation for hurting himself.

 

I can see an episode of Rosehaven developing here. Charlie Pickering could make something of it too.