Next door owner (schizophrenic) causing large turnover of tenants

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  1. Ted Varrick

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    Thanks @thatbum , maybe the OP will find some help with this By-law breaches: Your options | FLAT CHAT
     
  2. Paul@PAS

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    Tip - Ambulance staff can involuntarily take for treatment a mentally affected person who may be a harm to themselves. They cant just choose to leave a hospital. Requires a 000 call. Important they know its a mental health issue. Requires no guardians or other approval. The ambos will usually call for Police attendance before exiting the vehicle. In some states requires a paramedic (or two) or a Doctor in some states. They may be transported to a hospital to be scheduled there or if possible by the ambos who may take them directly to a mental health facility. Police can co-sign in some instances.

    Not a strata issue. What strata manager has a duty of care and skill to diagnose a mental health concern ?

    As wylie says its a slow moving revolving door.
     
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    Drink an entire bottle of scotch then go confront your tenants neighbour.
     
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    Yeah , Good luck with that ..... :rolleyes:

    Cliff
     
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    Never said it was easy . I agree very difficult
     
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    In a situation like this the ambo’s will not get involved , it’s not their mandate .

    Police , if there are threats , that’s the way to go .

    Basically it’s a nightmare ... and no simple solution , just cracks

    In the system

    Cliff
     
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    Knowing how the mental health system works and the strains on it , no one will get involved in this situation .

    Police , restraining orders etc , they’re the only people who would get involved , and that only on behalf of anyone being threatened . I can’t imagine them being involved on behalf of an owner who has not been specifically threatened .

    Cliff
     
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    Contact your local adult, or, older adult mental heath team, depending on the age of the person, and ask the triage officer for some advice should you need to escalate the issue, plus, the service event should be recorded. Nothing to stop you calling them each time there is an escalation in behaviour indicating a change of mental state. I suspect they will already be in the system, as Wylie mentions. If they are looking like they cannot live independently any longer, depending on what mandate guardian has, guardian may consider a change to supported accomodation.
    There are a number of teams throughout metro and the State.
     
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    Be a nice neighbour and pay for her to go on a 3 month holiday and quickly put it on the market and get an unconditional contract signed and deposit banked
     
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    Send the neighbour a letter and make out it's from the President of the USA.

    Tell the neighbour his cover is blown and that he now knows too much ie that the President is really an alien from outer space.

    Inform the neighbour that secret service agents in black suits and sunglasses will visit him soon. He must get away quickly!

    Organise a group of people in black suits to move into your unit.
     
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    Park a white van with a few high tech looking antennas pointing towards the property. :rolleyes:
     
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    @datto , given you posted this at 2.12am on Sunday, the OP would have to be inspired, not only with the recognisance of an idea as outstanding, but also the urgency to convey the message...
     
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    Crikey. I could have sworn it was 4.00 pm on the Sunday. No wonder my sleep pattern has been out of whack all week.
     
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    Hi everyone, well it’s been over 4 yrs since I began this conversation and I want to sell my unit next year. I was able to get a new strata manager from my real estate agency and he’s had conversations with the public trustee but the neighbour is still in situe. My real estate agent has told me that I have to legally disclose my disruptive neighbour to any potential buyer which is very worrying for me. Has anyone had to deal with this and how did you go about it and what was the outcome?
     
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    I forgot to say I’ve had the same tenant for 2 years and seems to be able to cope with the neighbour.
     
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    No. I can't believe it's been four years. Time flies. What century are we in?
     
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    Actually it’s not 4 yrs datto, I looked at the wrong date. But hey it feels like 4 yrs!!
     
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    Is the neighbour still disruptive? And if so, what sorts of things?
     
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  19. money

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    No way of claiming memory loss about the past situation via a medical condition like amnesia, alzheimer's or dementia?

    Is it actually a legal responsibility for you to disclose or is it for an agent to disclose whatever the agent knows about a property?

    Just like what Paul's idea from last year of picking a different agent with no knowledge of the issues, however, the may be aware of the issue when they start bring clients to the property and incidents happen while they're there.