Pool or no pool

I would vote no for a pool for an IP. If I had to purchase an IP with a pool I would include monthly pool water testing/chemicals each month into the rental price. Not worth the risk of assuming tenants will look after the pool.

 

I hate torts and maybe @Terry_w or @larrylarry can confirm this in relation to a landlord's duty of care in NSW.

 

No pool for me. Too risky.

 

Can anyone point me in the direction of anything recent in regards to landlords breaching their duty of care and being held responsible? Understand the liability but I haven't heard of anything on the nightly news which is my only source of information

 

Try a currant affair. Much more credible

 

Fabre v Lui [2015] NSWCA 157
Rangehood fell on tenant injuring her.

Stenning v Sanig [2015] NSWCA 214
Slip on pathway.

Erickson v Bagley [2015] VSCA 220
Someone injured in the dark walking from the house

Stambolziovski v Nestorovic and Camanaro Prestige Properties Pty Ltd t/as Sydneyhome Real Estate [2015] NSWCA 332
Slip on water caused by leak in laundry

 

Thanks Terry, I was thinking more with regards to pools but I think you've answered the question anyway. There's probably hundreds of ways a landlord can be found to have breached their duty of care and held liable, having a pool just adds another one to the list. Being sued because of a pool may not be anymore common then having a range hood fall on someones head .

 

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