Rent Commission Fee to Agent

Hello,

Last month I noticed on my monthly statement a fee Rent Commission Fee to Agent $27 x 4.

The agent has told me its a fee for each week tenant pays into their account..

I have never been charged this in the past, can they just created a new fee without any warning or informing me.

I have told them I want to up the rent by $27 to cover he cost.

I pay my rent through DEFT Payment Systems which incurs a 1.5% surcharge which I pay as the tenant not the owner.

 

...is there a question?

 

Are you the tenant or the LL? If it isn't in your management agreement, they can't invent new ways of bleeding you dry.

 

Could it be that the tenant pays weekly and it's just showing that the commission is coming from the rent and is just showing 4 transactions. For example, if they paid 4 weeks rent in one go, then the commission on that one transaction would be $108?

I'm not sure how things work in WA (other than they do have generally higher fees than us here in Victoria) but they can't just create new fees to charge you things on top of your commission if it's not part of your management agreement.

 

is the rent about $340 pw?

 

Thatbum: can they just created a new fee without any warning or informing me. Is a question I just forgot the question mark.

Scott no Mates. I am the LL and no I have not signed any paper work to change the management agreement in over 12 months.

Terry_W its $400 pw but way I see it now with this fee its only $373 pw

 

that is the 7% management fee?

 

Are you getting less than what you were before, on a weekly basis?
What it sounds like is the normal management fee. Is there another line for management fee?

 

Terry_W & wylie, Yes that sounds about right its just the last 12 months its never been displayed on the statement like that. I knew I was paying 7% but never seen it taken out the way it showed up.

Thanks guys for helping clear that up..

 

It sounds like the tenant might have started paying weekly as the software calculates and charges the management fee on each sum of rent received. Or maybe the agents changed their software system.