Browse Forums Real Estate 1 Sep 15, 2012 1:09 am I am renting my new house out and my tenants have request through the real estate agents whether I can split the cost of connecting a new phone line to the house with them. Being a first time landlord, not sure if this is a common request and whether it is something that I should do. My house is NBN ready but service is not available yet and in the future my future tenants or I will probably not need a traditional phone line anyway with the NBN so can anyone tell me if it make sense for me to share the cost? Re: Phone line 2Sep 15, 2012 7:53 am its property development/maintaince so claimable for tax time. also it wont cost you that much. you digging the hole and buying telephone pvc will help and save you some money, run string or rope through it so you just pull new line through... make sure you know what wall its on and get sheets/tiles off ready for installer. Re: Phone line 3Sep 15, 2012 8:25 am Hi ive always been a renter and in the last 3 houses ive rented were all brand new. And i always got the landlord to pay the full $300 fee to connect the phone. And they always did. Building Henley Monaco Nouveau Q1 - Mernda Villages https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57810 http://razbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Phone line 4Nov 04, 2012 11:47 am NBN ready is fine but your tenants probably still want to have ADSL in the mean time. I think as a tenant it's fair to expect a working phone line. Even though I agree with you in regards to not needing it in the future.
From a parents perspective, if they have children they probably want them to be able to ring 000 on the landline too, especially if they're nowhere near the age of having their own mobile phones. I think it's generous of them to split the cost with you. I'm guessing as a landlord it's something you could be obliged to provide unless stated in the contract that it would be at their cost. Don't know for sure but. EDIT...I mean for first time connection where it costs like $300 or so, not for a standard when you move house and have to pay to get the phone connected again fee. So I guess going halves for a first time connection is quite reasonable. Re: Phone line 5Nov 05, 2012 12:37 am Whenever I've rented I've paid to get the phone connected, costs about $100. If it is the first time a line will be connected, it will cost a lot more than normal. If conduit or other cabling from street to house/premises needs t be laid (lead in), in a commercial setting the building owner would always pay. Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Hi everyone, Looking for some advise. We are about to build an above ground pool in our backyard. There is a private sewer line running under the pool at 1.6m… 0 12251 Hijacking this post as its relevant to my situation (VIC). My garage wall is on zero boundary and my neighbour's land (build hasnt started) has a little slope towards my… 4 7981 I am building in claymore NSW and this is shown in the building envelope plan. … 0 10614 |