Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Aug 21, 2009 3:54 pm Grrr! I'm so cross right now! We've just moved into a new rental property, 12 month lease, with a very large chain real estate. They have this nifty little "Priority Card" which is the only way to pay your rent. Truth be told, you still pay it by direct deposit or BPAY but you get a card and there is some rubbish reward program for things I'll never use (Eureka Skydeck, for one). Anyway, I've just found out that the priority card company, which is a third party, is charging me $9 a quarter, for the privilege of paying my rent!!!!! WTF??????? I've rung the real estate agent and the only other way to pay it is by cheque. It's Highway Robbery!!!! ~W~ Building our forever home - Lilium Estate Clyde - Land due May 2019 Built our first home - Pakenham - 2011 Re: Reason # 4,506 we NEED our own house!!! *vent* 3Aug 21, 2009 4:32 pm Not sure. Really annoyed, my property manager is so lovely, and $36 a year to pay rent puts such a bad taste in my mouth!! ~W~ Building our forever home - Lilium Estate Clyde - Land due May 2019 Built our first home - Pakenham - 2011 Re: Reason # 4,506 we NEED our own house!!! *vent* 4Aug 21, 2009 6:41 pm I refused to pay for the privilege of paying rent. The property changed agents and with Ray White, I didn't have to pay for paying but the new RE Agent wanted me to change over to the new system and I told them I'll come in and pay cash if need be and pointed out that the Tenancies act precluded them from making me change method of payment. So they had no choice. I now pay by direct deposit into the RE Agent's account. Re: Reason # 4,506 we NEED our own house!!! *vent* 5Aug 21, 2009 7:02 pm This is completely off topic , but Digamma I love your avatar - I like reading your posts just to see it Frosty, my sympathies - I would be massively cross too!!! MagicJ I finally have my own reno thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28335 The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue! Re: Reason # 4,506 we NEED our own house!!! *vent* 6Aug 21, 2009 7:08 pm oh this is deja vu for me! We at least found out before signing the lease, vented our annoyance to the Real Estate Agent and decided we would always pay be posting a cheque (inconvenient but tolerable). Would it work out cheaper to pay for a stamp once a month and own a cheque account? Re: Reason # 4,506 we NEED our own house!!! *vent* 7Aug 21, 2009 7:18 pm The ONLY way we can pay rent is by internet banking. What would happen if we didn't have the internet like some more mature aged people? Dumb isn't it? www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Reason # 4,506 we NEED our own house!!! *vent* 8Aug 21, 2009 7:37 pm Paying rent sucks - to have to pay to pay rent sucks even more. The only thing worse than that is a stalking landlord....I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE MY OWN HOUSE AGAIN!!! Thanks, I feel better now! JL Waiting for the interest rates to go down is also waiting for the building prices to go up, you will likely lose. Perhaps you can get the builder to lock up stage, but… 4 3627 How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 5900 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20353 |