Art to oven cleaning
There is an art to oven cleaning. We would like all our landlords, tenants and of course clients to be aware that they can harm their oven by cleaning it with corrosive and possibly dangerous oven cleaning chemicals. We were chatting to one of our preferred, professional oven cleaners this morning and he says he […]
Rental management fees – how much is fair?
Landlords are wondering, rental management fees – how much is fair? Since 1989, I have been hearing the ongoing conversation about what to pay for management fees of investment properties. Across metro Melbourne we are seeing firms offering cost free periods and/or low fees like 4% excluding GST. The Buyer Solutions team questions what services […]
2017 Residential Tenancies Act Review
The Victorian Government has been undertaking a review of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997, as a part of its platform for housing related initiatives entitled ‘Fairer Safer Housing’ over the past year. The final RTA Options Paper outlines an extensive range of proposed changes which are extremely concerning to the REIV and may have substantial […]