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What a great website!
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeleteThis has the potential to be one of the greatest websites ever constructed.
Be afraid, real estate agents...be very afraid.
This is just great , we need to spread the love for this site. I bet landlords will be monitoring this like a hawk.
ReplyDeleteHow can we increase awareness / participation in something like this - great idea in today's age of social media.
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I suspect it will get spammed with libelous nonsense, then they will use that to try to take you down, by yes, congratulations and good idea.
ReplyDeleteA friend and I played around with essentially this idea a couple of years ago, but ended up being too busy and worried about legalities etc.
Hope it goes well
It will be very hard to argue that the site is philisophically any different to the private sector tenancy database operators. Personally, I can't see them asking for it to be taken down (as they wouldn't want to draw attention to it in the broader public.) The closest would be take-down requests/demands for individual pages, which is always a reasonable thing if the content is truly slanderous.
ReplyDeleteCould be quite a little data mine you have there if it takes off... good idea, following with interest.
ReplyDeleteYou need to add Tasmania as a state on your form drop down lists
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ReplyDeleteWith the idea of buying on hold for many, and the idea of selling top-of-mind for many others, rent prices are going to rise (oh yes)! So some transparency in the marketplace couldn't happen at a better time.
ReplyDeleteapplause!!!
ReplyDeleteposting links around on relevent locations. hope your servers struggle. (thats a good thing)
Great idea.I'm sure it will go well. I've added one to the list for you. Good luck
ReplyDeleteI dont care what my tenants think dont like it go live under a bridge lol
ReplyDeleteI am doing them a favour as most landlords most cant see that. landlords should write reviews and name the scum bags that lurk out there. The Reason why people get put through hoops as you put it is the dogs who have to be weeded out.
Easier to keep them out than kick them out. If it takes obtaining personal details and a tough scrutiny so be it. Do renters let strangers in their home without knowing something about them to live I wouldnt think so
when it comes to renting a tenant should not expect rights they already got the biggest right to live in one of my propertys as far as I am concerned
All power to the landlord IMO
Totally agree. Had one bad tenant wrecked the place in 1979. Agreed to pay damages over 12 months. Agent didn't care. Last heard of heading up to Broome to live with his "lations" No money from that ratbag
ReplyDeleteI hear you. At the moment I'm both a tenant and a landlord so I see both sides.
ReplyDeleteBut transparency in markets is only ever a problem to people who have something to hide. And frankly, there's no stopping online consumer activism.
As they say, there's no hiding any more. If you provide good service you'll prosper; if you provide bad service you'll quickly be found out and it will be hard to turn things around.
http://www.smh.com.au/money/a-web-of-deceit-20110830-1jiuv.html#ixzz1WbiLzDNG
Wow another vehicle for tenants to agent & owner bash. As if they don't have enough rights this is realy desigend to put the boot in. Pity the other side of the story won't be told & let me tell you it is pure ignorance & laziness on befalf of the tenant 9 times out of ten.
ReplyDeleteC'mon PeeJay, read what it says on the tin:
ReplyDeleteRentWiki is about market transparency for the benefit of everyone involved:
- for TENANTS who want to know what they're really signing up for;
- for LANDLORDS who want to ensure the feedback & service from their managing agents is good, honest, value for money;
- for managing AGENTS whose hands are sometimes tied;
- for INVESTORS who want the inside running on rental properties they're considering
like the time I rented a house and then the next door neigbour introduced himself as the landlord.
ReplyDeletewheres privacy in occupation there?
REA didnt mention it of course.
and then there was the time where we rented a house and it had a hot water gravity thing in the roof.
ReplyDeleteshowers were a trickle of water.
and the air con in the lounge room didnt work.
neither mentioned by the REA.
REA are asshats.
and then there was the time we moved into a house and the girl on the lease moved to Melbourne.
ReplyDeletewe had to keep saying she was out or on holidays when the REA contacted us.
after about a year we got evicted. lol.
place was a wreck.. good ol' uni days..
We should form a group to go around maiming bad tenants imho.
ReplyDeleteOne night I pinched all the fuses from the fusebox from a bad tenant so he would stumble around for nights in darkness. Needless to say the tenant got fed up and left.
And yet, agents aren't obliged to disclose these things (so they're not doing anything wrong per se) and they're also often limited by what the owner is prepared to do.
ReplyDeleteWithout a doubt some transparency around the issues and relationships will create positive change
Great initiative guys - hope it goes well.
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest pains in the @rse about renting is the routine appropriation of bonds by landlords, to cover damages to finishes and furnishings. The agent will always take the landlord's side, of course, and the criteria for compensation are unrealistic. I can't believe that rental contracts in this country forbid tenants to hang a painting on the wall.
Anyway, with a few rental behind me (and a past as a Landlord) I've come up with a few ways of "fixing up" scratches, stains and damages enough (just enough) to pass inspection. I'm sure there are others out there with their own methods. Perhaps a "Save Your Bond" section would be a good idea?
All the best
M
You need to redesign the web page to include a map as an index for your reviews. Otherwise good idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks bro yo, appreciate the constructive feedback!
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