wasabi2k: If you are in the position to - leave.

Doesn't sound like you are going to be in a position where both parties are happy.

dacraka: That's the thing - I am not in the best position to leave for reasons I don't want to say on a public forum in case certain people are reading this (feel free to PM if you want to know why but I guess it's irrelevant). Basically I am not in a position to commit myself to a fixed term tenancy agreement at the moment with a new rental property.

networkn:

andrewNZ: I'd ask for a 25% discount not $20.
In return I'd let them bring anyone to see the outside anytime with an hours notice. I'd let then bring serious viewers at fixed times that suited me (I'd probably say while I'm at work Monday to Thursday) and other times by negotiation and one nights notice.


No discount ($20 doesn't count as a discount). I'd let them have 2 fixed 1 hour windows a week (at rubbish times for them) and one hour on one weekend day a month. Or tell them that its by negotiation only, 48 hours notice, and don't let them have more than 2 a week.

Posts like this make me grateful I don't own rental property. 

networkn:

andrewNZ: I'd ask for a 25% discount not $20.
In return I'd let them bring anyone to see the outside anytime with an hours notice. I'd let then bring serious viewers at fixed times that suited me (I'd probably say while I'm at work Monday to Thursday) and other times by negotiation and one nights notice.


No discount ($20 doesn't count as a discount). I'd let them have 2 fixed 1 hour windows a week (at rubbish times for them) and one hour on one weekend day a month. Or tell them that its by negotiation only, 48 hours notice, and don't let them have more than 2 a week.

Posts like this make me grateful I don't own rental property. 

alasta:

dacraka: That's the thing - I am not in the best position to leave for reasons I don't want to say on a public forum in case certain people are reading this (feel free to PM if you want to know why but I guess it's irrelevant). Basically I am not in a position to commit myself to a fixed term tenancy agreement at the moment with a new rental property.

Can you move into a place with existing flatmates? Usually one of the incumbents will hold the lease (or even own the house) and you can then move in without a time committment.

If you really have to stay where you are then you need to get a lawyer, and that will get very expensive very quickly.

timmmay:

alasta:

dacraka: That's the thing - I am not in the best position to leave for reasons I don't want to say on a public forum in case certain people are reading this (feel free to PM if you want to know why but I guess it's irrelevant). Basically I am not in a position to commit myself to a fixed term tenancy agreement at the moment with a new rental property.

Can you move into a place with existing flatmates? Usually one of the incumbents will hold the lease (or even own the house) and you can then move in without a time committment.

If you really have to stay where you are then you need to get a lawyer, and that will get very expensive very quickly.

Why would he need a lawyer? He's just trying to keep the visits to a minimum, and to be honest the schedule suggested by the rude real estate agent was relatively reasonable. Just accept it and move on.

dacraka:

Thanks for all your help guys - the owner says that once three months has gone since the property was first listed for sale, he will take it off the market (approximately at the end of this month (Jan '15)), although when I asked him twice what the exact date was, he ignored my question on both occasions.

Thanks again for your help : ) I really appreciate it!

timmmay:

alasta: If you really have to stay where you are then you need to get a lawyer, and that will get very expensive very quickly.

Why would he need a lawyer? He's just trying to keep the visits to a minimum, and to be honest the schedule suggested by the rude real estate agent was relatively reasonable. Just accept it and move on.

alasta: You've stated that moving isn't an option for personal reasons, but what are you going to do if the house sells and the new owners don't want to continue your tenancy? It sounds like you need to have a backup plan.

dacraka:

alasta: You've stated that moving isn't an option for personal reasons, but what are you going to do if the house sells and the new owners don't want to continue your tenancy? It sounds like you need to have a backup plan.

Oh I have two backup plans, moving to my friends flat or my parents, I just don't want to as then I'll need to store everything in some sort of storage facility which is a lot of trouble

sultanoswing:

dacraka:

alasta: You've stated that moving isn't an option for personal reasons, but what are you going to do if the house sells and the new owners don't want to continue your tenancy? It sounds like you need to have a backup plan.

Oh I have two backup plans, moving to my friends flat or my parents, I just don't want to as then I'll need to store everything in some sort of storage facility which is a lot of trouble

Nah - sell it all, move out of Auckland to a cheaper region, buy your own place with proceeds from the sale of stuff, and start your own business. All your problems sorted in one fell swoop ;)

But perhaps more realistically, good luck with it all. We're in our last week of renting, and are getting a bit tired of all the "can we arrange for new tenants to see the place tomorrow" type phone calls from the property mangager, so I empathise.

What is needed in NZ, given the falling home ownership rates and becoming increasingly tenented in our own land, are stronger laws in favour of tenants like those in many European countries, which are more balanced in terms of landlord-tenant rights.