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Turn that FROWN upside down jnr, or not. Why the upside down smile?
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drugfukkdrockstar
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^Hun seriously... i think it's more to do with that fact you are such different people, rather than you being rejected. He was scared of the fact you like metal for gods sake - so not your type! 
You're gorgeous inside and out and you will find yourself a funky psy stompin, head bangin' spunk! Just give it time. People like this come into our lives when we're least expecting it.
Coming out to more doofs would be a good start though. :D
You're gorgeous inside and out and you will find yourself a funky psy stompin, head bangin' spunk! Just give it time. People like this come into our lives when we're least expecting it.
Coming out to more doofs would be a good start though. :D
Well, I have some good news. Now that it's settled in, we're not as pissed as we were heh. The builders came, they only examined what was needed and no renovations are happening til we move out. *phew* Also that he is giving us rent free (the landlord spoke to us for a bit when they were all down at the house) cause he does free bad, just says the truth 'sorry, I just have to put family first but you guys were very nice all the way through the tenancy so you can have the last 5-6 weeks rent free. If you find somewhere earlier, I will refund the difference to you'. Made us feel better, to boot, he's said since it's getting so many bits renovated, we don't have to clean up the house, just have it empty when we leave
Samadhi
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^Hun seriously... i think it's more to do with that fact you are such different people, rather than you being rejected. He was scared of the fact you like metal for gods sake - so not your type!
You're gorgeous inside and out and you will find yourself a funky psy stompin, head bangin' spunk! Just give it time. People like this come into our lives when we're least expecting it.
Coming out to more doofs would be a good start though. :D
I agree with all of this wholeheartedly.
Wazza: This is great news! Even though the move is a hassle, having that rent money going to other things must be a big weight off. You're lucky to have a decent landlord. Ours is great too, a really nice guy and very laid back.
baysieguy1
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Trancegirlie, listen to that DFRSgirllie, she speaks the truth. Us boys, we are fucking hopeless, we wouldn't know a good woman if she jumped on us most of the time.
Time will come and go and so will some relationships, when the right one comes along you will know. Some times it takes a couple of goes to find the "real" one. Take this as gospel from a person with such experience.
Wazza, great news that the landlord is doing the right thing, makes the situation a little better to swallow, hope all sorts out for you man!
Time will come and go and so will some relationships, when the right one comes along you will know. Some times it takes a couple of goes to find the "real" one. Take this as gospel from a person with such experience.
Wazza, great news that the landlord is doing the right thing, makes the situation a little better to swallow, hope all sorts out for you man!
I am so fucking pissed off at my apartment building, landlord, body corporate, real estate agent, whoever!
The washing machine (1 for all 20 flats) is broken AGAIN, i.e. the 5th or 6th time since the start of the year (I mean since January, not in the past 12 months) as is the clothes dryer. They are fucking pieces of shit and they are constantly fucking breaking, and it takes at least a week after they're reported until someone comes and fixes it.
Also the lights in the in both the back and front stairwell have blown, making it pitch black at night which is very dangerous, particularly out the back because it is slippery concrete.
TV reception just completely went away on the weekend, there is absolutely no signal.
The maggoty cherry on the top of this shit sundae is the fact that my buzzer/intercom has just broken too. You press the button downstairs and nothing happens.
I can't believe I had a fucking rent increase in January! Argh!!!!!
The washing machine (1 for all 20 flats) is broken AGAIN, i.e. the 5th or 6th time since the start of the year (I mean since January, not in the past 12 months) as is the clothes dryer. They are fucking pieces of shit and they are constantly fucking breaking, and it takes at least a week after they're reported until someone comes and fixes it.
Also the lights in the in both the back and front stairwell have blown, making it pitch black at night which is very dangerous, particularly out the back because it is slippery concrete.
TV reception just completely went away on the weekend, there is absolutely no signal.
The maggoty cherry on the top of this shit sundae is the fact that my buzzer/intercom has just broken too. You press the button downstairs and nothing happens.
I can't believe I had a fucking rent increase in January! Argh!!!!!
Oldrolla
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^^^ Vanth....just hold on to your rent until they fix everything. I know its not a domestic rental but the office we lease had a roof leak for ages and we just said after two months leaking, that we will be holding the money until it gets fixed. They fixed it within days!!!
Good luck
Good luck
astrosmurf
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Vanth - pretty sure you're not legally allowed to withhold rent but there is a form on the VCAT website which you fill out to request repairs and your landlord/real estate then have 2 weeks to complete them.
If not, you can lodge a complaint or something with VCAT and I think based on that info you have a case for rent reduction or breaking your lease or something.
Might be worth looking into.
If not, you can lodge a complaint or something with VCAT and I think based on that info you have a case for rent reduction or breaking your lease or something.
Might be worth looking into.
Don't withhold the rent; you will just get an eviction notice for breaching the terms of your lease agreement.
All of your issues are Body Corporate/Strata Agent issues. In the foyer of your building there should be the terms of the strata plan and also the contact details for your Body Corporate or Strata Agent. There is nothing to prevent a tenant from going to them directly.
Draft three (3) letters explaining your issue - One for the Body Corporate/Strata Agent, another to your Real Estate agent and another to your Landlord.
The letter to the Landlord will need to be submitted to the RE Agent for delivery to the owner as you are not legally allowed to lob correspondence on your landlord without prior notice. The only other thing that you can do is try and locate any property owners who are also residents of the building. Find out of they have a building meeting. Whilst you are not able to pass judgement on the issues being discussed in the meeting you are at least able to speak your peace. If the building group are nice folk (and they should be given the same issues effect them) they can even arrange for the strata manager to be present at the meeting, of course the same meeting in which you all outline how outrageous these issues are.
Whilst there are laws and regulations in place to enure that a strata manager maintains a safe and sanitary environment for tenants, unfortunately there are still issues that arise. Most of the problems you are facing could be the result of poor strata management, strata management in dispute or owners who simply have not been paying their strata levies each quarter. When this happens the property owners in effect break their agreement with the strata company who in turn refuse to provide service.
As always retain evidence of everything. Video yourself using the buzzer, the lights not working and the washing machine not working. Retain copies of the letters you write and keep details of the date and times you make phone calls and what you spoke about plus rent reciepts and even bank statements confirming rent payments. It is not uncommon for a complaining tenant to find themselves on the business end of an eviction notice.
You can take all of your documents to VCAT or the relevant tenancy rights group in your state.
If you take photographs of the problem areas, you need fill in this form
All of your issues are Body Corporate/Strata Agent issues. In the foyer of your building there should be the terms of the strata plan and also the contact details for your Body Corporate or Strata Agent. There is nothing to prevent a tenant from going to them directly.
Draft three (3) letters explaining your issue - One for the Body Corporate/Strata Agent, another to your Real Estate agent and another to your Landlord.
The letter to the Landlord will need to be submitted to the RE Agent for delivery to the owner as you are not legally allowed to lob correspondence on your landlord without prior notice. The only other thing that you can do is try and locate any property owners who are also residents of the building. Find out of they have a building meeting. Whilst you are not able to pass judgement on the issues being discussed in the meeting you are at least able to speak your peace. If the building group are nice folk (and they should be given the same issues effect them) they can even arrange for the strata manager to be present at the meeting, of course the same meeting in which you all outline how outrageous these issues are.
Whilst there are laws and regulations in place to enure that a strata manager maintains a safe and sanitary environment for tenants, unfortunately there are still issues that arise. Most of the problems you are facing could be the result of poor strata management, strata management in dispute or owners who simply have not been paying their strata levies each quarter. When this happens the property owners in effect break their agreement with the strata company who in turn refuse to provide service.
As always retain evidence of everything. Video yourself using the buzzer, the lights not working and the washing machine not working. Retain copies of the letters you write and keep details of the date and times you make phone calls and what you spoke about plus rent reciepts and even bank statements confirming rent payments. It is not uncommon for a complaining tenant to find themselves on the business end of an eviction notice.
You can take all of your documents to VCAT or the relevant tenancy rights group in your state.
If you take photographs of the problem areas, you need fill in this form
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Thanks heaps eggman. Don't worry, I was going to politely ignore Oldrolla's advice to withhold my rent
I don't think anyone who owns any of the flats lives in the building any more, the bitchy older lady I used to complain about has since rented her apartment out because she couldn't stand living so close to other people.
I'm a bit worried about the "business end of an eviction notice" though. Maybe that's why they feel they can be so sloppy, because it's hard to find a place to rent. I've been here 6 years or so and always paid my rent on time so that should count for something, hopefully.
The tv and buzzer issue have thankfully been resolved already, thankfully. With the washing machine/dryer and lights it's not so much that they're not working, it's that they're so often not working. The light bulbs in the apartments blow much more frequently than they should as well. There's probably some horrifying electrical problem.
I will suss things out.
I don't think anyone who owns any of the flats lives in the building any more, the bitchy older lady I used to complain about has since rented her apartment out because she couldn't stand living so close to other people.
I'm a bit worried about the "business end of an eviction notice" though. Maybe that's why they feel they can be so sloppy, because it's hard to find a place to rent. I've been here 6 years or so and always paid my rent on time so that should count for something, hopefully.
The tv and buzzer issue have thankfully been resolved already, thankfully. With the washing machine/dryer and lights it's not so much that they're not working, it's that they're so often not working. The light bulbs in the apartments blow much more frequently than they should as well. There's probably some horrifying electrical problem.
I will suss things out.
katmeow
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On housey related matters, we just had a real estate agent come round to do an appraisal for the landlord. Considering we only got a 6 month lease renewal this time round, I think our time in the house is going to be coming to an end. I really love this place 
lil angel15
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Waking up at 4am for the 3rd night in a row....
Grrrr, this little duck isn't happy
Grrrr, this little duck isn't happy
doofqueen
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I have learnt not to frown about anything anymore and just accept that everything is there for a reason. The "bad" all has a purpose and its just part of the one ness so you just have to accept, learn and move on... but most of all even have grattitude for it. No frowns for me anymore :D
purple_pixie
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Tired, and ideally have to get up in the morning.
However, there's a massive party happening directly next door. VERY loud, including what seems to be people every so often running into/throwing things at my colourbond fence ... *clang, bash*. Anyone ever had to make a neighbourhood noise complaint and can tell me what's involved? I'm usually pretty tolerant, but this is wearing very thin...
However, there's a massive party happening directly next door. VERY loud, including what seems to be people every so often running into/throwing things at my colourbond fence ... *clang, bash*. Anyone ever had to make a neighbourhood noise complaint and can tell me what's involved? I'm usually pretty tolerant, but this is wearing very thin...
lostpunk5545
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So today when I was purchasing my shopping the lady in the queue behind me said "You must be a Virgo, the way you've laid things out" referring to the way in which I'd placed my food items on the checkout coneyor. What??????????
You seriously could not make something that stupid up as a joke. Life is too bizarre. She forgot the number one rule of horoscope predictions is that you have to wait for people to tell you what horoscope you are before you can start applying made up characteristics to their behaviour. 1 in 12 odds just doesn't cut it.
She seemed shocked when instead of confirming or denying her ridiculous assumption I just told her I don't believe in horoscopes. Askward silence ensued.
I'm not a virgo. Dipshit.
This is for you asinine supermarket lady:
Weird Al, when he was still funny
You seriously could not make something that stupid up as a joke. Life is too bizarre. She forgot the number one rule of horoscope predictions is that you have to wait for people to tell you what horoscope you are before you can start applying made up characteristics to their behaviour. 1 in 12 odds just doesn't cut it.
She seemed shocked when instead of confirming or denying her ridiculous assumption I just told her I don't believe in horoscopes. Askward silence ensued.
I'm not a virgo. Dipshit.
This is for you asinine supermarket lady:
Weird Al, when he was still funny
belarki
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Ingrown toenail + infection
I get this at least once a year, had both the toe nails on my big toes removed once, general aenesthetic, whole things riped out, nail beds scraped out, the whole shebang.... and they grew back. Not sure if I should visit my GP as he'll only give me antiobiotics and send me on my way. Any suggestions as it hurts like hell and my whole toe is swollen and vivid red?
I get this at least once a year, had both the toe nails on my big toes removed once, general aenesthetic, whole things riped out, nail beds scraped out, the whole shebang.... and they grew back. Not sure if I should visit my GP as he'll only give me antiobiotics and send me on my way. Any suggestions as it hurts like hell and my whole toe is swollen and vivid red?
Klue
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Go to a podiatrist I would say. My podiatrist did wonders for my ingrown toenails! He has the tools to cut the nail right down on the edges and smooth it off so there is no sharp bits poking in. I haven't had hassles with them because of the way I cut them (my toenails might be different to yours), but I cut them straight across with a special pair of clippers. They cut in that moon shape but in reverse so you can't cut down deep into the cuticle.
belarki
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It's more the pain and ordeal of actually getting to see my GP. It would have to be outside of work hours which would mean booking a few days in advance, then a 2 hour stint in his waiting room when i get there (happens every time), then forking out $60 for the consult just to get $5 worth of antibiotics....
I guess I could try to find a cheaper doctor or one who bulk bills but like 99% of humans, I'm averse to change.
That and I'm stubborn and don't want to admit I'm unwell enough to go to a doctor unless I'm, for example, missing a limb, have a broken bone, losing litres of blood, projectile vomitting for over 24 hours straight, etc etc
%)Edit: thanks for the advice klue, I'll keep a podiatrist in mind