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Rental advertisements should require a floor plan. (aussie.zone)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/melbourne@aussie.zone
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Pictures are so often misleading and I just want to rule out places that don't work for me.

It would save the renter's, real-estate agent's and landlord's time. Why is it not a requirement?

I'm also fairly sure a floor plan must exist for things like apartment buildings, just you're not allowed to request it from the City of Melbourne unless you're approved by the owner :/

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago

I would like to see mandatory upgrades of hot water / heating / cooling. I have been looking at many places recently and there's no incentive for the landlord to upgrade the inefficient systems because the tenant pays the cost.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    We need national laws for all real estate.

    • Houses to be advertised with a price
    • Sold prices must be provided against sold listings
    • rentals to have a floor plan and total size
    • body corp listings must list body corp and sinking fund details, minutes to meetings and bylaws.
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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)
    • A hard independent building inspection requirement
    • Harsher fines for landlords illegally keeping bonds
    • Harsher penalties for illegal evictions, including confiscation of property
    • Stricter licencing requirements for real estate agents
    • Amalgamation of the various real estate industry bodies into a proper national regulatory body.
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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Hmm my only fear with that is that we would be dragged down to the lowest common denominator. Could you imagine what would happen if the federal coalition was in charge of administering the rental market?!

    But I’ll add:

    • Mandatory certification for being able to rent housing out, revoked if a building is not suitable or if repeated misconduct occurs.
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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm with you on this but I doubt the incentives are there for the agents to chase up the owner / strata company for these plans.

    Have you tried searching for the same address in the buy section of realestate.com.au? There are a lot of properties that have recently sold that still have images from when it was sold which includes a floor plan.

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