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Daily Discussion Thread: 🐦 Sun 21 Jan 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Housemate and I are on the house hunt and we found this lovely house in a place we love, and in very fine print it says you aren't allowed to use the carport/granny flat or the shed...

Why the fuck would I pay to use half the house/property, you've got to be fucking joking. What's more is I don't want to run into someone in the backyard every other day while I'm paying probably triple their rent. I don't know maybe I'm being unreasonable, but it just seems ridiculous that you pay all this money to basically have a room mate you don't even get to pick.

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ugh I hate that. A house I rented in Epping for 5 years had the stipulation that tenants couldn't use the shed either, so I had to store the yard stuff in the dilapidated sunroom, which I got complaints about because the lawn mower made it smell a bit like petrol. Couldn't use the sunroom because of the massive holes in the roof, but it smelled like petrol so fuck me right?

Ugh, I feel your pain, it sucks ass to rent from slumlords.

[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 7 points 9 months ago

The system really is fucked. God forbid you want to actually use the house you're paying out the arse for.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I’d skip that one. Not worth the potential on going drama, which you know for sure there will be. Pass.

[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Oh, we immediately binned it. If I wanted live in what is basically a glorified apartment block, I would just move into a unit.