Back in April this year I moved in a young teenage couple that had a baby due in one of my rentals one is due to turn 18 in November the other is due to turn 18 on the 27th of this month. Young teenage couple are stuck in a fixed term with me until the end of August and were good payers from move in day until about the 10th of last month. Long story short both parents are guarantors and are seemingly uncontactable. The couple are in arrears of close to $1K and I got a txt from the tenant last night "Can't afford anymore had to go live with my mum moved out on the weekend use the bond to pay the rent"
Now this wouldn't be too bad if the house was left clean and tidy and ready to rent out again. But after turning up this morning there is a rubbish including the general cigarette butts, bottles and of course the general household waste dumped all around the section, lawns look like a mess inside we have the usual lovely holes in walls, house has a foul odour of rubbish mixed with cigarette smoke and of course there is a pleasant touch of mould in every room and of course we have a smashed window and an oven that has been used for drugs. Basically a nightmare the one service address listed on our agreement is no longer of any use as it appears mother has moved on and nobody seems to be answering the calls I've made. To get it back on the rental market would probably take a good week of work and close enough to $1K. Issue is how do I go about getting money recovered the bond is about $1500 which I would use to put towards rent arrears.
Where do I stand legally anyone?
Now this wouldn't be too bad if the house was left clean and tidy and ready to rent out again. But after turning up this morning there is a rubbish including the general cigarette butts, bottles and of course the general household waste dumped all around the section, lawns look like a mess inside we have the usual lovely holes in walls, house has a foul odour of rubbish mixed with cigarette smoke and of course there is a pleasant touch of mould in every room and of course we have a smashed window and an oven that has been used for drugs. Basically a nightmare the one service address listed on our agreement is no longer of any use as it appears mother has moved on and nobody seems to be answering the calls I've made. To get it back on the rental market would probably take a good week of work and close enough to $1K. Issue is how do I go about getting money recovered the bond is about $1500 which I would use to put towards rent arrears.
Where do I stand legally anyone?
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