@liltoancau Congrats on the reduction! Also, thank you for sharing the email template you used, we’ve been thinking of doing the same recently and having something to work off (especially one that was successful) is very helpful!
@goldencrownofthorns Likely Sydney or Melbourne. Vacancies were on the up and up well before COVID thanks to plenty of off the plan apartments from 2-3 years ago coming onto the rental market.
Just wanted to leave a comment to thank you for mentioning KoalaData extension. I'm currently looking for a new rental place so this will come pretty handy!
@john83 It’s a chrome extension. It captures prices moves up and down, listing date, etc. Pretty handy. I’ve had it for a few months and found it insightful. Not sure about back capturing but I’d recommend giving it a test run.
@queenjen Sometimes if a landlord is already aggro a person might not want to rock the boat - especially if moving is difficult e.g have kids, are elderly or disabled.
tried to fix a plumbing issue herself and made it worse
final straw: refused to fix the gas in the screen door hinge.
She ended up having to drop the rent after we left. She listed it higher, failed to rent it out, and then dropped it below our rent a month later. Felt like a win, we’ve lived in the same block cityside since then and never looked back.
@queenjen Thanks - the risks were thankfully reasonable and worth it. The location is what we love here and there are literally three places within the block!
@liltoancau Is doing the math for the landlord really necessary? I figured this might come off as condescending and that stating the vacancy periods of other properties should be enough.
Currently in a CBD apartment and negotiated 920 down to 750. We ended up still declining and are now moving to a nicer equivalent apartment down the street for 650 (bit of luck here).
Also we didn't really get the ball rolling on the negotiations until we put in our notice of intention to vacate. I think that let the landlord know we were serious.
@liltoancau I just sent off an email along these lines and panicked thinking I’d missed some tips. After reading your email I can see we took the same tact so fingers crossed my owner says yes.
