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  • Profile photo of XeniaXenia
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    OK – this is from a good friend of mine who is into property manager training (actually he used to be employed as a general manager in my company).

    From his post on the SA property management community on FB:

    So South Aussie Property Managers….
    Owners may NOT be able to do their own repairs after all!
    Here’s further proof that my ‘source’ might be right!
    An owner of a rental property is unable to perform repairs if they DO NOT have a licence as a building contractor!
    Apparently a landlord is being taken to court as we speak having ‘breached’ this new piece of legislation.
    Read it for yourself! I just tried CBS to clarify, but phones are in after-hours of course!
    If someone could clarify this with CBS further, that’d be great!
    Oh the fun this will give property managers letting their owners know.
    Times like these I wish I was a PM again!

    and here is the link: https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/business-industry-and-trade/licensing-and-regulation/licensing/construction/building-work-contractor-s-licence

    Xenia | Alexa Real Estate Pty Ltd
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    Hi Xenia,
    Wow !! After a bit of a look, it seems to indicate that if I was a landlord in SA, I cannot paint my own IP, nor replace a broken paling in a fence, and I think it also mentions Paving, so I can’t fix a broken paver….

    I sincerely hope that no other State Govts are thinking of following their lead!! The quote “Bureaucracy gone mad” comes to mind. Or is “revenue raising” a more apt quote? Sheesh.

    Thanks for bringing it to our attention, Xenia. Are SA landlords looking to riot in the streets any time soon?

    Benny

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    Agree @benny this is ridiculous

    Profile photo of Corey BattCorey Batt
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    All a lot of misunderstood bruha. It’s related to building work over a certain threshold ($12,000 if I remember correctly), as per norm.

    Much ado about nothing.

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    Hi Corey,

    It’s related to building work over a certain threshold ($12,000 if I remember correctly), as per norm.

    Ah, thanks mate !! Yes, that does sound like “as per normal”. I have turned off the pacemaker now….. ;)

    Benny

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