Tenant’s fury as $830 a week home turns

Tenant’s fury as $830 a week home turns. Sydney resident Jessica Mudit has been made to reside in an environment deemed dangerous and muddy for the past several weeks while paying a whopping $830 per week in rent.

How this situation could have been allowed to frustratingly stress her out, without any kind of warning, is beyond belief amidst ongoing construction.

Tenant’s fury as $830 a week home Turns:

• Sydney renter Jessica Mudditt in front of her rental property under construction.
• Excavators and a massive dug-out trench in the driveway of her Condell Park home.

Sydney tenant Jessica Mudditt says she is at her wit’s end after her rental property unexpectedly became a construction site without any warning whatsoever.

The situation reflects another pressure the housing crisis is exerting on way too many Australians.

Tenant’s anger as $830-a-week rental becomes construction zone without warning

In an interview with Yahoo News Australia, Mudit claimed that she had no notice of major works scheduled by the landlord at her Condell Park home. She said that for more than three weeks, she had to put up with “massive noise” no hot water, and a “dangerous, muddy” yard.

• In late June, Mudit received a text from the real estate agent mentioning that “a plumber was scheduled” to work out front for two days.
• She wasn’t told anything about the scope of work, and she was shocked when she woke up to diggers and heavy machinery in her yard at 7 a.m.
• “There were all these workers with huge trucks. I was floored to see how they had destroyed the whole front yard,” Mudditt told Yahoo. “
• No one told me about the bulldozers or the deep trenches. I was unable to access my driveway or garage.”
• Tenant Faces Lack of Hot Water, Internet, and Driveway Access.

At one stage:

Mudit, who has two young daughters, had no hot water for six days while having to work from home without internet after workers allegedly damaged the connection.

1. She also lost access to her driveway and garage.
2. Left: Excavator digging at the side of the Condell Park home. Right: Mud and puddles at the rental property.

Tenant’s anger as $830-a-week rental:

According to Mudit, there were times when the landlord visited the premises without notice, which is generally against the law in NSW. Tenants are entitled to reasonable peace, comfort, and privacy under NSW legislation, with proper notice given for such visits.

It’s the construction noise and general disarray of rubbish and equipment that has, compounded on her stress, according to Mudit. She said that her property was left, unsanitary, and her young daughter cut herself trying to navigate the hazardous front yard.

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• “When we came home one weekend, I was carrying groceries, and my daughter fell and hurt her knee and hand.
• It’s distressing to see such hazards in our own yard,” she said.
• Lack of Communication and Unresolved Issues Mudit alleges that Spadework NSW inspected the property and noted several breaches.
• Despite the completion of major works, she was never duly informed about the schedule or scope of construction.

“If I had known about the planned works in advance, I would never have moved in,” Mudditt said. “There should be a requirement to inform incoming tenants about such major works.”

At best, she has been told second-hand by neighbours that there may be plans for duplexes on the site, which would involve the demolition of the house she lives in. Now, she’s worried she will be asked to leave with short notice.

Frustrated Mum Offered ‘One Week Free Rent’

Mudit has since found another place to move into so that means she won’t be left homeless. The real estate came forward after her plight was publicized through social media and attention from the media received attention, and offered her a week’s worth of free rent.

“The owner has agreed to provide one week of free rent before you vacate,” said Ray White’s director Tony Romanovs in an email.

However,

Mudit claims that this offer is inadequate against the range of problems she has had to put up with, and intends to take her case to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.