slammin said..
Or as happens to me a lot, I see something else I didn't finish and finish it instead because I just happen to have the right size washer now.

Yep, I hear ya!!

Especially when your on a swing mooring, So many trips back and forth

Boat dollars??

Is that sort of like when you slip your boat 26 Nov 2016 thinking you can probably get her back in the water in a couple of weeks if all goes well but you allow for a month to cover all contingencies.

The month passes and you are still pulling apart not putting back together. That brings you well into the insane season of Christmas and New Year. You have a tenant who on 7 Dec starts a dispute by refusing to allow you an inspection of the property making a joke of the Residential Tenancies Act, then stops paying rent two weeks later.

In the meantime one is required to deliver one's wife and son to Brisbane international air port so they can frigg of to Europe for a big old holiday and as well go back down to the Sunshine Coast to spend New Years Eve with one's daughter.

The tenant is still frothing at the mouth and applies for a QCAT hearing at the court house on 12 Jan. It has been raining for a week or two so no painting happens and then it gets so frigging hot you don't dare be out in the sun for more than 5 minutes at a time.

So muggins turns up at the court house at the designated time 2 pm, waits around for 20 mins not seeing the evil adversary whom he was looking forward to tearing to shreds in front of "Her Honour", then enquires at the front desk if the hearing is still going ahead to be told the mongrel emailed in a cancellation of the action at 11:30 am.

The tenant abandoned the place the Saturday before leaving it filthy and owing a months rent.

Does this all qualify as "Boat Dollars"??

I have passed on his new address to a couple of his creditors so that is a start.

Naming and shaming on TICA is not so easy. You need date of birth and/or driver licence number which he avoided giving me early in the piece. I am working on it.

Also trying to contact his new landlord. I feel morally obliged to do that.

Media reports always focus on evil landlords, but never mention the problems good landlords have with a small proportion of tenants. Our last lot did no major damage but there were minor problems everywhere. I had over 200 items on the "annoying minor fix" list. Plus a loft FULL of rubbish.

Weirdest thing - the dresser doors came out in my hands - they'd removed the screws?

I think I've learned that there are 1% tossers in every sector of society.

Cheers to all

Bristol (hopefully one of the 99%)

Had one of those with a big dog, poor thing was bored off his brain while they were away at work, so he did a bulldozer job in the sandy soil. Built a good sized dam and completely undermined the footings. I needed an end loader for half a day to get the back yard level again. He left with a months rent owing so I was not impressed with the rental agent.

No property, just shares now so only myself to blame if I stuff up. Bliss.