The extraordinary reason a family of five were evicted
A family of five from the Sydney suburb of Baulkham Hills have been left in the lurch after they were abruptly evicted from their rental home for a shocking reason.
The Cowley family moved into the home six months ago, and even paid $10,000 of rent upfront when they signed their lease.
Despite this, mother-of-three Michelle told A Current Affair that the family were evicted for “complaining” that the home needed $17,000 worth of urgent repairs.
“The reason they want us out is we have apparently complained too much, but as you can see, there’s a hell of a lot to complain about,” Michelle said.
The repairs began with a broken dishwasher, but quickly started to pile up.
It then led to cupboards without doorknobs, leaks, a broken washing machine, and culminated with a massive hole in the roof near the main entrance, which is still exposing electrical wires and structural beams.
Dave Cowley described the pool as more like “the Parramatta River” after a range of repairs failed to stop mud washing in.
“Even now, we would be happy to work with the owner to get those important things repaired,” Mr Cowley said.
Their real estate delivered the bad news to the family in April with no explanation as to why their six-month lease would not be renewed.
“It‘s not up to me letting the tenants stay. It was the end of a fixed term, so they signed a six-month lease. At the end of the lease they were sent a notice to end the tenancy,” Raine and Horne Baulkham Hills property manager Callan Root said.
The family has since taken the matter to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the result is yet to be received.
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