Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cWith the room being too small, I am unable to set up a portable aircon in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A NSW tenant was shocked to receive this response from his rental manager \u2013 all because he asked if an aircon could be installed to keep his baby cool this summer.<\/p>\n
He said a portable unit was not a practical option because there was no room for the exhaust hose and he was worried the noise would disturb the baby.<\/p>\n
\u201cA split-system airconditioner would be a much more practical, quieter and longer-term solution,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
But the reply he received was not what he expected.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you for your email. The cost of an additional AC is around $2000 even for a small one,\u201d the property manager wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not the owners responsibility to make the property \u2018more comfortable\u2019 for a baby especially at such high cost.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe property is small and the AC in the living area has always been sufficient for the property and there are ceiling fans in both bedrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The tenant later clarified that he had been prepared to pay for the unit and install it himself.<\/p>\n
The final line of the email was the one that really shocked him.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, consider your tenancy application was approved as a single leaseholder, with the knowledge your wife would be joining you for overseas, there was no mention of possible additional occupants.\u201d<\/p>\n
The father said the response felt completely unnecessary, especially given he had only asked whether the owner would consider the installation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the f**k does \u2018no mention of possible additional occupant\u2019 even mean?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I ask for your permission before we start planning for a baby?\u201d<\/p>\n
He later clarified he had been prepared to pay for the unit and installation himself, but had first wanted to see if the owner would be open to arranging it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I asked was if owner would be OK to arrange installation for an aircon?\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy second recommendation would have been that if owner wasn\u2019t willing, I am happy to pay for installation but I didn\u2019t send that part and was trying my luck with this first.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The tenant\u2019s polite email to his rental agency.<\/p>\n
The exchange has sparked a wave of reaction online, with many people incredulous at the suggestion an unborn baby should somehow have been flagged on a rental application.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should send this to the federal minister that has been questioning why we aren\u2019t having more babies. Housing insecurity and housing suitability is a big one. At least it was for me,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018There was no mention of possible additional occupants\u2019. LMAO \u2026 no worries, just plan your family around your real estate agent. Delusional,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n
A third joked: \u201cAlso need to see that baby\u2019s rental history for the last three years. Not actually being in existence is no excuse. Pediatric X-ray exams will suffice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The awkward exchange lands as renters around the country brace for another scorching summer, with many families facing the reality that keeping a home safe and comfortable in extreme heat is often not as simple as flicking a switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NSW dad-to-be was floored after a property manager suggested there\u2019d been \u201cno mention of possible additional occupants\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-909679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}