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Rental advertisements should require a floor plan. (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by MisterFrog@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Pictures are so often misleading and I just want to rule out places that don't work for me.

It would save the renter's, real-estate agent's and landlord's time. Why is it not a requirement?

I'm also fairly sure a floor plan must exist for things like apartment buildings, just you're not allowed to request it from the City of Melbourne unless you're approved by the owner :/

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[–] Fraction9869@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm with you on this but I doubt the incentives are there for the agents to chase up the owner / strata company for these plans.

Have you tried searching for the same address in the buy section of realestate.com.au? There are a lot of properties that have recently sold that still have images from when it was sold which includes a floor plan.

[–] mayotized@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

this is what I had to resort to when I was sharehousing.

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Could just require a copy of the plans when filing a title.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately many of the ones I want to find are "no longer listed" and the internet archive didn't have any snapshots.