Our housemate abruptly left 3 weeks after telling us she had bought a house midway through our lease and continued to pay rent for a month, but then stopped and failed to replace herself. She remained on the lease until the end of the term, and we had to pay her part of the rent in the meantime as the real estate had threatened that we would be blacklisted, even though they knew she had left.
We are now out of pocket of just over $5000, and had to use most of our savings to cover it. She said she wasn't able to pay anymore but her wage is nearly our two wages combined. We have contacted the RTA and QCAT as well as other avenues but no one seems to think she should be forced to pay us back. We couldn't even claim all her bond back.
She had done nothing in regards to bond cleaning, etc. We are now unsure what to do next, we are thinking maybe form 3 from QCAT as advised by one of the people we spoke to, but just don't know what to do about it as we don't want to lose more money...
Any help would be amazing!
We are now out of pocket of just over $5000, and had to use most of our savings to cover it. She said she wasn't able to pay anymore but her wage is nearly our two wages combined. We have contacted the RTA and QCAT as well as other avenues but no one seems to think she should be forced to pay us back. We couldn't even claim all her bond back.
She had done nothing in regards to bond cleaning, etc. We are now unsure what to do next, we are thinking maybe form 3 from QCAT as advised by one of the people we spoke to, but just don't know what to do about it as we don't want to lose more money...
Any help would be amazing!