Sandy* noticed eight cameras when she inspected the home last month, but had been assured they were inactive.
With no other option to house herself and her children, she signed a lease, and moved in at the end of July.
“Something just didn’t feel right,” she said.
Then on her first night in the home, she walked into the lounge room and a camera lit up.
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Sandy said the three property managers and the owner of the agency said they did not know who owned the cameras.
I would 100% be pouring water through the NVR.
Man this agency’s story is so full of holes.
They don’t know who the cameras belong to, but they can’t possibly remove it because it’s “a high-end system costing thousands of dollars”?
Fuck “an official request with the real estate agency to terminate the lease”, the people running the agency are criminals. So is the owner of the property, if they had any involvement in this. They should be arrested and gaoled; this is not some petty civil dispute.
If there’s kids in the house, there’s footage on those cams that can get them done for CP
I came back from a work trip once and a landlord had installed cameras in my house with my wife and kids in it.
I ripped it out, took it apart, destroyed the hard drive and told the real estate who had no idea they’d even came around to install it.
“We don’t know who owns them, but they are definitely probably maybe off.”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Queensland mother fears her family was secretly filmed by internal cameras in their rental house, which the agent has refused to remove.
She rang her property manager the next morning but they refused to remove the cameras, which they described as “a high-end system costing thousands of dollars”.
The stove top and heating had to be turned off at the source, and three doors in the laundry, living room and master bedroom were locked, and Sandy had not been given keys.
In the letter, she requested her lease be terminated due “to quite an egregious pattern” of contraventions of the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008, which sets out tenants’ rights.
“Renters have a right to the quiet enjoyment of their home which could be breached if there are cameras inside your space,” Ms Carr said.
But she said they could not access anything on the hard drive connected to the cameras, and told Sandy to use the deactivation link sent by the property manager, which she said did not work.
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But she said they could not access anything on the hard drive connected to the cameras, and told Sandy to use the deactivation link sent by the property manager, which she said did not work.
even better. basically admitting to knowledge of the devices yet i bet they are not on the initial condition report. destroy the things and dump them at the agents door along with a note advising their lawyer will be in contact with them. They are toast
Who needs water? Take a hammer to them.
I wonder if that would get taken out of your bond. I’d tape over the front to start with but they might still get audio… move out asap if you have the chance.
They said they didn’t know who it belonged to. Hard to turn around and try to claim it on the bond after that. Especially when it was illegal for it to be there anyway.
if they are not on the initial condition report, they are fair game (and even if they were, I’d be looking into legal advice at this point). This agency has opened themselves up huge here by not acting on the situation
I would 100% be pouring water through the NVR.
Nah. Ladder and a roll of gaffer tape the day you move in.
If they are inactive, no harm done.
Put up your own cameras instead and see who comes to collect the footage
A camera lens doesn’t pick up network traffic though
I would cover them and the make noises that sounds like you are destroying the house.
Casual reminder that the RTA has not attempted to prosecute any landlords since 2020 and have only handed out 4 fines to landlords and agents in the past year.
Pretty clear who’s side the legislation is on.
I just assume I’m always being watched.
