Property manager defends bizarre holiday after tenant slams outrageous email: This is utterly insulting
An Aussie property manager who invented a day to celebrate and recognise her colleagues has been forced to defend the holiday after public backlash.
An Aussie property manager who invented a day to celebrate and recognise her colleagues has been forced to defend the holiday after public backlash.
Real Estate Excellence CEO Stacey Holt began the annual Thank A Property Manager Day in 2012 so tenants and landlords could praise their property managers every November 29.
Many have decided to take the day off and one tenant recently shared on Reddit an email they received from their property manager, Yahoo reported.
We will be celebrating Thank A Property Manager Day on Friday 29th November 2024, the email read.
On a day-to-day basis our Property Managers, manage the difficult conversations, they deal with the Issues, they provide support to both parties at different times.
And continue to educate themselves to ensure an understanding of legislation, maintenance, finances and social work.
Our Property Managers will not be available and will act on any urgent matters only. Have a lovely day.
Aussies couldnt believe the holiday existed, given how extremely tough the economic climate has been for tenants.
Real Estate Excellence CEO Stacey Holt started the annual Thank A Property Manager Day in 2012
A tenant shared the email she received from her property manager (pictured) about the annual day, outraging Aussies
As a social worker, that is utterly insulting, one wrote.
Theyve gotta be taking the p**s, right? asked said.
A third added: When is Thank the tenants for paying my mortgage day?.
But Ms Holt defended the day, arguing people dont realise the amount of work that the role requires.
The CEO wants Aussies to stop, think, and celebrate the wonderful role property managers play.
Take a moment to remember that property managers are human beings, like all of us, who are doing the best they can with what they got, and they do a wonderful job, she said.
Its a very challenging and thankless role.
The majority of property managers are just great people like you and I, and they deserve a day of people just saying, "Hey, thank you. Youre bloody amazing".
Aussies were outraged there was a day to recognise property managers when renters have had a tough rental climate since the pandemic, with sharp rent increases and low vacancies (pictured prospective tenants queuing to inspect a rental property)
Ms Holt believes workers in the real estate industry have gotten a bad name because of a few bad ones.
The real estate expert said the average property manager will be responsible for managing 100 to 150 properties and that most people wouldnt know what the role entails on a daily basis.
Tasks such as organising maintenance, getting quotes, dealing with tenant requests, negotiations with the owner about repair work, dealing with disputes, as well as managing the tenant and owner expectations and requests can all add up throughout the day.
Even the humble 15-30 minute property inspection can end up taking up hours of a day because property managers have to field inquiries and requests.
But the blackash to the property manager day comes after high rents and low vacancies have made it nearly impossible for the around 30 per cent of Aussies who rent to be able to afford other necessities, let alone save for their own property.
The median rent for a house across Australian capital cities is $650 and the median for a unit is $630, according to Domains latest data.
Regional Australia is not much better, with the median rent for a house $550 and a unit $480.
