Renting Apartments - Long Term Rentals (2 years or more)

[QUOTE=Sidney;432707]And you can be sure, that no matter how good a condition the house is in when you leave it, you will lose your deposit. You might as well just consider any deposit money, dead money.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Jackson;432719]Also the same here in Buenos Aires.[/QUOTE]I've left 2 short-term rentals and 1 long-term and had my deposits returned in full every time with no questions asked.

This may be the one area where I've actually been lucky here in BsAs!

I've also never had an issue getting repairs agreed by landlords. Getting a decent tradesman who can actually do the repairs, when/if he actually turns up is another matter, but not the landlord's fault. My current landlord is brilliant and calls me every couple of months just to ask if there's anything I need sorting out.



e2a: and at the current exchange rate, my 83sqm loft is quite the steal at USD340/month!

I had a 1 year lease on a very nice apt in palermo. After about 9 months the power was cut off. Turns out the landlord had never arranged with edenor to install the meter in the building when it was new. Landlord's agent tells me it is my responsibility to have the new meter installed. WTF! Nice of him to tell me that after the lease is signed and the power gets cut off.

Edenor tells me I need all kinds of documents and an electrician's report, which the landlord only can provide, and he refuses to do so, saying edenor doesn't need all that.

After 2 weeks without power and no way to resolve it I withold my rent, and have regular screaming matches with the landlord's agent, who still refuses to give me the papers edenor demands.

I manage to steal power by running an extension cord out the window to run the basic necessities.

Of course I move out when the lease is up. Landlord's agent chases me down and demands not only rent for last 3 months but some made up amount for electricity I must have used but didn t pay for (nor did the landlord). Also is 'shocked' I didn't tell them I was going to move out. Fucking hilarious.

As I owned a business at that time I grudgingly paid the rent but not the supposed power bill of course. I know enough about argentine courts to know you can get fucked over very easily.

Agent then asks me if she can help me find a new apt. If you can fucking believe that. I called her every obscenity in the book, and a few in english for good measure. She genuinely seemed surprised I was not happy with her service.

Fellow AP users and readers... I am looking for a property manager to manage a departamento near to Plaza Italia... The property has rented well for the last two years on Airbnb.. But now the long term market interests me more. Is there an honest property manager in BA...? Lordy... I hope so... Any help is apprecicated.