How much do you pay for rent?

GoB said:
R1850: 30sqm flat in Oak Glen, Bellville (free water and levies)

R4100: 80sqm 2 bedroom house in Protea Heights, Brackenfell (free water)

This is what I ask... the wife is nagging me to increase the rent, but I'm a nice guy. :P
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If you have great tenants then it's good to be nice :D

As in my case the owners have not hiked my rent in 3 years. But I keep property clean, neat and pay all my bills and rent on time every month on the same date.

Just like it's tough finding great tenants it's also a hassle finding great land lords :P
 
Orihalcon said:
If you have great tenants then it's good to be nice :D

As in my case the owners have not hiked my rent in 3 years. But I keep property clean, neat and pay all my bills and rent on time every month on the same date.

Just like it's tough finding great tenants it's also a hassle finding great land lords :P
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Oh how I would love to have a tenant like you :(..

I have problem tenants at the moment and I'm trying to get rid of them in a nice fashion before I actively start the eviction process.
 
R5k, incl. water/lights/cleaning/garden,+- 180sqm(Sharing with two other people). Greenside JHB.

Also paying bond of R3.3k on a 150sqm house + R50sqm granny flat in Alberton. Parental lives there, granny flat is rented out to provide for retired parental.
 
I don't pay rent as I own the place.

But I'd just give a word of advice to the youngsters out there who's just starting out being employed.

I bought my house 10 years ago when I was 23 years old (started working 6 or so months prior to that) and my bond repayment is less than 90% of the rental figures I see in this thread.

My point is, as soon as you can afford to buy a house or flat then go for it. That house/flat will never get cheaper.
 
Hamster said:
The worst is these JHB townhouses etc going for R7k+ with these ugly white kitchens. If this kitchen isn't made of this white melamine my-soul-is-dying crap paying that much is acceptable.
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Let us say you own this townhouse with ugly kitchen as described. What would you charge?
 
surface said:
Let us say you own this townhouse with ugly kitchen as described. What would you charge?
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I can't possibly tell you since I have no experience from that side of the coin. I've been looking at moving closer to work and whenever I see these white kitchens I dismiss the entry and move along. The price is more affected by location and relative size than anything else.

EDIT: I'm fussy mmmm'kay :p
 
Hamster said:
I can't possibly tell you since I have no experience from that side of the coin. I've been looking at moving closer to work and whenever I see these white kitchens I dismiss the entry and move along. The price is more affected by location and relative size than anything else.

EDIT: I'm fussy mmmm'kay :p
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Sure man - our souls are tough hey, can't be destroyed by melamine ;) Thanks for the input though. Different people have different opinions and budget practicalities. Back then, we didn't have budget and chose melamine. Now, it makes no sense to upgrade kitchen at 40K cost when we have moved out.
 
Orihalcon said:
If you have great tenants then it's good to be nice :D

As in my case the owners have not hiked my rent in 3 years. But I keep property clean, neat and pay all my bills and rent on time every month on the same date.

Just like it's tough finding great tenants it's also a hassle finding great land lords :P
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yep, we lived in our previous rental for 6 years without an increase once. Our landlord was very sad to see us go, and she was very good to us. Never a days problem and anytime we had a problem with the house, she would see to it right away, no matter how small the problem. We never paid our rent/utility late once.
 
YingYang said:
I don't pay rent as I own the place.

But I'd just give a word of advice to the youngsters out there who's just starting out being employed.

I bought my house 10 years ago when I was 23 years old (started working 6 or so months prior to that) and my bond repayment is less than 90% of the rental figures I see in this thread.

My point is, as soon as you can afford to buy a house or flat then go for it. That house/flat will never get cheaper.
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Reality is when you are in your 20's and you earn a decent salary you do one of two things, either buy your first house or a buy a car with your heart. You will never convince somebody who wants to buy a R300K-400K car that he is making a mistake and should rather buy property.
 
Orihalcon said:
If you have great tenants then it's good to be nice :D

As in my case the owners have not hiked my rent in 3 years. But I keep property clean, neat and pay all my bills and rent on time every month on the same date.

Just like it's tough finding great tenants it's also a hassle finding great land lords :P
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Exactly.. Mine was 4.7k for about 85m2 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom in Amberfield with a garage which was awesome price wise but sucked vs traffic. They pushed up rent by 500 bucks which pushes it to 5.3k.. 1 bedroom in Sunninghill/Paulshoff area is about 5.5-5.7k and 8km closer to work so decided to move as it works out cheaper vs time, maintenance and petrol cost.

Was actually gonna stay as i expected the price to go to 5k but combined with the fact that i don't want to change my car and keeping an eye on maintenance, tolling and road conditions + traffic it just makes more cents to move. ;)

Scary thing is 5.5-6k+ is the cost of BUYING these places without insurance. Kinda sad but meh, doubt i can buy a place and move in 4 weeks
 
5800K p/m excluding Electricity and waste but including water.
Fourways Estate and Work inside Fourways Manor that's about 3 km away.

Takes my about 6-8 minutes to get to work so I leave at 07:50 and get there before 08:00

Edit: Also my electricity came to a staggering R21 last month.... Yes Twenty-One..
 
cbrunsdonza said:
Reality is when you are in your 20's and you earn a decent salary you do one of two things, either buy your first house or a buy a car with your heart. You will never convince somebody who wants to buy a R300K-400K car that he is making a mistake and should rather buy property.
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Hehe, bought my house and drive a slow car, in my mid 20's. Well technically a townhouse. Sometimes I long for a faster car :D
 
YingYang said:
I don't pay rent as I own the place.

But I'd just give a word of advice to the youngsters out there who's just starting out being employed.

I bought my house 10 years ago when I was 23 years old (started working 6 or so months prior to that) and my bond repayment is less than 90% of the rental figures I see in this thread.

My point is, as soon as you can afford to buy a house or flat then go for it. That house/flat will never get cheaper.
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25 years old. Busy buying a house (should be registered in our name by end of next week). Occupational rent was R9500pm for the past 2 months. Bond will be slightly lower than that per month. At least I wont be paying off someone else's bond...
 
nicbst said:
0_o How the hell do you manage to do that?!
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lol I don't know, I live alone, shower at the Gym and use my geyser as a Kettle. Only switch it on when I need it.

But yeah I was also surprised...
 
I have been in my house for 3.5 years and already the rent of similar houses in my complex is far more than my total bond payment + levy. Can't believe people will pay R8000 rent for a place they could own for R9500 odd on a 100% bond. Seriously, in 2 years inflation will match that. I rented for 5 years but it was only for that long as the owner was an old friend who gave us well bellow market prices and just wanted someone he could trust to look after the property.
 
This thread is depressing.

R6900,00 2 bed, 1 bath. Morningside, JHB.
 
Looking at house prices, most of your are paying the full amount of your landlords bond :erm:
 
R6700 bond, 3 bed, 2 baths, double garage townhouse in faerie glen. Levy R1100, HOA R400. Electricity R600

bought for R750K in 2005, similar units going for about R1.2M now
 
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