What I had also not included initially in my compensation claim to SACAT, in order to keep my compensation claim down, was costs around my time. If I was to provide details and calculations of my time spent to address these matters due to the tenants' breach of contract, they would include but not be limited too (I note the SACAT figure around own time spent by owner is $28.45ph):

• My time to be present at the property to inform and advise locksmith to change 7 locks and repair damage to rear security door on day of tenant vacate. (Removal of 7 lock barrels from doors, gate, garage and letter box to install new locking mechanisms - the tenant changed the locks without permission and only returned 1 commercial grade encrypted key that could not be copied - you have receipt with details (3 hours x $28.45 = $85.35);
• My time to call, email information and physically meet with tradespeople at the property to get quotes to repair the damage caused by the tenant - 3 tradespeople physically visited the property on 3 separate occasions and I emailed numerous others with photos and detailed lists of work to be done to repair. So let's just put 4 hours here which falls well short of my time spent, but again I stress I met with 3 tradespeople at the property at different times to get quotes for the repairs (4 hours x $28.45 = $113.80);
• For my time spent lodging and seeing through my 2 insurance claims for rent default and malicious damages claims. Claim lodgements x 2, providing detailed information via phone and email - photos, quotes, reports, inspections sheets, rental ledgers. Making myself available for meetings and phone calls to progress claims. I did all this work not my PM. I reiterate it took 8 months to get a result for my malicious damage claim alone. I'd have to estimate my time at being around 25 hours to address the matters resulting from breach of contract by the tenant, there was over 25 emails sent and received by me to address both insurance claims (25 hours x $28.45 = $711.25);
• Total of all three claims as detailed above: $910.40

1. [1] Mr O'Sullivan snr lived at the property with his wife, but he was named on the tenancy agreement as the sole tenant and so I will refer to him throughout this decision, as the tenant.

[5] As amended in the course of the review.

1. [6] The Tribunal's approach to determining the appropriate proportion of a re-letting fee and advertising costs to be allocated to the tenant is set out in a fact sheet on SACAT's website, and also on the Consumer and Business Services website.

[7] Section 79(h) of the RTA

1. [8] See: for example, s 80(2)(d) of the RTA which makes it clear that if a tenant vacates after a Form 2 notice of termination has been served, this does not prevent the landlord from making a claim for rent loss which is subsequently incurred by them.

1. [10] Annexure A contains a statement of the damage which Ms Karamanlis provided to the Tribunal in support of her application seeking an order for vacant possession.

[11] Page 3; see also: page 1 of her Internal Review statement December 2023.

[12] Section 115 of the RTA.

[13] Tronnolone v Edwards and Bryan [2016] SACAT 27 at para 14.

[14] Section 78 of the RTA.

[15] Jones v Edwards [1994] TASSC 167; (1994) 3 Tas R 350, Mouritz v Hegedus [1999] WASCA 1061.

[16] Section 110(2) of the RTA.

[18] This is taken from taken from her submission to the Tribunal of December 2023 - page 3.