Green Renters
Anyone who’s ever rented a place will know how hard it is to get your landlord to fix something when it’s broken. Unless you have a dream landlord – or your landlord lives with you – it can take bloody ages.
I remember living in a flat at university which was owned by a lecturer and managed by her daughter. They were pretty good landlords but were right into spending as little as possible on the place. That meant the daughters husband was made to do any alterations on their houses. He was a lovely bloke but not really that competent.
One day we were told that they were going to fix up our (centuries old) side footpath. This was great – we thought – until the work fixing the footpath broke the (centuries old) sewerage pipes under the footpath. Needless to say we went without a loo for far too long for a house of four twenty something women, and the place stunk for weeks!
Everyone has a story like this. It does seem so much easier to own your own place. But with housing affordability at its worst point since WW1 in Australia for far too many owning is just way out of the question. (And for those of you considering buying? Don’t. Read this.)
So for those of you out there in rentland who are conscious of the fact we live on a finite planet and are looking for ways to reduce your house’s impact on the earth, there is a brilliant new site for you!
Green Renters is “a blog for those who rent but still strive to lead an ecologically and environmentally sound existence”. The site is chocka full of tips on how to increase the efficiency of your home life without major renovations and also good strategies for convincing your landlord that the major sustainable renovations are a good idea.
Did you know that the home insulation rebate is turning into a properly funded thing on July 1? That means that people on lower incomes can get their home insulated for free from July 1. The grant is only for owner-occupiers but there’s a few people I know that live with their landlord, so if that’s you, make sure your lord sees this!
Green Renters is a super resource and I recommend you all take a look. Even if you do own your own home there’s a ton of good resources on how to do things cheaper and better for our lovely earth.
Hooray!
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Thanks for the tip! Love blog recommendations from bloggers whose opinion I respect.