Phillip Andrew Shanks: Banksia Grove real estate agent given two-year license ban for dodgy act
A Banksia Grovers have been issued for two years and fined $ 4000 after transferring the tenant bond to the personal bank account and failed to fulfill routine obligations to the landlord.
Phillip Andrew Shanks and his agency Sanz Property Solutions were running an Edgewater property between November 2016 and March 2022.
Mr. Shanks, the State Administrative Court, after the release of the tenants after the release of the Funds to the personal account of the real estate agent’s trust account of a completely $ 2140 rental bond found.
During the Sell hearing, Mr. Shanks said the outgoing tenant directed the money to be used for cleaning costs to pass the final inspection.
The court admitted that Mr. Shanks used to clean a portion of it, but rejected a self -given invoice evidence from his agency to the landlord for cleaning with the sum of the bond.
The landlord who wanted to go back to the property had to pay 8000 dollars of their own money to make the house livable.
In addition to the bond reimbursement problems, SAT also found that Mr. Shanks was not deposited with the bond manager within 14 days after the bond receipt.
In addition, he did not follow the routine obligations to the landlord, including not to respond to the instructions, not to keep the examination reports and to inform the owner about the maintenance and repair requests of the tenants.
Mr. Shanks was fined $ 4000 and ordered to pay an additional $ 6000 at legal costs, as well as losing his license for two years.
Consumer Protection Commissioner Trish Blake, the behavior is insufficient than expected, he said.
“Real estate agents are in the position of trust in the society and their customers who give them the keys to their most valuable assets,” he said.
“Mr. Shanks not only breaks this trust, he shattered him on multiple fronts. The deflection of trust funds in a clear, illegal deflection, gave up a shocking ignorance of trust account arrangements and a complete mission to the landlord.
“He still believes that the tenant is the primary customer.
“This gross insufficiency is a serious betrayal that erodes the trust of the people in the entire real estate industry, when combined with the consistent failure of acting with fundamental care and diligence.”
