Why are landlords unaware of basic tenant rights?
I have lived in Sydney for 6 years, and this is my 10th property. I have rented almost exclusively through Flatmates. And for some reason, I have never had a landlord that has understood and respected basic tenant rights - at best, they had to be explained to the landlords by us tenants, and at worst they were just completely ignored.
My most recent house is the weirdest situation by far. I'm renting a room with a few flatmates. This elderly couple showed me the house and had me sign the contract (they don't live there). For some reason, they wanted the rent to go into their son's banking account (so who is my landlord?).
Then, after about a week of me being there, I was relaxing in bed one day, when the couple randomly shows up and the lady starts banging on my door calling out my name. I pretended I wasn't there as I was half-naked and didn't want to get up. She banged on the door for a solid 20 minutes. Then she... opened the door and walked in. She saw me and was very apologetic, said she was worried something had happened to me.
I thought she'd stop coming over, but then most recently she sent me a message complaining about a mess I'd left in the kitchen. I had popped out to grab a few ingredients while I was cooking. None of my flatmates raised the issue about the mess.
I could tell her she's trespassing, but why should I? Why can't people just know not to disrespect other people's private spaces?