Aussies willing to live above a daycare centre must also be prepared to perform chores for the kindergarten and be confined to the unit for most of the day in a rental listing described as a ‘screaming red flag’.
The three-bedroom apartment in Bondi Junction, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, was recently listed online for a ‘lower’ rate of $950-a-week.
In return for the discounted rent, tenants will need to complete a list of tasks for the kindergarten and abide by strict opening and closing hours.
Renters can only access the unit through the centre and are not allowed to enter, exit or have guests while the daycare is open from 7.45am to 5.45pm on weekdays.
The listing states tenants will need to clean the business and the playground twice a week, water the gardens, put out their bins and tidy the ‘front area’ monthly.
Guests, pets and smoking are also not allowed with ‘more details and information’ to be provided to applicants at an inspection scheduled for Saturday.
The three-bedroom unit was called out by Aussie TikToker Rachel McQueen who described the listing as a ‘screaming red flag’.
Ms McQueen said the demands would make it an ‘extremely inconvenient place for even one individual’ to live let alone for three people in a share house.
A three-bedroom apartment in Bondi Junction (pictured, the unit’s balcony) has been slammed by Aussies for a series of concerning details relating to it being on top of a childcare centre
Pictured is the living room in the $950-a-week rental in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
She questioned if successful tenants would need to get a police check or pass a Working with Children Check (WWCC) to live at the property.
‘Who’s going to pay for these extra police, background, working with children checks to be done? Regular residential tenancies don’t require those so it’s really not up to the tenant to pay for them,’ Ms McQueen said.
‘I swear, just when I think I’ve f***ing seen it all, something like this comes along and reminds me that the depravity and greed of people who use housing for profit in this country.’
Aussies were quick to share their thoughts on the property, saying the cheaper price wasn’t enough to justify the list of demands.
‘If I was a parent whose children attends that kindergarten, I would be mortified,’ one user wrote, adding: ‘This is so alarming’.
Another said they wouldn’t know what to do if they were sent home from work early.
‘Imagine if I had to hang out somewhere else for the rest of the day because I wasn’t allowed home,’ they wrote.
The listing revealed tenants would not be allowed to enter, exit or have guests at the unit while the kindergarten (pictured) is open from 7.45am-5.45pm on weekdays
They would also be required to clean the childcare centre’s playground (pictured) and water its gardens twice a week while tidying its ‘front area’ monthly
The New South Wales Department of Education requires anyone working or volunteering in child-related work in the NSW to get a WWCC.
The check involves a national criminal history check and a review of past reportable workplace misconducts.
Most WWCC-holders are employed to work directly with children, however it is also also needed by those whose work involves ‘more than incidental’ contact with kids.
It is unclear if an applicant for the rental would also be required to apply for a WWCC, or if they would be considered an employee or volunteer for their chores at the business.
The entire property, including the kindergarten and another apartment, was sold earlier this year with an advertised net annual income of over $340,000.
It’s listing at the time also spruiked the ‘diversified’ revenue stream with two three-bedroom apartments.
It’s understood the property has since been ‘withdrawn’.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the kindergarten and listing agent for comment.
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