Renting: Womans Kmart hack causes outrage after landlord refused to fix stove

One woman’s Kmart hack has gone viral, but instead of receiving praise for her genius idea, she’s faced hundreds of outraged comments.

She took to the Kmart Hacks and Decor Facebook page to share a “hack” she’d come up with to replace the stove in her rental.

“Our landlord won’t fix the old stove so we improvised,” she wrote.

She shared a photo of a melamine sheet sitting on top of the stove, with two induction cookers from Kmart on top.

“So far, they work very well and have cut down on cooking time.”

The hack would normally be praised in the chat, but members leapt to the comment section to call out the woman’s landlord.

“Wait, what? Won’t fix the stove. They have to, that’s a breach,” one woman wrote.

“I hope the homeowner has been reported to RTA, plus the real estate has also got a legal obligation to make sure the rental property is compliant,” said another.

“The law states that everything within a rental property has to be within sound working order, I’d be reporting the owner.”

Others called out the state of the rental market across Australia, with many saying they too had experienced faulty appliances in their rentals.

“This is the state of our woeful rental market – I’m sorry you have to deal with this,” one member wrote.

“I lived like this for about five years in a rental too!” said another.

Several members called for her to take legal action, and told her where to look to find the right legislation.

“Not sure what state you’re in, but in Queensland it’s an emergency repair,” one person said.

“As a landlord, it’s classified as a necessity and must be fixed.”

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