Australians who want to live above a daycare center must also be prepared to do chores for the preschool and spend most of the day in their own apartment, even if it is a rental property that has been described as “a screaming red flag.”
The three-bedroom apartment in Bondi Junction, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, was recently listed online for the ‘lower’ price of $950 a week.
In exchange for the rent reduction, tenants must create a to-do list for the preschool and adhere to strict opening and closing times.
Tenants can only access the unit through the center. They are not allowed to enter or leave the unit and are not allowed to receive guests. The childcare is open from 07:45 to 17:45 on weekdays.
The advertisement states that tenants must clean the premises and playground twice a week, water the gardens, take out the bins and tidy up the ‘front area’ once a month.
Guests, pets and smoking are also not allowed. ‘More details and information’ will be provided to applicants during an inspection scheduled for Saturday.
The three-bedroom apartment was promoted by Australian TikTokker Rachel McQueen, who described the listing as a “screaming red flag.”
Ms McQueen said the requirements would make it “an extremely inconvenient place for even one person to live”, let alone three people in a shared home.
A three-bedroom apartment in Bondi Junction (pictured is the unit’s balcony) has been criticised by Australians for a series of worrying details regarding its location above a childcare centre
The photo shows the living room in a $950-a-week rental property in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
She wondered whether successful tenants would have to undergo a police check or a Working with Children Check (WWCC) to be allowed to live in the property.
“Who’s going to pay for these extra police, background checks, child checks? They’re not required under regular leases, so it’s not really up to the tenant to pay for them,” Ms. McQueen said.
“I swear, just when I think I’ve seen it all, something like this comes along and I’m reminded of how depraved and greedy the people are who use homes in this country for profit.”
Australians were quick to comment on the property, saying the lower price wasn’t enough to justify the list of demands.
“If I were a parent of children going to that preschool 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 to go home,” they wrote.
The list showed that tenants were not allowed to enter or leave and that no guests were allowed in the apartment, while the nursery school (pictured) is open from 7:45 am to 5:45 pm on weekdays.
They would also have to clean the daycare playground (pictured) and water the gardens twice a week, while tidying up the ‘front area’ monthly.
The New South Wales Department of Education requires anyone employed or volunteering in childcare in NSW to apply for a WWCC.
The audit consists of a national investigation into the criminal past and an inventory of previous reportable abuses in the workplace.
Most WWCC holders work directly with children, but people who come into contact with children ‘more than incidentally’ in their work also need WWCC.
It is unclear whether applicants for the rental property must also apply for a WWCC, or whether they are considered employees or volunteers for their duties at the company.
The entire property, including the preschool and another apartment, sold earlier this year with an advertised net annual income of over $340,000.
The IPO also provided a ‘diversified’ income stream at the time in the form of two three-bedroom apartments.
Apparently the building has now been ‘withdrawn’.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the preschool and the estate agent for comment.