Home & Garden How to find out the owner of a property?

[Selective Retention]

The apartment next door to me is vacant and up for sale.

Presumably either the real estate agent, a tradie or a cleaner has come in to do some work and left the place unlocked.

I rang up the real estate agency listed on the advertising board out front last weekend and informed them that the door was left open and I couldn't pull it shut for them as I had tried but you need the key to lock it.

I get home this weekend and the door is still wide open.

Evidently not a shit was given by the real estate company. The police were not interested either.

If I had a ~300k investment I would not be impressed with the place being left wide open for vandals, squatters, whatever to amble in and trash the place.

So how do I find out and contact the owner? Or should I just not give a shit either?

 

[JADED]

We've gone through local council to get similar info. That was for a vacant block as we wanted access to it to "trim" some trees. They had no issues telling us who owned the block.

 

[jonoman89]

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/property-titles-and-maps/land-titles-home

Give them a call.

 

[Selective Retention]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I just get blocked everywhere by privacy, no one will give out contact details or even ring the owner themselves and let them know. What a load of crap and complete lack of common sense.

I would be absolutely seething if it was my property.

 

[neroblack]

You can do a title search yourself for $20. Register here and search away.
https://www.landata.vic.gov.au/tpc/

 

[morri]

Where I live apartment blocks normally have a number to the care taker or even the owner of the flats, so maybe you ve seen something like that in the first floor?

 

[nicko99]

Check their letter box for mail..? You'll at least get a name of the owner...

 

[MacMum]

Talk to other residents, one of them may be an owner/occupyer, and see if there is a number for the body corporate..

 

[Chief]

Call the police, report a break in. They will contact the owners.