This is more or less what started our quest too. Back in June we got a notice for vacant tenancy. We had no idea why! We started searching for either a house of our own or another rental, but didn't get the results we needed. The landlord then came back to us saying, well we will let you stay after all, but you need to pay xxx, which was 20% more than our normal rent at the time. There is a rental crisis in my area, so we had no choice but to accept their offer. They, clearly, are exploiting the situation and it was a power play to jack our rent up. QLD has poor protection for renters. Ever since that moment I have had this feeling like where I am living isn't home, it isn't safe. They can come in and just snap away your feeling of safety. They also started popping over way more than is typical for all kinds of nonsense. We haven't gone 3 weeks without them sending someone here for various reasons. Buying a house is so much! Like finally I don't need to beg for permission to hang a picture. The only redeeming thing this landlord did was allow us to adopt Darcy (the duck), however it didn't redeem them that much. I can't wait to get out of here and into our house in April.