HELP! Moving house…

i went to my older brother for help and he rang the RTA for me….turns out we were right… our two 2 weeks notice overrules the agents 2 months… 🙂

im so stoked we got a house and cannot wait till we move … we just paid the bond and signed the lease today and we get the keys saturday morning…. 😀
Congrats on the new house, I hope it’s fabulous! It’s always so stressful when moving house. We purchased a house just over 2 years ago, which was even more stressful!

its such a relief coz we have spent sooooo long looking for a rental property…..

i went to my older brother for help and he rang the RTA for me….turns out we were right… our two 2 weeks notice overrules the agents 2 months… 🙂

im so stoked we got a house and cannot wait till we move … we just paid the bond and signed the lease today and we get the keys saturday morning…. 😀

its such a relief coz we have spent sooooo long looking for a rental property…..

Fashionista8P – definitely check out your legal rights with the appropriate body in Brisbane. The property manager is having you on and probably doesn’t think you will check the legalities. Glad to hear that you have found a new house which is great. Do check out the lease properly on the new house and make sure you document (and photograph if possible) any defects on the condition report. You may need this if you have another problem when you leave. Good luck and I hope you will be happier in your new abode. x

definitely call them at the rental board, if you are out of contract and can give 2 weeks notice then you should be able to.
Also make note of all the things, if it is unfit then definitely should be able to get out earlier.

I found my local rental board very helpful when the previous place I rented had the hot water system break and the landlord told me “shower with friends and family for a week or 2!!!”
The rental board had it fixed within 48hours (legal requirement)

well i just got a call today and we got a house and can move in on saturday….
but when we called our property manager he said we have to pay rent till the date which is on the form which is the 30th April….

im in Brisbane so i am just looking at the RTA’s website now to find a way out of this because i dont think this is right…. plus this house is so unfit to live in so im going to do everything i can to get out of this rental property….

It is stressful dealing with these issues. Your best bet is to contact relevant bodies in the state you live in. I don’t know where you live but there should be a consumer rights statutory authority or a tenants union that you can contact. These bodies give excellent advice.

As PrettyPrincess says, you will need to pay a bond in your new place and that is likely to occur before you get your bond back from your current residence. Good luck!

If it is in your contract that you can leave with 2 weeks notice then you should be able to leave early.

We ended our lease early and lucky a tenant was found really quickly so we where not penalized as we broke the contract!

Also just remember you will need to put bond up for the next place before you get the current bond back.
Good Luck

yeah thats exactly what i dont want to do… have to pay rent to two places….

i have no clue if they can even lease it out again, the roof in the second bedroom has been leaking since we had all that rain in Brisbane with the floods and we did tell them straight away yet they still did nothing about it… so if worst comes to worst i can use that against them and say the house is unfit to live in….

i just seriously hope we find a house this week and it will all be sorted. Its very stressful…

If it is in your contract that you can leave with 2 weeks notice then you should be able to leave early.

We ended our lease early and lucky a tenant was found really quickly so we where not penalized as we broke the contract!

Also just remember you will need to put bond up for the next place before you get the current bond back.
Good Luck

Hi fashionista, we were in a similar situation not long ago. We had a lease in Adelaide till Apr ’11 and we left in Jan ’11. W ehad been living there for 2 and a half years and our lease was not changed from fixed to periodic for some reason.

We had to pay the rent till Apr (which was when our contract was ending) or till they found a tenant. It was really hard on us because we had moved to a new place and were paying rent for two houses, which was beyond ridiculous!

In your case, the breach of contract was by the landlord/agent so you technically need not pay the rent if you leave before the given date. They should also refund the one week’s rent if you have paid for two weeks and you vacate before it.

I’m not too sure, but I think this is how it works. You should speak to a property lawyer, who consult their first session for free and explain your situation. You will know your rights better.

Gosh that sounds stressful! Are you in QLD?
I suggest you have a look around on the http://www.rta.qld.gov.au/ website so you can check everything is all above board and what they can and can’t do