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Renting guide

Renting a home comes with a host of challenges and rules to navigate. Our tips for renters will guide you through all the stages of renting. Including applying for a rental property, your rental rights, finding housemates, damage-free decor ideas, negotiating lower rent and how to safeguard your bond.

How to rent a home

Looking for your first rental property? We’ll talk you through how to fill in your rental application, check a condition report, make repair requests and when it’s time to move on, ace the vacate clean.

Shared accommodation

When it comes to share house harmony it’s important to set ground rules around communal spaces, chores, money and guests from the outset. If you’re having any concerns or issues living with housemates, here is your share house survival guide.

Tenants rights guide

As a tenant, you can't afford to be unaware of your rights when it comes to your rental property. Here’s what you need to know about fixed term lease agreements, urgent repairs, sub-letting, the right to keep a pet and getting your bond back.

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How to manage shared living expenses

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How much could you save by negotiating lower rent?

Bessie Hassan - October 22, 2018 0

If you’re in the market to move into a new rental property, then money (and how you can save it) has probably been on...

Tenants rights guide

A renter’s guide to safeguarding their bond

This is Neat Cleaning - January 23, 2018 1

Whether you’re finally ditching the flatmates for your very own studio apartment or you’ve just purchased your first starter home, attempting to get your...

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