vaalrivier Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Stumbled onto this page and thought it might help a few forumites:http://www.realestate.com.au/blog/how-to-get-a-lease-when-you-dont-have-a-rental-history/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Has anyone in Perth had any experience breaking a lease? Do you have to keep paying the rent until the agent finds a new tenant? Or do you just have to pay costs to advertise the property? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaalrivier Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Maybe not the same for all rentals or areas, but we had to cover ad costs AND pay rent until they secured a new tenant. We obviously then did a lot of our own 'word of mouth" networking and luckily got a new tenant very quickly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 That's what I thought .... So costly to get out of a lease here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudlySouthAfricanInPerth Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Yes you are resposible for the rent up until the end of your lease as well as reasonable advertising costs. But do check with reiwa what they can and cant charge you as most will try and squeeze anything they can out of you if you arent clued up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Yep, for us it was a penalty to cover advertising and early break contract fee (That they told me is to cover the commission they miss out on from the contract not going full term), then we had to pay until they had a new person in as well, but once we had moved out and thy could say immediate occupation, that was really fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc2stars Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hi All...Moving to Sydney in March. What do rental agencies want in terms of paperwork from you if you do not have a rental history in Sydney?I currently own a (bond-free) house in SA so I do not have references from SA rental agents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmNew Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hi All...Moving to Sydney in March. What do rental agencies want in terms of paperwork from you if you do not have a rental history in Sydney?I currently own a (bond-free) house in SA so I do not have references from SA rental agents?Hi kc2stars.We have just secured a lease agreement in Melbourne, with not rental history at all.We needed to provide the following :1) proof of ID - passport, local drivers license and Medicare card2) Current and prior employment history. Hubby had only been in job for 3 weeks here3) Employment and friend reference contact details To this we added a reference from the estate agent that sold our RSA property as to how long we had owned it, and the condition it was upon sale thereof. We also added a letter describing / introducing ourselves.We secured the rental and only had to pay the normal bond and one months rent in advance.If you are not selling your house in RSA, perhaps you can attach an affidavit where you state current address, length of occupation, proof of ownership, and some photos indicating condition of property ? Another tip I have read on the forum is to offer more than one months rent in advance.All the best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc2stars Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Thanks. I will ask the estate agent for that and also get some additional friend reference contact details for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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