Yeah, I think it depends on the owners/land lord/real estate agent. Its not common here, but sometimes they do ask 3 - 4 weeks in advance.
Furnished places often ask for 6 weeks for the bond as well as the 2 weeks in advance, so thats 8 weeks worth all up as well.
hun if its through the same r/e they can transfer ur bond from the old place to the new one.
This just happened to a friend of mine and was the only reason they could go for a new house because they werent able to come up with the bond and a months rent in advance.
i dont know if they publicly advetise being able to do it, but maybe ask if they can?
yep i think that is common. when we rentedout our place we charged a bond and then to pay up to the payment date (1st of month) so it worked out 3 weeks in advance...
but i thinkt he norm is bond and then1 month in advance (as you generally pay the rent for th emonth in advance)
Ok i checked with teneacy tribunral and it is correct. I'm P****ed off because it wasn'te forced last time around and this time they are enforcing it. I don't have that money! I'm sitting here now haivng a minor meltdown and crying trying to work out what i'm going to do now. I finish work in 2 days to go on unpaid maternity leave. I didn't factor into my budgeting moving house and having to pay this much!!!
(sorry i'm whinging, i know there are ppl worse off than i am I totally get that) I just don't know what we are going to do and it's stressing and freaking me out now.
We had to do the same, it depends on different real estates as some only take 2 weeks rent and some 4 weeks rent, I think the reason being is cause the landlord wants the rent paid monthly in advance. We pay fortnightly but a month's worth of rent has to be paid by the 1st of every month.
I'd ask about transferring the bond too. We've done it before. & maybe pay some extra rent now & get ahead & ask them to put that towards the next place too?
we've always had to pay the bond (equal to 4 weeks rent) and then pay the actual rent.. which is 4 weeks in advance. what i hate is t hat you need ot have that money ready if your application is approved, even if you still have to give 2 weeks notice to your current landlord.
First off babe - don't apologise for having a whinge - its awfully suckful what you are going through right now - and you shouldn't apologise to us!
I hadn't heard of it either -and it makes it so hard to come up with that kind of money - guess they just want people to go and buy their own property.
(Ps. Bet tassie is lookin kinda good at the moment ay? )
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