Here are the fundamentals for Tasmanian landlords:
·
Bond is four weeks’
rent.
·
One month’s rent is
paid in advance.
·
Notice for a landlord
to end tenancy is 14 to 28 days.
Residential Tenancy Act of Tasmania
The Residential Tenancy Act 1997 does not apply to:
- renting outside of Tasmania
- sub-leases
- any room in a property where
there are two rooms being let AND the owner also lives there OR the tenant
lives there and sublets the boarding premises
- contracts of sale
- holiday accommodation (where
the property is rented for a holiday for less than 3 months)
- temporary refuge accommodation
(e.g. a women’s shelter)
- commercial property (e.g.
shop leases). Visit the Retail Tenancy page for more information.
- any part of a hotel or motel
that is not a boarding house
- any part of a hospital, nursing
home or club
- properties let under the Retirement
Villages Act 2004. Visit the Retirement Villages page for more information.
For
more information visit: https://www.cbos.tas.gov.au/topics/housing/renting/beginning-tenancy/leases
See our
article on "Legal reasons a tenancy application can be denied”: https://www.realrenta.com.au/blog/post/646
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Jason Gwerder
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
