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Your Responsibilities

It is important to understand as a tenant what your responsibilities are.

LASTRA Property Group will provide you with a tenants responsibility handbook when you first move into the property.

The law implies a condition into every tenancy agreement that the tenant must use their home in a ‘tenant-like’ way

Using your home in a tenant-like way generally means:

• Doing minor repairs yourself, such as changing fuses and lightbulbs
• Keeping your home clean
• Not causing any damage to the property and making sure your visitors don’t cause any damage
• Using any fixtures and fittings properly, for example, not blocking a toilet, flushing something unsuitable down it
• The landlord will not include a term in the agreement that would pass on any of their repair responsibilities to you, for example, that you are responsible for repairs to the roof. This type of term would not have any force in law
• Report repairs to your landlord
• In most cases, your landlord is responsible for repair work until they know about it, so it is the tenants responsibility to inform LASTRA property group about any repairs that are needed
• Reporting repairs is a condition of your tenancy agreement, so you may have to report any problems, even if they seem quite small or if you are not too concerned about getting them fixed

LASTRA Property Group will provide you 24 hours notice before a visit and will be offered a reasonable time of day, for example between 8am and 6pm

Rent

As part of your tenancy agreement, you agree to pay your rent on time each month. Defaulting on rental payments could damage your deposit and future tenancies

Moving Out

LASTRA property group will arrange an inventory check out on the property. The inventory clerk will meet you on the day of move out. It is a tenants responsibility to ensure that the property is returned to its original state as per the inventory check in. We also recommend that the property is cleaned to a ‘professional’ standard upon exit

LASTRA property group will guide you through the process of check out and will provide all the information times/dates of inspection required to ensure a smooth transaction