Starting a tenancy

A clear tenancy start aligns the offer, agreement, money, property condition and communication before possession changes hands.

• Confirm the arrangement’s legal classification.
• Use current prescribed documents and disclosures.
• Agree the start date, rent method and handover plan.

Set the decision criteria, responsibilities and jurisdiction checks before the time-sensitive work begins.

• ✓Confirm the arrangement’s legal classification.
• ✓Use current prescribed documents and disclosures.
• ✓Agree the start date, rent method and handover plan.

Follow the same documented sequence each time, while adapting forms, notices and timeframes to the property jurisdiction.

• ✓Sign and distribute the agreement.
• ✓Follow the official bond pathway.
• ✓Complete condition, inventory and key records.

Good records support clear decisions, reliable handovers and fair resolution when memories differ.

• Executed agreement and disclosures
• Bond lodgement or trust-holding evidence and rent receipts
• Condition report, images and key register

Pause when the facts, authority or next legal step are unclear. A fast but unsupported decision usually creates more work later.

• Using an internet template from another jurisdiction
• Holding bond money informally
• Leaving repair and emergency contacts unclear

The supported workspace connects property listings, inspection bookings, applications, agreement preparation and signing, condition records, repairs, documents and tenancy communication. Free planning tools help you explore management costs, cash flow, rental yield and readiness before committing to a rental. Both parties can contribute condition evidence. Check the required form and process separately; supplementary exit evidence does not replace a prescribed condition report or decide a bond claim.