Thank you for considering renting through Gagliardi Scott Real Estate!

Are you interested in viewing one of our rental properties?If so, click the “Contact agent” button on the relevant property to register your interest.
You will be contacted by our property management team with an Open for Inspection date and time.
You will then be required to notify our office as to whether you will be attending, or if someone will be attending on your behalf.
Alternatively, you are welcome to come in office to fill a form out and it will be passed on to our team.

Our application process:

• Attend a group open for inspection (if you are applying from out of area, this will be taken into consideration and discretion may be used for an individual inspection).
• Collect an application at the Open for inspection, complete accurately with 100 points of identification and return it to our office for consideration.
• Please note** You are required to provide 1 example per type of identification from the following list only:
  

  Photo ID: Driver’s license / Passport Last 4 payslips / Centrelink income statement Current 3 month bank statement Written reference from current landlord Last 4 rent receipts / current rental ledger Rates notice Copy of Medicare card Concession / Pension card Utility Bill

  30 points 30 points 20 points 20 points 20 points 20 points 10 points 10 points 10 points

If successful, you will be required to pay 4 weeks rent upfront as well as a bond, which is calculated as follows:

Bond = weekly rent amount x 52 (weeks of the year) divided by 12 (calendar month)

For example: $200 x 52 / 12 = $866 (rounded down to the nearest dollar)

During your tenancy:

Regular routine inspections are undertaken by your Property Manager once you have resided at the property for three months, and then every six months thereafter. The objective of these inspections is to ensure the property is cared for to a satisfactory standard, but also provides the opportunity for you, the tenant, to ascertain any maintenance concerns you may have with your property manager. You will be sent a letter and email approx. 14 days prior to your inspection advising of the date and time (please note: it will be a time frame, e.g. 9 – 11am).

Things for the tenant to consider throughout your tenancy may include:

• Cleaning and tidying the property
• Routine cleaning (e.g. dusting, sweeping/vacuuming and cleaning kitchen and bathroom surfaces)
• Removing any mould from surfaces
• Lawn mowing and gardening
• Tidying up outside areas (e.g. decks, patios)

Following each inspection, a written report will be mailed to you and the Landlord, for your records.
Our Property Managers are friendly and approachable, so please be aware they are open to discuss any concerns you may have throughout your tenancy.

Renting a home a guide for tenants

2 Weeks rent in advance explained:

At the beginning of the tenancy, tenants pay their bond plus four weeks rent. The four weeks rent pays them for their first fortnightly period & 2 weeks in advance.Two weeks later their rent is due again; that rental payment pays rent for the following fortnight and so on.

For example:
Let’s say the lease starts on the 1st of January. On this date, the tenant has paid their bond (equivalent to 4 weeks rent) and four weeks rent.

The rent is paid for from January the 1st until January the 28th inclusive; 28 days.

On January the 15th: the next two weeks rent is due. (technically you are 2 weeks in advance).

The rent is paid from January the 29th until February the 11th (including your two weeks rent in advance).

On the 29th of January the rent is due again, and the tenancy continues in this fashion.

The two weeks rent is “used” or “credited” for next 14 days and you start again.

If the rent continues to be paid regularly, each fortnight, the final rental payment is due and payable two weeks prior to the lease end date.

If your lease starts on a Friday (or whichever day it begins), the next rental payment is due on Friday (or whichever day it started on).
It is very easy to set up a regular payment from your account to our Trust Account to occur every second week through net-banking. Please be aware of the time it takes to clear your account into our account; it’s best to arrange the transfer to occur two days prior to the rent due date.

Our vacating process:

If you would like to vacate the property you are renting please download and fill out the “Notice to Vacate” form below and send to either jackie@gagliardiscott.com.au or craig@gagliardiscott.com.au.

Download Notice To Vacate

On your vacating date, you must:

• Provide your carpet cleaning receipt
• Return all keys provided to you upon signing of the lease
• Pay your rent in full to the vacate date
• Please ensure that your power remains connected until your carpets are cleaned

Please see below our recommended tradespeople to assist you with vacating:

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