I got some information about renting from the Consumer's Affairs web site in Victoria about vacating a property (asking someone to leave the house they live in) and thought it may be useful to you.
When you rent a house or a unit in Australia, you have to look after it and make sure you don't cause any damage.
Unfortunately, some people who rent properties in Australia sometimes cause problems to the owner and to the real estate agent. They can also cause problems to neighbours. The neighbours sometimes have to call the police because the people who rent the house near them are too noisy or cause trouble.
Sometimes they don't look after their gardens and their houses look dirty. They don't cut the grass and put a lot of rubbish in their gardens.
The local council can give you a fine if the grass in your garden is too long. My friend paid $1400 because he was too busy to cut the grass in his garden. That is a lot of money.
The landlord can send you a notice and ask you to vacate the property immediately if you have caused damage to it. He or she can ask you to leave if you or your visitors have endangered the safety of the neighbours.
The landlord can also ask you to vacate the property if it is not safe for human habitation or is unsafe for people to live in. Perhaps the roof has been damaged and it can fall at any time. You don't want to stay on and get killed inside the house, do you?
The landlord can ask you to leave the property if you haven't paid the bond. Paying the bond is part of your lease agreement.
Landlords in Australia can ask tenants to vacate properties if they can prove that the tenants use them for illegal purposes like growing plants in the garden to make drugs.
The landlord can ask you to vacate the property if you give misleading information in the lease agreement (contract).
The landlord can ask you to vacate the property if you stop paying rent for some time. The landlord normally has to pay money to the bank and if you stop paying him or her, they will be in trouble with their banks. You don't want this to happen to them, do you? They will ask you to leave the house so they can rent it out to someone who can pay rent.
