Renting - Ending a tenancy
Easy English fact sheet
2025
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What is a tenancy?
When you rent a home it is called a tenancy.
You sign a lease.
Rent is the money you have to pay to live
in the home.
A tenancy is the time you rent a home.
For example, 12 months.
A lease is a contract. A lease says
- you have rented the home
- how long you will rent the home for
- other rules you must follow.
What is a landlord or agent?
- A landlord owns the home you rent
- An agent
- looks after the home while you rent it
- works for a real estate company.
How do you end a tenancy?
You can end a tenancy when your lease is
finished. For example, after 12 months.
You write to the landlord or agent when you
will move out. This is called giving notice.
When you want to move out early you may
have to pay some costs.
Early means before the lease ends.
Call Consumer Protection WA to find out how
much notice you need to give.
Phone 1300 30 40 54
Before you move out
You must
- pay all bills and rent you owe
- clean the home
- take all your things with you
- get the carpets steam-cleaned if your
lease says this - give all the keys to the landlord or agent
- give your new address to your
landlord or agent.
Condition report
When you move out, the landlord or agent
will do a condition report.
A condition report shows the condition of each
room in the home. For example, the
- walls
- floors
- windows.
Condition tells us
- how something looks.
- how something works.
For example,- broken
- dirty
- not working, needs batteries.
For help call Consumer Protection WA
Phone 1300 30 40 54
Your bond
To get your bond back
- give back the keys.
- get a bond release form from
your landlord or agent. - look at your bond receipt.
Get your bond number. - fill out the bond release form.
- get your landlord or agent to sign the
bond release form. - your landlord or agent will send the bond
release form to the Residential Tenancies
Bond Authority.
The landlord may want to keep some of the
bond money.
If you do not agree, do not sign the bond
release form.
For help call Consumer Protection WA
Phone 1300 30 40 54
Remember
- Only sign something when you understand it.
- Do not sign a blank bond release form.
- Use your condition report if there is a problem
with the bond. - You may not get all your bond money back.
This can happen when- you owe rent
- you leave the home dirty
- there is damage to the home.
- Give your new address to your
landlord or agent.
Consumer Protection WA
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- Renting - ending a tenancy
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- Scams
- Services
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Phone 1300 30 40 54
Mail Locked Bag 100
East Perth WA 6892
Interpreter 131 450
National Relay Service 133 677
Email consumer@demirs.wa.gov.au
Website www.consumerprotection.wa.gov.au
This information is written in Easy English.
You might need more information about the law.
You can ask Consumer Protection WA.
Updated February 2025.
Easy English fact sheet updated by
Consumer Protection WA.
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