Break of lease

Break of lease guidelines


In order to break the lease of the contract, you are required to find a person to take over the reminding of your lease, you are also required to notify us with at least 3 weeks of anticipation about your decision of breaking the lease.


In order for you to find a replacement successfully, we recommend to copy the description of the property found in cozyplace.com.au as well as the pictures and post it in the following pages in order to obtain the desired reach,
  • Facebook
    • Post and comment in students, international and backpackers groups, we recommend you to post every 2 days and reply as much as possible to comments, this will increase visibility
    • Press the following link in order to see the groups we recommend: Groups
  • Flatmates
    • In order to successfully post on this page, an be the first post to appear you need to delete your post and repost it again every couple of days in order to increase visibility, also remember to reply to messages and questions about the property.
  • Gumtree
    • Try to delete and post an advertisement again every 3 days. It will keep your ad on the first page increasing its visibility
  • Ask your housemates to keep the place the cleanest and as organized as possible. A clean and tidy place will impress when people come to check it.
  • Be flexible with the inspection times, peoples have different schedules. However, try to book as many people at the same time. It will be easier for you and people will make a faster decision as they know have other people interested.
  • To send the contract to the new tenant, please send us his move in date, name and email. We will also arrange further details such as the new tenant deposit to secure the room and the key deposit.
  • Keep in mind that, the room is NOT taken until someone signs the contract and pays two weeks of rent in advance.
  • Remind that you are responsible to pay the rent until the end of your contract if you do not find someone to replace you. If you found someone, you are responsible for the rent until the day the new tenant moves in.
  • Please, don’t forget to check the vacancy checklist on your TENANT BOOKLET.




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