[Klipa]

Just wondering what is the usual "time commitment" for rental accomodation. Do landlords expect you to sign a contract for a year or do you just have to give a certain amount of notice?

I suppose it depends on the particular landlord? Is there a penalty for getting out of a rental early or are you just expected to find a new tenant at your own expense.

I have read several posts on here about people switiching houses very quickly...just wondering how it all works.

Thank you!

[mgbridges]

I asked the same question before I arrived, and it has become a bit clearer since I got here.

Basically there are 2 forms of tenancy - Fixed Term and Periodic. Fixed term is pretty obvious! Periodic is just a rolling tenancy with notice periods. The standard notice period that a landlord has to give to a tenant is 90 days, whereas for a tenant it is 21 days. These periods can change if the landlord sells the property.

I've signed up to a tenancy which is 3 months fixed then reverting to periodic after that.

Hope this helps.

Martin

[gil]

Something else to take into account is the schools' requirement. To enrol my daughter at College, we had to provide proof of a year's tenancy commitment within zone.
As it happened, we found somewhere we wanted to buy after 4 months and our landlord was happy for us to find a new tenant, which we did through this forum :D
I think it depends on the landlord.

Gil

[urban78]

Just wondering what is the usual "time commitment" for rental accomodation. Do landlords expect you to sign a contract for a year or do you just have to give a certain amount of notice?

I suppose it depends on the particular landlord? Is there a penalty for getting out of a rental early or are you just expected to find a new tenant at your own expense.

I have read several posts on here about people switiching houses very quickly...just wondering how it all works.

Thank you!

There was a minimum of 6 months minimum for our landlord (and we were able to negotiate $20 off the weekly rent). We extended it for another 6 and since then we have been signing for 3 months at a time, just in case we want to get out of the place fairly quickly. Our contract states that if we are on a fixed term, the rent will not go up :D (been here for nearly 2yrs and rent hasn't gone up!)

I think landlords are fairly more inclined to rent to people wanting to commit for 6 months at least, but then again it will depend on the landlord :)

Jen