New South Wales

Get your landlord's consent to sublet your rental premises to a new tenant with this permission form for New South Wales rentals.

• The sublet is subject to the terms of the original lease.
• The original tenant is still obligated to perform all the tenant obligations under the lease until the expiration of the lease, if the subtenant fails to do so.
• This Landlord's Permission to Sublet form should only be used for residential rentals in NSW. It is not intended to be used with commercial retail leases.
• The form is a downloadable MS Word document that is easy to fill in and print.
• Intended for use only in the State of New South Wales, Australia.

Let a room in a rooming or boarding house to a renter with this template Rooming House Agreement for New South Wales.

• The rental form can be used for either a furnished or unfurnished room.
• The renter pays for water, electricity and gas rates on a prorated basis. The renter also pays for their own phone charges.
• The renter must abide by the house rules.
• The renter must keep the room clean and must not cause damage.
• The occupancy can be by the week, fortnight or month.
• This Rooming House Agreement is intended to be used only in New South Wales.
• The template is available in MS Word format and is fully editable to fit your needs.

Download this free Tenant Information Statement from Fairtrading NSW before you move in to your rental unit.

• The document contains essential information that tenants need to know before they start renting, such as:
  • what the landlord's responsibilities are,
  • what the tenant's responsibilities are,
  • how rental bonds work,
  • what your rights are under the law,
  • who pays for utilities,
  • how to terminate the tenancy.
• This is a free downloadable form available directly from the New South Wales Government website.

Get your rental bond money back with this free Claim for Refund of Bond Money form from the New South Wales Office of Fair Trading pursuant to the Residential Tenancies Act 2010.

• This form is to be completed and signed by both the landlord (or agent) and the tenant(s) at the end of the tenancy to request the refund of a rental bond.
• The Claim form includes information about rental bonds and instructions to help you complete the form, as well as information on what to do if the parties do not agree to the refund amount.
• This is a free fillable PDF form that can be downloaded directly from the NSW Government Office of Fair Trading website.

Let dormitory rooms to students in New South Wales with this downloadable template Dormitory Housing Tenancy Agreement.

• The agreement is between the student and the university housing authority.
• The student is granted a license to use the room, the shared facilities within the dormitory suite, and the common areas of the building.
• The landlord may deduct from the rental bond any arrears in rent, or the costs arising from any breach of the student's obligations.
• The student must notify the landlord immediately if s/he ceases to be a student of the university.
• Each of the parties may terminate the tenancy on proper notice, but the student must pay an early termination fee if the tenancy is terminated before the end of the term.
• The student will remain liable for the rent for the balance of the term unless a replacement tenant is found.

New South Wales Dormitory Housing Tenancy Agreement, available as a MS Word template.

Download this free Landlord Information Statement from Fairtrading NSW before your tenant moves in to the rental property.

• The document contains essential information that landlords need to know before they start renting out their residential property, such as:
  • what the landlord's responsibilities are,
  • what the tenant's responsibilities are,
  • the condition that the rental unit must be in to be habitable,
  • what you must provide to your tenant,
  • what you must do during and at the end of the tenancy,
  • how to terminate the tenancy.
• This is a free downloadable form available directly from the NSW Government website.

Record the condition of a rental premises prior to the tenant moving in with this free Condition Report form from Fairtrading.nsw.gov.au.

• The landlord and the tenant must each inspect the rental unit and complete the relevant section of the form prior to the start of the tenancy.
• The form contains complete instructions on how to complete the report.
• This is a free fillable PDF from the NSW Government, in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019, updated to March 2020.
• Intended for use only in the State of New South Wales, Australia.

Set out the obligations of all flatmates in a rental property in this Shared Tenancy Agreement for New South Wales.

• This is NOT a rental contract or tenancy agreement between a landlord and tenant, but rather it is a written agreement between flatmates establishing how shared expenses will be divided, and what will happen if one of the flatmates decides to move out.
• Provisions of the Agreement include:
  • how rental expenses are to be divided up among the tenants, including rent, bond, utilities and other expenses;
  • liability for damage and repairs which were caused by a particular flatmate;
  • termination by a flatmate;
  • what happens if a flatmate defaults in performing their obligations;
  • disposal of abandoned property left behind when a flatmate moves out;
  • a set of house rules to be followed by all tenants.
• Available in MS Word format, easy to edit to fit your circumstances.
• Intended to be used only in the State of New South Wales, Australia.

Transfer a rental bond from one rental address to another with this free Transfer of Bond form from the New South Wales Office of Fair Trading.

• This form is used to transfer a rental bond only if all the tenants registered for the current bond are moving to the new tenancy address.
• The form includes information about rental bonds and instructions to help you complete the form.
• Form ADV7063, available directly from the NSW Fair Trading website. Fill in the form and submit it online.
• For use only in New South Wales.

Cancel a tenant's lease in New South Wales before the end of the lease term with this Agreement for Early Termination of Lease form.

• This form is not for evictions. It can only be used when both the landlord and tenant agree to terminate the lease early.
• This Agreement should only be used for residential leases. A different form is required for commercial tenancies.
• The tenant must still give the landlord written notice setting out the proposed termination date.
• The tenant agrees to pay the landlord a lease buyout fee.
• With this agreement, everyone wins. The tenant gets out of the lease before the end of the term and the landlord is able to list the rental unit on the market again.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in the State of New South Wales, Australia.