I am considering looking for another rental house. We are currently in a 3 bedroom place and we are needing a 4 bedroom home in a safer neighbourhood. So we would be breaking lease as our lease isn’t up until next June. Curious as to what bond clean and pest costs generally. I am aiming to save maybe 3 weeks of rent incase they can’t get someone in before this plus the one weeks rent relenting fee and advertising costs. Just trying to work out how much I’m going to need.
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Depends on where you live and your agent. There is a rental crisis at the moment so it’s not a great time to be moving. People with excellent rental histories are having trouble securing homes.
Do not give notice until you’ve signed a new lease. Otherwise you could find yourself homeless. By the time you get somewhere new your lease might be due up anyway because people are offering above the asking price to secure a rental.
How much money you need will depend on your agent. You may get lucky and have someone want to move in within a week. I’ve had people move in the next day. But a lot depends on luck.
Bond clean will probably be around the $1000 mark if it's a 3x1 just the inside.
I just paid $670 for a bond clean plus carpet cleaning for 3 rooms
Mine was only $150 start of last year, but I kept it pretty clean and I also cleaned before they did the bond clean
I guess it depends where you live and whether you get a large cleaning business to do it or Shazza from around the corner. Around our area to get a legit business with insurance, receipts and a guarantee on their work where they actually go to the final inspection with you then it does cost around $1000 for that size house and only goes up from there. There's a shortage of cleaners here too so they aren't doing any cheapies for anyone.
I'm the comment above yours ($150 one) and the bond cleaner was through the real estate (well known/reputable) so I couldn't say if it was a person or a business (i just payed the bill and wasn't actually there when they did it) and I'm in Brisbane :)
I'm the $670 comment and it was a professional business in Brisbane and that wasn't just bond cleaning but carpet cleaning as an extra. $1000 for 3 bedrooms is crazy
I'm in WA so maybe we just pay more for everything because of the wages, apparently our wages are higher to stop losing staff to the mines. That and greed with a lot of mining contractors around that lease houses for workers so I guess cleaners tap into that and charge higher knowing it will get paid without question, as long as the jobs done. I've heard of larger homes getting cleaned for between 2-3 thousand which is a bit out there.
Ah ok, here in QLD that would be more than the bond so it wouldn't even be worth it to get it done.