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Your bond is your money, held in trust, and the landlord can only claim proven costs for damage beyond fair wear and tear. Yet a meaningful share of renters lose part of it every year — usually not because the claim was fair, but because they had no evidence and missed the deadline to dispute. The antidote is boring and powerful: an entry condition report and photos from day one, a thorough clean, dated photos at handover, and a refund claim submitted the day the tenancy ends. This checklist sequences the whole move-out so your bond return is automatic rather than argued, and tells you exactly how to challenge a deduction you do not owe.
The complete move-out checklist that maximises your bond refund — what to clean, what to repair, what to photograph and how to challenge unfair deductions within the deadline.
No. Fair wear and tear — faded paint, worn carpet in walkways, minor scuffs from normal living — is the landlord's cost of doing business. You owe only for damage beyond that, proven with evidence.
Dispute it in writing with your evidence before the deadline — usually within 14 days of the tenancy ending. The bond authority holds the money until both sides agree or a body decides, and documented tenants win the vast majority of disputes.
Because the bond is paid out on claims, and an uncontested landlord claim can succeed by default. Filing your own claim the day you hand over the keys puts you in control of the process and the timeline.
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