TENANCY AGREEMENT

ilovesoymilk

问下房东们，刚买了房子，准备找一个房客和我一起住，一定要签正式的TENANCY AGREEMENT吗？会不会涉及到交税的问题，还有BOND要收几周啊？打房租到帐号里会不会涉及到税的问题？

胖子河豚

你的所有问题都是:YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wingyi

You may ask for up to 4 weeks bond and no more than 2 weeks of rent in advance.

I would recommend a tenancy agreement though with flatmate you probably don't have to.  Having a contract that you draw up with your flatmate(s) is ideal to avoid future possible agreements (e.g. power bill, phone bill, damage to your house / properties etc.).  Otherwise, you may use the standard form(s) or agreement(s) from the Department of Building & Housing (DBH).

Make sure you will issue written receipt(s) to your flatmate(s) when you receive any CASH payment(s) including bond. This is very IMPORTANT!! We have learned this in a hard way from an dispute with our previous tenants.

Check out the Deparment of Building & Housing website for landlords below:

http://www.dbh.govt.nz/Index.aspx?CategoryId=4&SubCatId=6&ArticleId=8&Version=1.0

There is free seminar that provided by DBH as well from time to time, make sure you will go and learn something as a beginner to the landlord role:

http://www.dbh.govt.nz/landlords-events-contacts

Here is the link to the standard forms from DBH: (you may download them and use them instead of drawing up your own)

http://www.dbh.govt.nz/pub-new-tenancy

Good luck to you!

我爱我家

只是招个flat应该不必签那种合同的。一般整租的房子一定要签。flat很灵活，只要提前两周说一声，随时可以搬出去的。对房东房客都比较好。

ww7755

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princess_yoyo

整租一定要签合同的，如果只租一间的话可以手写一份，就是：什么时候搬入，搬家提前多久告知之类的内容吧。