The toolkit
Everything a self-managing Victorian landlord needs, in one place.
Organised around the actual lifecycle of a Victorian residential tenancy, so you know what to do and when.
Before the tenancy
- Advertising and disclosure obligations
- Application screening checklist
- Bond and rental bond scheme guidance
- Writing the lease
During the tenancy
- Condition report and evidence handling
- Rent, arrears and payment records
- Repairs, notice to enter and privacy rules
- Insurance and safety compliance
Ending the tenancy
- Notice templates and service dates
- Final inspection and condition report
- Bond claim and VIC RBS process
- Records you must keep, and for how long
Compliance calendar
Recurring obligations — safety checks, insurance, smoke alarms, pool and fencing inspections — with the dates and evidence to keep.
Why state-specific
Australian tenancy law is set state by state. A generic property-management tool written for another country will get your bond rules, notice periods and minimum standards wrong. This is built for Victoria only, and says so plainly.
Start with the part you are stuck on
Each of these is written to be useful on its own, before you buy anything.
Notices and notice periods
Every notice a Victorian landlord can serve, the period that applies, how it must be served, and what happens if you get the date wrong.
Bond and the Rental Bond Scheme
How much bond you can legally take, how to lodge it, how to claim it back, and the 30-day deadline that catches people out.
Condition reports and evidence
The report that decides a bond dispute. What a defensible one contains, the five-day window, and how to photograph a rental properly.
Compliance and safety
The recurring Victorian obligations — minimum standards, smoke alarms, insulation, pools and fencing — with the intervals and the evidence to keep.
Where the paid part sits
These reference pages are free and always will be. What you pay for is the working documents behind them: filled-in lease templates for each tenancy type, the notice set ready to fill and serve, the condition report workflow with a photographic evidence protocol, and a compliance calendar that tells you what is due and when.
Not legal advice
Everything on this site is general information, not legal advice. Victorian tenancy law is set by the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 and its regulations, and it changes. Templates are a starting point, not a compliance guarantee. Where a date or an obligation matters to your situation, verify it against the current Act or get proper legal advice.