Pay a bond - usually 1-4 weeks' rent. This is lodged with the Department of Building and Housing by your landlord.

Pay rent in advance - usually 1-2 weeks' rent.

Pay the rent on time.

Keep the property and its grounds reasonably tidy.

Inform the landlord immediately if any damage or repairs are needed. (Note: if a repair is serious ie a risk to health or injury, and every reasonable effort has been made to contact the landlord, the tenant is entitled to have the repair work done, and to ask the landlord for reimbursement.)

Repair or pay for deliberate or careless damage.

Pay the electricity, gas, and phone bills.

Allow the landlord reasonable access.

Give the landlord 21 days' notice to end a Periodic Tenancy.

Sign a tenancy agreement with their tenant and give the tenant a copy before the tenancy starts.

Lodge the bond with the Department of Building and Housing within 23 working days after receiving it from the tenant.

Give receipts for the bond money and any rent paid in cash.

Give 60 days' written notice of a rent increase.

Give 48 hours' notice of an inspection - these can be carried out no more than once a month.

Maintain the property in a reasonable state of repair and give 24 hours' notice if they intend to enter your property for repairs.

Advise the tenant if the property is up for sale.

Give 90 days' notice to end a Periodic Tenancy or 45 days' notice if the property has been sold or the landlord requires the property for themselves or someone in their family.

Damage or permit damage occuring to the house.

Disturb the neighbours or the landlord's other tenants.

Exceed any limit set by the landlord on the number of occupants in the house.

Make alterations to the house without the landlord's written consent.

Sublet or transfer the tenancy to someone else without first getting the landlord's written consent.

Change the locks without the landlord's permission.

Ask for more than 4 weeks' bond.

Ask for more than 2 weeks' in advance or ask for more rent before any paid rent is used up.

Go inside the property except in an emergency, unless they have given the right amount of notice or the tenant agrees. (The landlord can come onto the section without giving notice, but must respect the tenants' privacy.)

Inspect the property more than once in 4 weeks.

Interfere with gas, water, phone, or electricity supply unless it is damaged and they are repairing it.

Unreasonably withhold permission for a tenant to sublet or transfer the tenancy to someone else unless they have stated that the tenant can't do this in the tenancy agreement.

Unreasonably withhold permission for a tenant to attach any fixtures.

Change the locks without tenants' consent.