A smooth exit starts a few weeks before the last day of the lease. Book the final inspection with the landlord or manager, gather every key, access card and remote, and plan the cleaning. Arrange final meter readings and close or transfer your utility and internet accounts so fin
Many tenants assume that because the building is insured, their belongings must be too. Any cover held by the landlord or the community may protect the structure and shared areas, yet it may not extend to your sofa, laptop, clothes or the bicycle on the balcony. A contents policy
Some faults only appear after a few months of living in a home: a slow leak behind a wall, a door that drops, an AC unit that struggles in its first summer. Your purchase agreement may set out what happens next. Ask what it states about defects after handover: the period covered, how to log a defect and how quickly the developer aims to respond. Keep two separate, dated records. The first is the snag list agreed at handover, with each item marked when it is fixed. The second is a log of defects that appear later, each with a photo, the date you noticed i
