Basic Set-Up Costs: Bond Part (4)
Circumstances when you won’t get your bond money back include chipping paint off the wall, breaking the oven, putting a hole in the wall during some rowdy party and staining the carpet— you need to keep that red wine under control! 
Breaking windows in a game of backyard cricket is a no-no, as are not maintaining the garden and not leaving the place in a clean condition. Any repairs or cleaning that the land- lord has to do to fix these sorts of things come straight out of your bond money. And I have heard of a few people that have lost the lot!
It is important to remember that the worst part of losing your bond money isn’t necessarily your being out of pocket a few hundred bucks—it’s that you will get a really bad reputation and might find it hard to get another rental place.
At some point in your renting life you are likely to experience a landlord who seems to hate your guts for no particular reason. In cases like this you may have some trouble getting your bond money back when you leave, evenif you leave the place immaculate. Don’t worry, the landlord is not entitled to keep it.
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