Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 - SECT 64

Tenant must not install fixtures etc. without consent

64. Tenant must not install fixtures etc. without consent



(1) A tenant must not, without the landlord's consent-

   (a)  install any fixtures on the rented premises; or

   (b)  make any alteration, renovation or addition to the rented premises.

(2) Before a tenancy agreement terminates, a tenant who has installed fixtures
on or renovated, altered or added to the rented premises (whether or not with
the landlord's written consent) must-

   (a)  restore the premises to the condition they were in immediately before
        the installation, renovation or addition, fair wear and tear excepted;
        or

   (b)  pay the landlord an amount equal to the reasonable cost of restoring
        the premises to that condition.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if-

   (a)  the tenancy agreement otherwise provides; or

   (b)  the landlord and the tenant otherwise agree.