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South Australia end-of-lease evidence

Consumer and Business Services provides an inspection sheet for private rentals. It uses its own condition codes, which are not the same yes/no columns used in some other states.

BondFile is a private photographic record you can attach to a condition report or a bond dispute. It does not replace the official condition report for your state or territory, it does not lodge or hold bond money, and it is not legal advice. Forms, deadlines, and bond rules change. Read the official page for your state or territory.

What the official pages say

• At the start of the agreement the landlord gives the tenant one signed inspection sheet. The tenant notes any disagreement, keeps a copy, and sends the sheet back.
• The same sheet is the comparison at the end of the tenancy. CBS also tells tenants to check the property against the inspection sheet and the photos they took when they moved in.
• Bonds are lodged with Consumer and Business Services. A disagreement about a claim can go through Residential Bonds Online and, if it is not resolved, to SACAT.
• BondFile's clean / undamaged / working marks are a photo record you can attach. They are not a filled-in CBS inspection sheet. Use the official sheet as well.

Official links

• sa.gov.au: private rental forms, including the inspection sheet
• CBS inspection sheet (PDF)
• CBS: settling a bond dispute

Where BondFile fits

Use it while you still have the keys. Photograph each room, mark clean / undamaged / working, and download the PDF. Attach it to the official form or send it with a bond dispute. It does not sign the form for you, and it does not decide fair wear and tear. Reports, photos, and generated PDFs are deleted automatically 24 months after the report is created, so a move-in record is still there at the end of a 12-month lease.

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