How strict are your pre tenancy checks?

[alliantGTR34]

I thought a 'bond' in the traditional sense -HAD- to be lodged with the dbh?

In this case, when the savvy flatemate asks, hey, I checked with the dbh, you never lodged my bond! Give me a proper DBH acknowledgement, I just tell them since it is a house sharing/flatemate agreement and you are not technically a tenant (therefore RTA doesn't apply), I just give them a receipt when they place the bond in my account?

My original worry was that because I hadn't lodged a bond myself, I can't take one.

That makes things a bit easier!

[One]

Forget the tenancy tribunal or DBH, you're getting a flatmate, not a tenant. The residential tenancy act doesn't apply.

Of course, that works both ways. If anything goes wrong, you can't take them to the tenancy tribunal to get whatever money they owe you. Getting a bond is definitely a good idea.

I agree with the others: personality is what matters most. You're living with this person.