Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 255

255 Agreement about fixtures and structural changes

(1) The provider’s agreement to the attaching of a fixture, or making of a structural change, must—

(a) be in writing; and

(b) describe the nature of the fixture or change; and

(c) include any terms of the agreement.

(2) For an agreement about attaching a fixture to rental premises, the terms may include terms about—

(a) whether the resident may remove the fixture; and

(b) if removal by the resident is allowed—

(i) when and how the removal may be performed; and

(ii) the obligation of the resident to repair any damage caused to the rental premises in the removal or compensate the provider for the provider’s reasonable costs of repairing the damage; and

(c) if removal by the resident is not allowed—the obligation of the provider to compensate the resident for any improvement the fixture makes to the rental premises.

(3) The provider must not act unreasonably in failing to agree to the attaching of a fixture, or the making of a structural change, to the rental premises.

(4) If the provider agrees to a fixture being attached, or a structural change being made, to the rental premises by the resident, the resident must not contravene a term of the agreement.