I'm having some difficulty with my ex landlord in regards to rent arrears. I gave 28 days notice to vacate on the

Hi, I’m John, solicitor, and reviewing your post, and may need to ask a few questions a long the way to assist you.

do you have a written lease ?

Do you consider that you owe the landlord money?

Okay, so you don't have the money. You'll be able to dispute the landlords claim on the basis of your cash transactions with the landlord. Referencing the digital withdrawals from your bank account.

All you need to do is put an XL spreadsheet together which is supporting evidence presented to the landlord and state you do not owe any money.

Where the landlord brings proceedings against you in the tribunal, Victorian civil administrative tribunal, you will be able to dispute the landlords claims based on properly presenting the evidence I have stated above.

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The minimum notice period that you need to provide to the landlord is one months notice. So 28 days is insufficient and you will be be required to provide an additional number of days

are you a sub-tenant or full tenant ?

ok

I kindly request that you please have a look at this website as it provides the relevant details concerning notice periods to vacate

https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/renting/ending-a-lease-or-residency/if-the-tenant-wants-to-leave/tenant-giving-notice-of-intention-to-vacate/reasons-for-leaving-a-tenancy-and-minimum-notice-periods

where you are on a monty by month tenancy, a minimum of one months notice is required.

if the landlord agreed with 28 days notice then your last day is 27 Dec.

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