The Melbourne
Polytechnic Off-Campus Accommodation database
operates as a listing agent. Providers can list their
accommodation offer at no cost.
Offers of accommodation must comply with relevant statutory acts and regulations including the Equal Opportunity
Act.
Students looking for housing
can access the database for free.
Melbourne Polytechnic staff do
not inspect properties or recommend one provider over another and does not
match or place students with offers of accommodation.
Students must contact the
providers and all negotiations are between the student and the provider.
You'll need to register as a provider first. It should only take you a minute or two.
Once you've done that, just click "Add a listing" and fill out the form.
Please note: Relisting may not always be approved, depending on availability of advertising space.
All advertisements are reviewed by Student Services prior to being approved for the database. We aim to check and approve listings within 72 hours of the accommodation being offered.
Each listing will be live on the Melbourne Polytechnic Off-Campus Accommodation Database for up to 28
days. Melbourne Polytechnic reserves the right to remove advertisements if the
database is at capacity.
You will receive an email prior to the listing’s expiry
date, at which stage you will have the option to relist the offer of
accommodation. (Please note: relisting may not always be approved- depending on
current availability of advertising space.)
If you lease the room or property prior to the expiry of
advertisement please log back into the service to remove the listing.
Updating listings helps to ensure the database retains only current listings.
Please remember to close your listing once you have found a tenant/flatmate. You must remove your listing within 72 hours of filling your advertised vacancy.
If listings are not closed and left open, you may still receive many calls and emails about your property. During our peak period, when there are many students seeking accommodation, this can be quite disheartening for them as it gives them false hope of available accommodation.
To remove your listing simply:
As you are already registered
simply log in. On your dashboard, click “Add a listing”, complete the details.
An email will be sent to you once this listing has been processed by the Student
Services.
You can recover their own password by clicking “Forget your password?” on the sign in page. This will send an email to your registered address with a link. Once you click this link, you'll be taken to a page on the site where you can choose a new password.
Most students seek accommodation that
is close to their campus, or that has good access to
public transport. Offers from surrounding suburbs are usually popular, but some
students do choose to live further away from campus if they have their own
transport.
Price is often a big factor for students, so cheap accommodation is generally
popular. Offers that are considered to be expensive for the area might not
generate many student enquiries.
Types of housing students may look for include:
The peak times are the months
leading up to the commencement of the academic year – January and February and
for the mid-year intake in June and July and there are always students looking
to change their housing at any given time.
Students look for housing in areas close to these campuses:
Preparing your listing -
What to include under details -
Melbourne Polytechnic is unable to provide advice on the pricing of individual listings. We do recommend that you have a look at similar listings on the off-campus accommodation database and external rental websites. This will help you to assess the features in your accommodation against other comparable properties.
If you find you are receiving a low number of enquiries you may like to reassess your rental price.
If you charge a Bond, you must complete a Bond Lodgement Form and lodge it with the Residential Tenancies Bond Authority within 10 working days of receiving the bond. You must also provide the tenant a Condition Report on the state of the property or the room they are renting.
Rental properties - usually a maximum equal to one month rent
Residents on a Rooming House Agreement - a maximum equal to two weeks rent.
Tenants, co-tenants and sub-tenants on fixed term leases - a maximum equal to portion of one month rent.
Visit the Consumer Affairs website for more information.
A tenancy agreement, also called a lease, can be in writing or verbal. If a tenancy agreement is in writing it should be in proper legal form. Free Residential Tenancy Agreements are available from Consumer Affairs Victoria.
Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) is responsible for administering the Residential Tenancies Act (1997).
CAV has rental information and copies of relevant forms such as the residential tenancy agreement and the condition report. CAV publications are available in many languages.
Visit Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) online, phone 1300 558181 or visit CAV at 113 Exhibition Street, Melbourne.
A Rooming House is a building in which one or more rooms are used by four or more people who are on an individual agreement (written or oral) and paying individual rent for a room (or shared room) in that building.
Rooming Houses must be registered with the Local Government authority and meet health, building and safety regulations.
Rooming Houses must have prescribed amenities and meet prescribed standards under the Residential Tenancies (Rooming House Standards) Regulations 2012.
The premises must be administered and residents afforded their rights and obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.
For more information regarding Registration of a Rooming Housing, contact the Local Government authority where the building is located.
See Consumer Affairs Victoria for information for Rooming House operators and copies of prescribed forms and guides.
