Independent dispute specialists

Landlord keeping your bond? Let us fight for it.

Hand it to Ajust before your deadline runs out. We take on the agent or landlord, go over their head if they refuse, and get your dispute step ready. You only pay if we win.

Free to start. No win, no fee.
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What has happened?

    or tell us what happened

    $1+ million recovered for Australian consumers

    Some recent wins for Ajust customers

    What we do

    Too small for a lawyer, but too big to let go.

    Our team writes to the agent or landlord with the facts from your lease and condition reports, asks for a reply within 7 days, and takes it to the agency’s principal if they still refuse.

    If it isn’t resolved, we prepare your answers for your state’s free dispute service, where there is one, and we tell you the deadline on a bond claim or rent increase and what has to be lodged before it. We don’t prepare or lodge tribunal applications, and we can’t take on evictions or a matter a tribunal is already handling.

    Act fast

    Bond deadlines are short.

    Once the agent claims your bond, the clock is running. Miss the deadline and the bond can be paid out as claimed.

    New South Wales

    14 days

    from the Notice of Claim to dispute it. You apply to NCAT and record the dispute in Rental Bonds Online.

    Queensland

    14 days

    from the RTA’s Notice of claim to lodge a dispute with the RTA (Form 16).

    Victoria

    14 days

    to dispute it with Rental Dispute Resolution Victoria or VCAT, and tell the bond authority.

    Renting somewhere else? Every state has its own deadline. We’ll tell you yours in our first reply, and remind you before it runs out.

    The rental disputes we take on

    • Bonds

      • Bond not returned
      • Cleaning deductions
      • Damage claims
      • Fair wear and tear

      $2,560 bond back in full after leaving a lease early.

    • Repairs

      • Repairs not done
      • Urgent repair costs
      • Leaks and mould
      • Broken appliances

      $219 repair bill removed from a renter’s account.

    • Fees and charges

      • Break-lease fees
      • Unfair fees
      • Water and utility charges
    • Rent

      • Excessive rent increases
      • Increases within 12 months

    What Ajust can help with

    Owed money by a business? We come in before you file.

    Refund refused

    They said no, or offered a credit you didn’t ask for.

    Faulty, and told to contact the manufacturer

    The retailer won’t fix, replace or refund it.

    Paid but never received

    The order never arrived, or the service never happened.

    They’ve stopped replying

    You’ve emailed and called. Nothing back.

    How it works

    What we do before the deadline.

    1

    We write to them

    With the facts from your lease and condition reports, and 7 days to reply.

    2

    We go over their head

    If they still refuse, we take it to the agency’s principal.

    3

    We get your dispute step ready

    We prepare your answers for your state’s free dispute service and tell you what has to be lodged, and when. You send it. If it goes to a tribunal, we can connect you with a legal partner on a no win, no fee basis.

    Real refunds, from people who’d hit a wall.

    Hand it to Ajust
    “I would not have been able to achieve this result by myself.”
    Chris Cole · $5,600 refunded
    “Stress free, fabulous!”
    Janis D.
    “Ajust helped us sort our problem getting a full refund from Booking.com when our reservation had been double booked.”
    Heather J. · $3,420 refunded
    “After weeks of emails and phone calls… One email to Ajust, 3 days wait, and a refund from Jetstar. Simple.”
    Kate M.
    “The Good Guys were being very unreasonable even though I had the coffee machine sent away to be fixed twice… Very happy with the outcome!”
    Cathy V. · $1,200 refunded
    “They truly saved me months of stress.”
    Karlene H.

    Before you start

    A few quick answers.

    Dispute specialists. An independent Australian team that takes on disputes with businesses, landlords and real estate agents, gets them to respond and escalates if they still won’t.
    No. Ajust is independent and not part of any government body or tenant service. Free advice is also available from the Tenants’ Union of NSW, Tenants Victoria and Tenants Queensland, and we’ll point you to yours.
    Not long: 14 days in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. In NSW it runs from the Notice of Claim, and in Queensland from the RTA’s Notice of claim. Other states have their own short deadlines. Tell us as soon as the agent makes a claim, and we’ll tell you yours and remind you before it runs out.
    No. We don’t prepare or lodge tribunal applications, represent you or appear at a hearing, and we don’t give legal advice. If it has to go to a tribunal, we’ll tell you what to lodge and by when, and we can connect you with a legal partner and guide you on how to handle that step. We can’t take on a matter a tribunal is already handling.
    Evictions and termination notices, injury or illness (for example from mould), matters a tribunal is already handling, disputes with housemates or boarders, strata disputes, public housing, and disputes for landlords.
    Nothing to start. Tell us what happened and we’ll tell you where you stand.

    Claims over $1,000: no win, no fee. You save a card and pay nothing now. We only charge if we win, and never more than the fee you agree to.

    Smaller claims: you pay when we start. If we don’t win, you get it back.
    Getting you what we agreed to go after: your bond back, a fee refunded or a repair done. Get part of it, pay the same part of the fee. Get nothing, pay nothing.

    Before we close a case, we message you. If we don’t hear back within 72 hours, we treat it as won.
    Ajust

    Don’t let the deadline pass.

    Hand it to Ajust before your bond is paid out. We take on the agent or landlord, and you only pay if we win.

    $2,560 bond · back in full