<prompt> Human: So I have just been given 2 weeks notice to leave the flat Im currently in.The deal is however that when I join the flat, the guy never made an official contract nor did he get me to sign anything. He sent me an email with the bank details to send the rent to each week but nothing was signed in terms of a tenancy agreement. The rent was 125 a week and the bond was 250. Both of which I paid into his account. The issue comes now as he gave me my notice vocally one evening as apparently I dont meet his standards of cleaning, even though I dont use any public space except my room which I clean weekly when Im off work. He told me I have to leave by the 30th of December, and says I can move out before then anytime but that I have to keep paying the next 2 weeks rent and then he will pay back the bond after the 30th once the room has been checked for damages, of which there is none. Some people are telling me he legally cannot make me pay rent if I leave early before the rent date as Ive already paid it for the week until Tuesday 22nd I think. Ive been told by multiple sources that legally he cant make me pay the next 2 weeks and owes me my bond if I leave also as hes considered a flatmate as he is also living there too and there was no tenancy contract. Is this correct at all? I live in New Zealand also  <response>: I would just not pay him, take plenty of pictures when you move out, and let him keep the bondi assume this is a security deposit? and he can just count that as the two weeks rents. 