The Tenancy Agreement:
If
you are considering letting one of our properties
you will probably welcome the opportunity to read
our tenancy agreement in advance.
Here
is the full text of a typical Assured Shorthold
Tenancy Agreement...
THIS AGREEMENT is
made the day
of
2002
BETWEEN <ENTER
FULL NAME OF LANDLORD> of <ENTER ADDRESS OF
LANDLORD> (hereinafter called "the
Landlord") which expression where the
context admits includes the person for the time
being entitled to the reversion immediately
expectant on the determination of the tenancy
hereby created of the one part and (ENTER FULL
NAME OF TENANT) of (ENTER CURRENT ADDRESS OF
TENANT) (hereinafter called "the
Tenant") of the other part
WHEREBY it is
agreed as follows:
1. The Landlord
lets and the Tenant takes ALL THAT property known
of (ENTER ADDRESS OF PROPERTY) (hereinafter
called "the Premises") TO HOLD unto the
Tenant for a term certain of six months
commencing on the (ENTER START DATE) and at the
rent of (ENTER RENT) per calendar to be payable
monthly in advance without any deduction
whatsoever by Bankers Standing Order if required
by the Landlord. If any rent payments are paid by
cheque a penalty of £25 will be immediately
payable on payments not honoured on each
presentation
2. This Agreement
creates an assured shorthold tenancy within Part
1 Chapter 11 of the Housing Act 1988 and the
provisions for the recovery of possession by the
landlord in Section 21 thereof apply accordingly
save where the landlord serves a notice under
paragraph 2 of Schedule 2A of that Act.
3. The Tenant
shall pay to the Landlord on the signing of this
Agreement a deposit (non- interest bearing) in
the sum of (ENTER AMOUNT OF SECURITY DEPOSIT) and
the first payment of rent. The deposit shall be
held by the landlord as security in respect of
the following: -
(a) Any rent or
any other monies due to the landlord which remain
unpaid
(b) Any damage to
the premises, or fixtures and fittings or any
other property belonging to the landlord for
which the tenant may be liable
(c) Any unpaid
accounts in respect of water, electricity, gas or
telephone services
(d) Any other
breach on the part of the tenant under this
Agreement
4. The landlord
may at any time deduct from the deposit any
unpaid rent or other monies or any loss or
expenses incurred or suffered by the landlord or
any sums expended by the landlord arising out of
the foregoing matters, but the landlord shall
notify the Tenant of any such deductions
5. This tenancy
does include the use of the Landlord's furniture
and effects listed in the inventory attached.
6. This assured
shorthold tenancy is not capable of being
assigned.
7. The Tenant
agrees with the Landlord as follows:
a. To pay the said
rent on the days and in the manner aforesaid: and
to pay interest at the rate of 16 per centum or
four per centum per annum above the Barclays Base
Rate whichever is the higher on any rent in
arrears for more than 14 days after the due date
calculated from the due date to the actual date
of repayment
b. To pay all
taxes (including the Council Tax and Water Rates)
assessments and outgoings in respect of the
premises
c. To pay the
costs of all oil electricity and gas consumed and
the costs of all telephone calls made at the
premises during the tenancy (together with any
standing charges levied by the appropriate
authorities) and not to do anything to cause the
disconnection of the electricity or gas supply or
the telephone;
d. To keep during
the tenancy hereby created the premises and the
fixtures and fittings included therein and
decorations thereof in a good clean and
tenantable repair and condition and to replace
immediately any broken glass and to make good,
repair or install any fixtures and fittings in
the premises;
e. To keep during
the tenancy hereby created the tenants contents
and the Landlord's fixtures and fittings
insured at their
full replacement value and to provide a copy of
the Policy to the Landlord
f. At the
expiration or sooner determination of the said
tenancy to deliver to the Landlord the said
premises together with furniture, fixtures and
fittings therein and all new fixtures and
additions thereto in a good and tenantable repair
and condition;
g. Upon not less
than 24 hours' notice (except in emergency) to
permit the landlord or his agents with or without
workmen and equipment to enter upon the premises
for any of the following purposes: -
i) To examine the
condition of the premises or any adjoining
property
ii) To repair,
maintain alter improve or rebuild the premises or
any adjoining property
iii) To examine or
to repair maintain or replace the fixtures and
fittings
iv) To comply with
any obligation imposed on the landlord
h. To use the
premises only as a private dwelling house and not
to carry on or permit to be carried on from the
premises or any part thereof any profession,
trade or business whatsoever nor to let any of
the rooms or receive in any overnight guests on
the premises nor to place or exhibit any notice
board or notice whatsoever on any portion of the
premises;
i. Not to use the
premises or any part of it for any of the
following nor allow anyone else to do so;
activities which are dangerous, offensive,
noxious, nuisance, illegal or immoral, or which
are or may become a nuisance or annoyance to the
Landlord or to the owner or occupier of any
neighbouring property;
j. Not to assign,
underlet, part with possession of the premises or
any part thereof,
k. Not to lop, cut
down or remove or otherwise injure any tree,
shrubs or plants growing on the premises;
1. Not to do or
omit to do anything.
i) which causes
any insurance policy maintained by the Landlord
to become void or voidable
ii) which causes
the rate of premium on any policy maintained by
the Landlord to be increased
The tenant shall
pay to the landlord on demand all sums paid by
the landlord by way of increased premium and all
other expense incurred by the landlord as a
result of a breach of this provision
m. Not to keep any
domestic pet whatsoever without the express
permission of the Landlord to be given in writing
and in the event of the Landlord granting such
permission and such permission may be rescinded
if in the Landlord's absolute discretion such
pets cause any damage, nuisance or annoyance to
the Landlord or other occupants of the property;
n. Not to glue
stick nail screw or otherwise fix anything
whatsoever to the interior or exterior of the
premises or the contents without the Landlord's
written consent;
o. To clean or pay
for cleaning all carpets, furniture, linen,
counterpanes, blankets (if any) and curtains
included in the letting which shall have been
soiled during the tenancy;
p. Not to play or
use or permit the playing or use any musical
instrument, television radio loud speaker or
mechanical or other noise making instrument of
any kind in or about the premises either:
i) between the
hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. or
ii) at any other
time or times so as to cause nuisance or
annoyance to any of the other tenants or
neighbours of adjoining properties;
q. To take all
reasonable precautions to prevent damage by
frost;
r. Where any
garden is included in the tenancy to use it as a
private garden only and to keep it clean and tidy
properly cultivated and free from weeds and the
grass regularly mown.
s. To pay the
television licence fees for the premises
PROVIDED ALWAYS
that if the said rent or any installment or any
part thereof shall be in arrears for 14 days
after the same shall become due or if the Tenant
shall commit any breach of the several agreements
or stipulations contained herein then in any such
case it shall be lawful for the Landlord at any
time to enter upon and take possession of the
premises and immediately thereupon the tenancy
hereby created shall be determined but without
prejudice to any right of action which the
Landlord may have to recover all such rent in
arrear and damages in respect of any breach of
this agreement.
7. If two or more
persons are together the Tenant their obligations
to the Landlord shall be joint and several.
8(a) The rules as
to the service of notices in S.196 of the Law of
Property Act 1925 apply to any notice given under
this Agreement
(b) The Landlord's
address for service of notices, including notice
in proceedings, is the address given above for
the Landlord, until the tenant is notified of a
different address in England and Wales
9. If a deposit is
paid it shall be retained by the Landlords Agents
as security for the performance of the Tenant's
obligations and shall be repayable to the Tenant
only after the end of the tenancy and then
without interest and after deduction therefrom of
any sums required to compensate the Landlord
whether wholly or in part for any breach of
obligation on the Tenants part.
10. The Landlord
may bring the tenancy to an end at any time but
not earlier than six months from the commencement
date by giving the Tenant not less than two
month's written notice (or by such shorter period
of notice as may be permitted in certain
circumstances by the Housing Act 1988) stating
that the Landlord requires possession of the
premises. If the Tenant is desirous of
terminating the tenancy either at the end of, or
after the term, he shall give the Landlord not
less than one month's notice in writing.
Signed
....................................................
Landlord
Signed
...................................................
Tenant
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