This is day 17 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Dealing with responsibility for bills in tenancy agreements All properties have expenses which need to be paid, such as utilities and Council tax. It is important to be clear in your tenancy…
This is day 16 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Practical aspects of the Unfair Terms regulations The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (the Regulations) were discussed on Day 15. Today we are going to look at some of the…
This is day 15 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. About the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (the Regulations) originally came from Europe as a directive which member countries were then required to…
This is day 14 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. What is an inventory? An inventory (or should be), a detailed description of the property contents and its condition at the time it is let to a tenant. Its purpose is to…
This is day 13 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Tenancy deposits It is fairly common for landlords to take a deposit. This gives the tenant an incentive to look after the property as if he does not, he will lose his…
This is day 12 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Tenancy agreement fixed term A tenancy agreement must have a term. This is the period of time it is agreed that it shall last for. In perhaps the majority of cases the…
This is day 11 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Setting the rent The owner of a well known letting agency in Norwich told me once that they had a saying in the agency, that ‘the greedy man goes hungry’. There is…
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