Now we have our document generator software working properly on Landlord Law, I have done this short video (about 9.31 minutes) explaining how it all works. (My family tell me its boring, but I’m sure you’ll love it). I talk about the different types of agreement we have available give basic instructions on using the…
Many students are starting to look for their accommodation for next year just now and more will do so over the coming months. Renting to students is a bit of a specialism among landlords and some will let only to students. Some of their properties are poor quality but many are not. The best will…
Sign in haste repent at leisure, is something that prospective tenants ought to bear in mind when signing tenancy agreements. You need to be really sure you want that property. For some type of contract, there is a ‘cooling off’ period of seven days, and many tenants think that this also applies to rented property….
As you may or may not know, we launched my new Landlord Law service a couple of weeks before Christmas. What I did not say at the time though, was that there was a bit of a problem with our document generator software. The document generator software is what we now use to create our…
Before you sign your tenancy agreement: 1. Make sure you have one. It is important to have a tenancy agreement as a record of what was agreed, as memories fade. If you ever need to claim housing benefit /LHA the benefit office will need to see it. 2. Check that the rent on the agreement…
I was asked this recently by a regular reader, who had heard that only four people can legally own a tenancy. What, he asked, happens with all those tenancy agreements where there are five or more tenants listed? Are the extra people not really tenants then? What about claiming rent off them? Joint ownership of…
This is an urban myth which perhaps should be real but isn’t. Unfortunately you can have a proper legal tenancy without there being any paperwork at all. They are sometimes called oral tenancies. Oral tenancies An oral tenancy is where the tenant just goes in on a verbal agreement and a handshake (and sometimes not…
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