This is day 2 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Why use a tenancy agreement? Contrary to what many might think, it is not actually necessary (at the moment) to have a written tenancy agreement to create a tenancy. Why have one then? …
Welcome to this series on tenancy agreements. Over the next 31 days I will be looking at all aspects of tenancy agreements. Why we need them, the different types of agreement, the clauses you need, the formalities involved, and much more. As it is quite a large subject, I should start off by saying what…
Tenancy Agreement Tips Those of you who use tenancy agreements will be interested in a new series of blog posts I am planning for May – my 31 days of tips for Landlords on Tenancy agreements. I did a similar thing in February on Lodgers, which proved popular. You may well think, how can you…
Tenant notice on vacating when the fixed term ends It can be very inconvenient and sometimes downright difficult, if a tenant leaves without warning. Perhaps one of the most controversial clauses in my Landlord Law tenancy agreements is the one which says: During the last month of the fixed term (and not later than seven…
There has been a positive flurry of tweets and emails crossing my computer screen today, preceding and then following, the announcement from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Dept. about their plans for the Private Rented Sector. You can read the news item here, and the report itself can be downloaded from here. This follows…
Tenancy agreements and information on tenancy agreements is an important part of the Landlord Law service that I provide. Sometimes people find it difficult to locate all the tenancy agreement related resources on the site, so I have done this page of links to help them: If you are not sure what type of tenancy…
This is a myth largely created by letting agents, as an important part of their income stream comes from charging landlords for ‘renewals’ for tenants. But they are not actually necessary. In a way, this post follows on from my last Urban Myth post about tenants staying on after the fixed term not being squatters….
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