Type of Tennancy agreement/form to show to OR

TRAVELMAN_2

Hi all,

Normally reside on Travel Boards but hope you can advise. Am helping a close friend to go BR (absolutely no other way for him). He plans on giving up his property (negative equity) & moving in with his girlfriend (she has a 2 bedroom flat which she rents from a local estate agent).

Now the advice he's been given is that he will have to provide a tennancy agreement (+ possibly a rent book) to show the monthly ammount & what rent has been paid.

WH Smith have these forms but which type of tennancy will it be? The rent will be £350 PCM including bills (but not phone/tv licence).

Any ideas?

Richard_S

TRAVELMAN wrote: »

Hi all,

Normally reside on Travel Boards but hope you can advise. Am helping a close friend to go BR (absolutely no other way for him). He plans on giving up his property (negative equity) & moving in with his girlfriend (she has a 2 bedroom flat which she rents from a local estate agent).

Now the advice he's been given is that he will have to provide a tennancy agreement (+ possibly a rent book) to show the monthly ammount & what rent has been paid.

WH Smith have these forms but which type of tennancy will it be? The rent will be £350 PCM including bills (but not phone/tv licence).

Any ideas?

Hi TM,

Who has been advising your friend?

Tennancy Agreements are usually a Short Term Tennancy Agreement based on a minimum of 6 months.

Richard

rog2

A simple receipt will, probably suffice for the OR. Your friend's girlfriend should check the T&C on her own agreement to see if it is affected by 'sub-letting'.
On the other hand, though, if your friend is 'moving in' with his GF, then he may, simply, be able to claim 50% of ALL expenditure, including Electric, Phone, Council Tax etc.
I suggest that your friend talks to CAB for more definitive advice.:beer:

Bakeybadoo

We used the ones from WHSmith. The OR has not however asked for any proof of ours as of yet.

fermi

Bakeybadoo wrote: »

We used the ones from WHSmith. The OR has not however asked for any proof of ours as of yet.

And you won't unless they consider the amount to be 'unreasonable'.
Once BR, you are legally obliged to be truthful about your affairs, and the OR depends upon this so that their workload is manageable.

Bakeybadoo

And yet it says on the BR forms that you must provide an agreement/rent book. Yet that's obviously not true.

fermi

Bakeybadoo wrote: »

And yet it says on the BR forms that you must provide an agreement/rent book. Yet that's obviously not true.

You mean:

You must take or send to the Official Receiver a copy of your lease or rent agreement.
A rent demand or rent book will help if you do not have a copy agreement.

It is odd, as they take your word for so much else. In the end it is proof they might request, and this could be your agreement/rent book or a partners to which you contribute 50%.

With respect to the OP, I don't think it should be a great concern
The OR will write to them after BR and request any needed documents.

allofadither

Bakeybadoo wrote: »

And yet it says on the BR forms that you must provide an agreement/rent book. Yet that's obviously not true.

I had to send a copy of our tenancy agreement as well as the bank statements showing the rent payments...and the OR's letter requesting this info said I had fourteen days in which to do it....or else?:eek:

fermi

allofadither wrote: »

I had to send a copy of our tenancy agreement as well as the bank statements showing the rent payments...and the OR's letter requesting this info said I had fourteen days in which to do it....or else?:eek:

Just goes to show that each OR's office works a little differently.
I think the rule of thumb is, just comply with all requests from the OR and you will be fine.

gettingitsorted

Haft to agree with you there fermi ,as not one person on here seems to have been delt with the same way by the OR.

rog2

gettingitsorted wrote: »

Haft to agree with you there fermi ,as not one person on here seems to have been delt with the same way by the OR.

How true GIS, how very true.