Assured shorthold tenancy- your most important clauses

dimbo61

Please join the RLA or NLA and you can download all sorts of documents.
Assured short hold tenancy agreement, deed of guarantor forms, addendum forms, etc.
The cost of joining RLA or NLA is a tax deductible expense.

AdrianC

Cakeguts wrote: »

Who lived in a house in the same road as this one http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-53338917.html

Oooh, that's worth a few squid.

AvocadosBeforeMortgages

Don't just rely on what's in a template - think about what's actually relevant to the property.

My halfwit of a landlord included clauses about sweeping the (non-existent) chimneys and keeping the gutters clear - despite being 3 floors up with no equipment provided, amongst others. When I queried this with him, he could only manage to utter "it's a standard clause" and failed to amend anything to reflect the actual situation.

Smodlet

AvocadosBeforeMortgages wrote: »

Don't just rely on what's in a template - think about what's actually relevant to the property.

My halfwit of a landlord included clauses about sweeping the (non-existent) chimneys and keeping the gutters clear - despite being 3 floors up with no equipment provided, amongst others. When I queried this with him, he could only manage to utter "it's a standard clause" and failed to amend anything to reflect the actual situation.

Just goes to show, absolutely any fool can be a LL; whether they should be is a different kettle of fish.

theartfullodger

That was not the sort of Kipper I was referring to....

harrys_dad

I second the advice to join the RLA. Costs about £80, a legitimate expense against tax, downloadable excellent forms for tenancy agreements, inventory etc, cheap landlord's buildings insurance, four magazines a year.....

tom9980

I normally add clauses saying that deposit certificate, inventory, epc, how to rent guide and gas certificates are included with the tenancy agreement to help prove they were all served.

I always point those out and show them all to the tenant before signing.

FBaby

I have a clause in my AST that says the tenant is responsible for cleaning the gutters, even though they would probably need to pay someone to do it. It cost me £100 to do along with the cleaning of the windows before they moved in, so really, what the clause is saying is that they are responsible for spending £100 when required. Nothing wrong with that and the tenants didn't dispute it.

resilie

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply and for the advice and the "advice"...I have joined the RLA but just wanted to check if anyone had some none-template stuff up their sleeves...