Tenancy Agreement

choccy1972

Hi

Just looking for some advice please?

Sold my house last month and moving into a rented place. Landlord is accepting me as I've offered to pay 12 months rent upfront as I'm not currently working.

Was due to meet at the flat today, sign tenancy agreement which I've seen via email beforehand and it looks ok, agree inventory and pay the rent advance.

I got a call from landlord before meeting to say he was having printer problems and was delayed. Then he said later he was ditching the printer, would meet to hand over the keys and we could agree contract via email and I could sign it later.

I asked if we could reschedule as I'm just being cautious about handing over a large sum of money and don't want to be rushed into it.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Thanks

anselld

If you have seen the contract terms and the keys are being handed over at the flat then you should be fine.  Get a hand written receipt for any money handed over.
Contracts could also be electronically signed via AdobeSign or DocuSign, both of which offer free trials.

greatcrested

As above.

Think about it. The LL is handing over access to a multi hundred thousand pound asset, so he is taking a risk.

By receiving the keys and paying the rent (as anselld says - get a receipt!) a contract /tenancy is formed.

Whether or not there is a written contract does not alter that. Generally a written tenancy agreement imposes additional responsibilities on a tenant, so i could even be to your advantage, though the fact you've seen and verbally agreed the terms would most likely convince a court those terms were part of the contract.

theartfullodger

Stupid landlord but in England a tenancy agreement does not even need to be electronic.  Verbal is fine. Bonkers, but legally fine.

He'll find you are even harder than usual to evict, lucky you!