SubLet Agreement - Help!

cmunro

Hi There, am a private tenant with an assured short hold tenancy agreement.

I know our landlord personally and he has given permission for me to sublet a room in the house i am renting from the LL to help me out a bit financially for a few months.

However i am desperately trying to find a UK sublet agreement template and so far have been unsuccessful...Can anyone help??

Tozer

I don't think you will find one. What terms are you trying to put in place? Are you subletting the whole or part? Will you still be in occupation?

You will need back-to-back arrangement so the tenancy agreement you have ought to form the base - obviously change things such as any reference to you insuring the buildings and stuff.

cmunro

Hi Tozer, the house is a 3bed terraced, and am happy to allow the subletted tenant access to the full house. They will be renting a total of 2 spare rooms (they are both small-ish 1 x small double & 1 x small single next door to each other....with furniture in the double there is not much space so one would be bedroom other would be dressing room....both rooms supplied part-furnished).

Plan to sublet with similar terms to shared tenancy, in that the sublet tenant has access to rest of house (except my room!) and keeps the place to a reasonable clean & tidy standard. They would need to take there share of looking after the place.

Rent would be inclusive of all bills. Can i take a deposit against any damage during their tennancy?

Andy_Hamilton

The only true way is to allow your landlord to rent rooms and you have a big input into the selection. You may be able to write a contract with your landloard that if the rooms are vacant the full amount is payable by you, if you fill the rooms the payments you make reduce, possibly there rent could be paid to you then you have to pay the full amount.

Tozer

I think you could do it as a sublet. Carve out the key terms from your agreement and make sure that it acknowledges that you are not responsible for landlord responsibilities (e.g. gas safety certificates, maintenance, insurance, etc) but that you will use all reasonable endeavours to procure that these things will be done by the landlord.

cmunro

Many thanks Tozer, will dig out my current agreement and use that as a template, and edit accordingly so finished agreement makes it clear the new tennant will be sub-letting from me, authorised by the land-lord and that they will be responsible for any damaged caused. Plus landlord is responsible for his responsibilities & not me.

tbs624

" Carving out key points" from one Agreement to DIY any legal agreement, and you are leaving yourself open to problems at a later date.

Will you be asking the sub-tenant for a deposit against damage etc? If so it will need to be registered with one of the schemes.

Get some qualified professional advice from someone who is experienced with LL & T law - try the CAB or or if your LL is a member of a LL Association you could get him to check out with them

PasturesNew

Why not do it under the Rent a Room/lodger style?

You can still lay down responsibilities. But just keep it simple.

cmunro

Good advise, thanku. Deposit scheme shouldn't be a problem with the custodial one.

Have seen a few sub-let agreements online but they are US ones. Will call CAB & Shelter for any further info on legal agreements.

Many thanks

cmunro

Pastures new....Surely in my situation thats sub-letting which is what i plan to do???!! If not what's the difference?

Tozer

tbs624 wrote: »

" Carving out key points" from one Agreement to DIY any legal agreement, and you are leaving yourself open to problems at a later date.

Will you be asking the sub-tenant for a deposit against damage etc? If so it will need to be registered with one of the schemes.

Get some qualified professional advice from someone who is experienced with LL & T law - try the CAB or or if your LL is a member of a LL Association you could get him to check out with them

Not really. There will be tenant covenants which should be reflected. E.g. no pets, treatment of utilities, use of property, etc.

Doubt CAB will help at all as it is hardly a consumer problem. More a business opportunity.