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The Tenancy Builder has fully integrated remote signing utilising electronic signatures.
To utilise this fantastic ...
Use one of our most popular serves - Tenancy Builder. With the Builder, you enter all details and select from various options to “build” a tenancy agreement to suit your needs.
Use our tenancy type wizard to determine what type of tenancy you require.
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When you're about to sign a tenancy agreement, it can be difficult to know whether it should be witnessed, made as ...
On 21 July 2016, the Law society published a practice note titled: Execution of a document using an electronic ...
Please note, this checklist applies to WALES. For England, please see here.
The main parts of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 which affect landlords and letting agents are now in force for ...
The length of the fixed term to give is really whatever you feel comfortable with.
When the Housing Act 1988 came ...
It is not possible to let to a person under 18 years of age as a minor is unable to hold an estate in land [s.1(6) ...
In most cases, an assured shorthold tenancy will be the required tenancy to give but there are some exemptions and ...
What is a break clause?
Sometimes a fixed term tenancy agreement can contain a clause which brings the fixed term ...
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Short tenancy agreements are undermining the buy to let market with uncertainty for millions of tenants and ...
Since the Superstrike tenancy deposit case, much discussion has been had about what happens at the end of the ...
Since the changes were announced to council tax from 1 April 2013 in particular for unoccupied and unfurnished ...
Sometimes, a landlord is offered a multiple of months rent in advance by a prospective tenant. Commonly this is six
Except for a tenancy taking effect in possession with a term not exceeding 3 years [s.2(5)(a) Law of Property ...
Forms
Contractual (Common-Law) Tenancy Agreement
Product Code: F005
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCY
THIS IS NOW PART OF THE TENANCY ...
Management Regulations (Add Terms to Tenancy Agreement)
Product Code: F035 04/14
All our tenancy agreements have the capability of the landlord adding clauses that may
Guarantee Agreement
Product Code: F029
A landlord is always advised to obtain a guarantor (also known as surety) for every let they ...
Ground 1 Landlords Only or Principal Notice
Product Code: F043
For tenancies granted on or after 28 February 1997 or for tenancies correctly accompanied ...
Ground 2 Mortgage Notice
Product Code: F044
A ground 2 notice is to notify a tenant before a tenancy is granted the the rented property ...
Ground 3 Holiday Let Notice
Product Code: F046
A landlord may serve this ground 3 notice before a tenancy commences notifying the tenant ...
Notice Tenancy is to be Assured and Not Assured Shorthold
Product Code: F070
PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO THE GUILD. THIS NOTICE WILL GIVE ...
Notice That Assured Agricultural Occupancy is to be Assured Shorthold Tenancy – Wales
Product code: F084 - Wales only
THIS FORM IS ONLY SUITABLE FOR WALES!
Housing Act 1988 Schedule 2A, paragraph
Written Statement of Terms – Verbal Tenancy
Product code: LT019
If there is no written tenancy agreement, a tenant under an assured shorthold tenancy may, ...
Tenants Information Leaflet – Control of Legionella
Product Code: LRA005
When completing a legionella risk assessment, it will almost always be a part of that ...
Document Checklist Confirmation
Product code: F031
For any tenancy granted on or after 1 October 2015 in England it will not be possible to ...
GDPR Privacy Notice for Tenancy Agreement
Product code: F104 05/18
This is the privacy notice compliant with GDPR as contained in our tenancy agreement ...
Questions and Answers (for this topic and country)
example of tenant agreement
13/10/2019 12:48 pm
Hi guildy, filling out an AST, the tenant moving in has applied to Caerphilly council for the deposit and first months rent off them and the council are paying it ...
12/07/2019 9:20 pm
Property available for a fixed term of 10+ months from 4th September 2019, but prospective tenant wants it from 9th Sept until "September 2020".
I'm willing to wait
I have a proposed tenant who is offering to pay 6 months rent in advance. What are the (if any) concerns about the AST and does it need to be re-drafted.
Lancehill
I am going to move an existi g tennant to a different property in my portfolio. (more…)
The 6 month tenancy agreement ends in 2 weeks, I would like to renew the tenancy agreement as a garden shed was built for the tenants in that 6mth period and I would like to include it in the new