Wales Landlord Guidance
Tenancy Agreements
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Immigration Act and Right to Rent
During the Tenancy
Ending a Tenancy
Practical Tips for a Pain-Free End of Tenancy Handover
What to Do if the Tenancy Is to Continue
Landlord Wants Tenant to Leave
Powers and Duties of District Judges
Absolute Orders or Suspended (Postponed) Orders
Applying to Court for Possession - Standard Procedure
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After the Court Order - and Eviction
Applying to the Court for Rent Arrears Only
Contractual or Common Law Tenancies
Services
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The decision of Northwood (Solihull) Ltd v Fearn & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 40 has been handed down, and it's good ...
The length of a fixed term offered in a tenancy agreement is really whatever you feel comfortable with, but as a ...
On 21 July 2016, the Law society published a practice note titled: Execution of a document using an electronic ...
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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 ...
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, ...
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)
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.
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REF: Bond/Deposit taken at the beginning of the tenancy and returned at the end of the tenancy possibly with various deductions. Usually about equal to a months rent.
My letting agent signs ...
Hi guildy, trying to download a blank tenancy agreement for wales, dos custodial but it won't send it to any of my email addresses. Am I doing something wrong please
I am going to move an existi g tennant to a different property in my portfolio. (more…)
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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 ...
A tenant has rented from us for the past 6 years, unfortunately his wife left him sometime ago, (more…)