Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement Room Only

Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement – Room Only

Under part 1 of the Housing Act 1988 as amended under part 3 of the Housing Act 1996

NOT TO BE USED WITH DEPOSIT GUARD. DO NOT USE THIS AGREEMENT WHERE THE DEPOSIT IS TO BE PROTECTED WITH THE TENANCY DEPOSIT SCHEME (TDS)

If you need to pay a deposit, we will deal with it under one or other of the government-approved schemes, the Deposit Protection Service (DPS) or My Deposits.

Date:

This agreement is between us:

the landlord or landlords

and you (individually and together):

the tenant or tenants

(please tick the appropriate box)

The rent is: every:

You must pay the rent for the month, weeks or week to come (whichever applies).

The rent must be paid in advance.

If you are not a tenant but you have paid towards the deposit, please read and sign the following declaration.

If there is more than one tenant, each of us agrees to appointing the tenant representative, as set out in paragraph A10. If there is just one tenant, I authorise the tenant to deal with the deposit.

If someone who is not a tenant has paid towards the deposit give the following details

A. We let out the property which is:

to you (individually and together if there is more than one of you) as well as the furniture, fixtures and household belongings that are on the list that you and we signed. The amount of rent is shown on the previous page and both you and we must keep to the terms below.

You will have the property and the furniture for

If, at the end of this time, you stay in the property the tenancy will continue as a statutory periodic tenancy. The periods of this tenancy will depend on the periods for which you pay rent. You must give at least four weeks (or a month if you pay rent monthly) notice to end it. This notice must end on the last day of a tenancy period.

This agreement is an assured shorthold tenancy...

We will let the property to you (individually and together) and only you and

will be allowed to live there.

No children are allowed to live in the property or the building without our permission, in writing.

No animals are allowed in the property or the building without our permission, in writing.

You have to pay a deposit of (If none is due insert nil)

If there is more than one tenant, is chosen to deal with the deposit on your behalf.

If you owe rent or any other money you must pay us under the agreement, you will have to pay interest on this amount from the date that it should have been paid.

B. You must do the following:

1. Pay rent on the days and in the way we have agreed.
2. Pay our reasonable costs for sending reminder letters. These will be for each reminder. £
3. Pay our reasonable costs for any cheque that does not clear or any unpaid direct debit... £
4. Keep the inside of the property in at least as good a condition...
5. Repair any damage that you have done deliberately...
6. Pay all electricity, gas and phone, water charges and council tax bills...
7. Take reasonable precautions to prevent frost or similar damage...
8. Whenever you leave the property or the building unattended, you must lock all the doors and windows...
9. If you give us notice that you are going to leave the property before this agreement has ended, you must pay our reasonable costs for letting the property pay the rent until a new tenant moves in.
10. Allow us or our agents to come into the property...
11. Tell us about any repairs or faults...
12. Park vehicles in your garage (if there is one) or on your parking space only and without causing an obstruction.
13. Pay the reasonable costs for replacing locks if you fail to return any key.
14. Pay any reasonable cost for getting replacement keys.
15. Allow possible new tenants and buyers to look at the property or the building...
16. Be jointly and individually responsible for paying all the rent...
17. Defrost the fridge when necessary.
18. Pay our reasonable charges for preparing and checking any inventory or condition schedule...
19. At the end of the tenancy, leave the property and our fixtures and fittings in as good a condition...
20. Take reasonable care of the shared areas...

C. You must not do the following:

1. Alter or add anything to the outside or structure of the property or the building...
2. Anything which may be a nuisance or annoy us or the neighbours.
3. Bring bicycles, motorcycles, and prams into the property or the building without our permission.
4. Bring any furniture into the property or the building without our permission.
5. Tamper with any fire precautions.
6. Hang pictures or posters on the walls without our permission.
7. Use Blu-Tack or any similar type of adhesive on the walls.
8. Sublet the property or any part of it, or give up the property or any part of it to someone else.
9. Transfer the tenancy to someone else without our permission.
10. Carry on any profession, trade or business in the property or the building.
11. Display any permanent notice on the property or the building.
12. Use the property as anything other than a private home.
13. Block, or allow guests to block, any of the shared areas.
14. Dry washing inside the property or the building, except in a ventilated room suitable for these purposes.
15. Use any paraffin or portable gas heater.
16. Anything which breaks the term of any lease under which we own the property...

D. We agree to do the following:

1. Keep the property and the building insured against fire and other usual comprehensive risks...
2. Let you have free access to the steps, entrance hall, stairs landing and all shared areas.
3. Be responsible for servicing and maintaining any gas heating system...
4. Be responsible for making sure that any furniture we provide keeps to the relevant fire safety regulations.
5. Give you back any part of the rent that you have paid for any period that the property could not be lived in...
6. Keep the structure and outside of the property in good repair.
7. Keep the gas, water, electricity, space-heating and water-heating installations in good repair and proper working order.
8. Refund any rent you have paid which relates to a rental period which starts after the tenancy ends.

E. Notice addresses

If we need to serve any notice on you, we will deliver it by hand or send it to you by first-class post to the property address.

If you need to serve any notice on us, you must deliver it by hand or send it by post to the following address.

F. We may repossess the property if:

• you fail to pay us rent 14 days after it is due;
• you become bankrupt;
• any of the grounds listed in Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988 apply; or
• the arrangements for us to repossess the property in section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 apply.

G. Repossession grounds

We may repossess the property under Ground 1 in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 and Ground 2 in the same schedule which allows the lender to take possession.

We need a court order to repossess the property. You should contact a solicitor, citizens’ advice bureau or legal advice centre, who will tell you what this means.