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Our Top Twelve Posts on Tenancy Agreements

December 5, 2016 by Tessa J Shepperson

Tenancy AgreementsAll landlords need to know about tenancy agreements and how to choose the correct tenancy agreement for their property.

Here are twelve posts from the Landlord Law Blog which will help you:

1. The Three Functions of Tenancy Agreements

I look at the three important functions that tenancy agreements serve – and some are more important than others …

2. Tessa’s Tenancy Agreements – the Bog Standard AST

This is the most common type of tenancy.  Here is look at what it should contain.

3. Tessa’s Tenancy Agreements – where the landlord pays the bills

About tenancy agreements where the landlord pays the bills on behalf of the tenants

4. Tessa’s Tenancy Agreements – the room in a shared house

Often described as an ‘HMO’ agreement although it is not an acid test, the post looks at this different way to rent to sharers.

5. Tessa’s Tenancy Agreements – company lets

Why company lets are different and some tips on renting to companies.

6. Tessa’s Tenancy Agreements – resident landlords

Looking at why these are different from ordinary tenancies.

7. Five tips on avoiding unfair terms when amending tenancy agreements

When amending tenancy agreements you need to be really careful  to ensure that you are not rendering your tenancy agreement clause invalid.  It is very easily done if you don’t understand the rules.

8. What happens if you don’t have a written tenancy agreement

A quick overview of the law which applies.  But its not a good idea!

9. The 10 most common issues and problems with tenancy agreements

A list of the biggest problems so you can avoid them.

10. Using section 196 of the Law of Property Act in Tenancy Agreements

You may have seen reference to this in tenancy agreements – but what does it mean?

11. Why your tenancy agreement is misleading – the secret clauses that you don’t know about

This article explains why tenancy agreements do not always mean what you think they do.

12. Signing tenancy agreements online

I describe some situations where I have advised clients.

This is not a full list – if you do a tenancy agreement search or maybe a more specific search, you will find more posts.  However, bear in mind that this blog has been around since 2006 and some of the post you find may be a bit old!

If you are interested in my Landlord Law tenancy agreement service, by the way, you can read about this here.

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