Repairing obligations and tenancy agreements As mentioned on Day 13, tenancies with a term of less than 7 years have to comply with' statutory repairing covenants'. These are set out in section 11 … [Read more...]
Tenancy Agreements 33 days of tips – Day 20 – Business Use
Business use of rented residential property Should you prohibit tenants running a business from your property? The law has changed recently here, but still, the real answer is that it depends. What … [Read more...]
Tenancy Agreements 33 days of tips – Day 19 – Penalty Clauses
Penalty clauses in your tenancy agreement Penalty clauses are clauses which provide for the tenant to make a payment if they breach the terms of the tenancy in some way. Great care needs to be … [Read more...]
Tenancy Agreements 33 days of tips – Day 18 – Bills
Dealing with responsibility for bills in your tenancy agreement All properties have expenses which need to be paid, such as utilities and Council tax. It is important to be clear in your tenancy … [Read more...]
Tenancy Agreements 33 days of tips – Day 17 – Unfair Terms (2)
Practical aspects of Unfair Terms in your tenancy agreement The Unfair Terms rules (now part of the Consumer Rights Act 2015) (the Regulations) were discussed on Day 16. Today we are going to … [Read more...]
Tenancy Agreements 33 days of tips – Day 16 – Unfair Terms (1)
About the Unfair Terms Regulations The requirement to have legislation on unfair terms originally came from Europe as a directive which member countries were then required to incorporate into their … [Read more...]