ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCY AGREEMENT

Residential: Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement for all types of residential

TENANCY AGREEMENT
PREMISES: property address here
Description: House

LANDLORD: landlord name and address here

TENANT: all tenant names here

TERM:
A term certain from the Commencement Date of: months

COMMENCEMENT DATE:

RENTAL PERIOD: Monthly

RENT: £ for each Rental Period payable in advance on the first day of each
such Rental Period or to the following schedule for termly payments

DEPOSIT: £

1. The Landlord lets and the Tenant takes the Premises for the Term and at the Rent
specified above

2. The Landlord may bring the Tenancy to an end at any time before the expiry of the
Term by giving not less than two months written notice stating that the Landlord
requires possession of the Premises

3. This Tenancy is subject to and the Tenant agrees to be bound by the General
Tenancy Conditions overleaf

4. The Tenant shall pay to the Landlord on the signing of this Agreement the amount of
the Deposit and the first payment of Rent

5. This Tenancy does include the use of the Landlord’s furniture and effects

DATE:

Signed ……………………………………… Signed …………………………………………

TENANT’S OBLIGATIONS
1. The Tenant will:
1.1 Pay the Rent to the Landlord at the times specified by bank standing order to the
Landlord’s agents and pay interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum above the
base rate from time to time of National Westminster Banks PLC on any rent in arrears
for more than fourteen days calculated from the date upon which such rent was due
to be paid to the date upon which it is actually paid
1.2 Pay for all gas and electricity consumed on or supplied to the Premises during the
Term and for all charges made for the use of the telephone (if any) on the Premises
during the Term and will pay to and indemnify the Landlord against either the whole
of any water rates (or if the supply is metered all charges made for the use of water)
council tax or similar tax or levy payable by the Landlord during the Term in respect of
the Premises or a fair proportion (to be determined by the Landlord) in respect of any
property of which the Premises form part and will pay such sum or contribution (as
the case may be) at the times prescribed by or under statute and otherwise upon the
dates upon which the Rent is payable
1.3 Keep the interior of the Premises during the Term in as good and clean state of repair
and decoration as the Premises are in at the commencement of the Term and make
good all damage and breakages to the Premises which may occur during the Term
(fair wear and tear excepted)
1.4 Not damage or injure the Premises or make any alteration or addition to the Premises
1.5 Permit the Landlord or the Landlord’s employees or agents to enter the Premises at
all reasonable times to inspect the same and the Landlord’s furniture and effects
therein (if any) and to carry out works of maintenance or repair to the Premises or
elsewhere which the Landlord may consider necessary
1.6 Keep the drains gutters and pipes of the Premises clear the chimneys (if any) swept
and the garden (if any) neat and free from weeds
1.7 Keep the windows of the Premises clean and replace all glass broken
1.8 Not assign sublet or part possession of the whole or any part of the Premises
1.9 Not take in any lodger or paying guest without the prior written consent of the
Landlord
1.10 Not use the Premises other than for the purposes of a single private
dwellinghouse nor carry on or permit to be carried on upon the Premises any
profession trade or business whatsoever nor do or suffer to be done in the Premises
or elsewhere anything which may be or become a nuisance annoyance or
inconvenience to the Landlord or the tenants or occupiers of any neighbouring
premises or which may vitiate any insurance to the Premises or increase the premium
for such insurance
1.11 Not fix or suffer to be fixed to the exterior or windows of the Premises any
notice board notice sign advertisement or poster
1.12 Not without the prior written consent of the Landlord keep or suffer to be kept
in the Premises any cat dog or other pet
1.13 Deliver up the Premises to the Landlord at the end of the tenancy in the same
good clean state of repair and decoration as they were in at the commencement of
the Term (fair wear and tear excepted)
1.14 Not to change alter or add locks to the Premises without the Landlords prior
written permission and then to supply the Landlord with a copy of the new key

FURNITURE
2. If the letting includes the use of furniture and effect
2.1 The Tenant will
2.1.1 Not damage or remove from the Premises any of the furniture and effects
2.1.2 Make good all damage and breakages to the furniture and effects which may
occur during the Term
2.1.3 Leave the furniture and effects at the end of the Tenancy in the same position as
they were in at the commencement of the Term
 2.1.4 Clean or pay for the cleaning of all carpets furniture linen counterpanes blankets and
curtains (if any) included in the letting which shall have been soiled during the
Tenancy

FORFIETURE
3. Provided that if the rent or any part thereof shall be in arrear for fourteen days after the
same shall have become due whether legally demanded or not or if there shall be a
breach of any of the obligations on the part of the Tenant the Landlord may re-enter the
Premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole and immediately thereupon the
Tenancy shall absolutely determine without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of
the Landlord

LANDLORDS OBLIGATIONS
4. The Landlord agrees with the Tenant as follows
4.1 To pay and indemnify the Tenant against all rates taxes and assessments and outgoings
in respect of the Premises (other than those mentioned in 1.2 above)
4.2 That the Tenant paying the Rent and performing the obligations on the part of the Tenant
may quietly possess and enjoy the Premises during the Term without any lawful
interruption from the Landlord or any person claiming under or in trust for the Landlord

MISCELLANEOUS
5.
5.1 If the Premises comprise part only of a building the letting shall include the use in common
with others of accessways to and from the Premises inside the building
5.2 “Premises” in these Conditions includes the Landlord’s fixtures and fittings thereon
5.3 If a deposit is paid it shall be retained by the Landlord or his agent as security for the
performance of the Tenant’s obligations and shall be repayable to the Tenant only after
the end of the Tenancy and after deduction therefrom of any sums required to
compensate the Landlord whether wholly or in part for any breach of obligation on the
Tenant’s part
5.4 If two or more persons are together the Tenant their obligations to the Landlord shall be
joint and several
5.5 Where the Premises are occupied in part or as a whole with other persons the Tenant
agrees to occupy the Premises with the other persons as a single household
5.6 References to the masculine gender include the feminine to the singular include the plural
and to the “month” mean calendar month
5.7 The Tenant agrees to permit the Landlord or the Landlord’s employees or agents to enter
the Premises at reasonable times to allow the Premises to be shown to prospective
tenants

SPECIAL TENANCY CONDITIONS

6.1 The Landlord hereby gives the Tenant notice that possession of the Premises might
be recovered on Ground 1(b) of part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 namely if
the Landlord seeking possession of at least one of them should require the Premises as
his or his spouse’s only or principal home in circumstances in which neither that Landlord
(or in the case of joint landlords any one of them) nor any person who as landlord has
acquired the reversion on the tenancy for money or money’s worth

6.2 The Landlord hereby gives the Tenant notice that possession may be recovered on
ground 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 namely if (as the Premises are
subject to a mortgage granted before the tenancy) the mortgagee should become entitled
to exercise a power of sale and should require possession of the Premises for the
purpose of disposing of it with vacant possession