Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement - Self Contained Properties
Notes and guidance about this tenancy agreement can be viewed here. Tenants particularly are recommended to visit this website before making a commitment.
Landlords should complete the Details of the Tenancy at section A of this agreement and Landlords should also complete the Details of the Deposit in section D of this agreement.
SECTION A - DETAILS OF THE TENANCY
DATE
LANDLORD
Title and FULL name
Postal Address
Telephone
Email (optional)
TENANTS
Title and FULL name
Postal Address
Telephone
Email (optional)
PROPERTY
Including the Contents, but excluding
the garden
the garage
the shed
the outbuildings
the cellar
Including any right of way necessary to gain access to the Property
TERM
An initial fixed term starting on [ ] and ending on [ ] (“the end date”)
The tenancy will end on the end date if:
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the Tenant has by then vacated the Property and returned the keys to the Landlord; or
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the Landlord has served on the Tenant not less than two months’ notice, expiring on the end date.
The tenancy may end before the end date if:
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the Landlord and the Tenant agree (in writing) that it should; or
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the Landlord serves notice on the Tenant under s8 Housing Act 1988; or
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the Landlord terminates the tenancy in accordance with clause 6 of this Agreement.
Otherwise, the tenancy will continue after the end date as a statutory periodic tenancy, each period starting on a Rent Day, unless and until it is brought to an end by:
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the Tenant (i) giving the Landlord one month;s notice, which can expire at any time, and (ii) vacating the Property and (iii) returning the keys;or
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the Landlord giving the Tenant at least two months; notice under s21 Housing Act 1988, which must state that the notice is to expire on the day before a Rent Day.
The Tenants Obligations continue for as long as the Tenant remains in occupation, if that is beyond the end of the Term.
DEPOSIT
By law the landlord must hold the deposit in an approved protection scheme. No opting out of the scheme is allowed. Important information about the scheme, including how tenants can claim their deposit back, should be attached to this agreement. Tenants should read that information before signing this agreement. Landlords should complete Section D of this agreement. To be held in accordance with section D of this Agreement which the Landlord must complete.
of the Deposit has been contributed by a third party, whose details appear in section D.
RENT
The total rent commitment for the initial fixed term of this tenancy agreement is £[ ]. Rent is payable in instalments, as follows:
[Option 1 - per calendar month, payable in advance on the Rent Days, and apportioned on a daily basis for any part-month, the first payment to be made on [ ] [or before the first day of the Term].
[Option 2 - [number of] instalments of [amount] payable on the Rent Days the first payment to be made on [ ] [or before the first day of the Term]
Unless this agreement is lawfully terminated (see clause 6), the Tenant’s minimum financial commitment is to pay Rent of £[ ] for the fixed initial period of the Term.
[The Rent includes electricity, gas, water, drainage, telephone, television broadband]
[The Rent includes an average monthly energy consumption charge of [£ ]. The Landlord is entitled to increase or reduce this charge in line with rising or falling energy prices but will not charge more to the Tenant for energy than the Landlord pays to the supplier.
[The Rent includes an average monthly energy consumption charge of [£ ]. The Landlord is entitled to increase this charge in line with rising water prices but will charge more to the Tenant for these services than the landlord pays to the supplier.]
RENT DAYS
[Option 1 - The first day of each calendar month]
[Option 2 list dates for quarterly payments but only the day and month, not the year]
PAYMENT METHOD
[direct debit/credit card/debit card/standing order]
or such other means of payment as the Landlord and the Tenant agree]
ADDITIONAL CHARGES
[The Rent does not include payment for electricity, gas, water, drainage, telephone, television or broadband and the Tenant is liable to pay the supplier direct for the services they use.] [ If all adult occupiers of the Property are students, they can claim exemption from Council Tax. If not exempt, the Tenant is liable to pay the Council Tax on the Property.]
The Tenant is responsible for obtaining a TV licence if there is a television at the Property, even if the television belongs to the Landlord.
[The Landlord will charge the Tenant for each failed payment (eg bounced cheque, missed standing order or refused direct debit)
AGENT
[This is the Tenant’s first point of contact for all communications in connection with this tenancy]
KEY COLLECTION AND RETURN
At the start of the Term the Tenant must collect the keys from [ ] and return them at the end of the Term to [ ]