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Last Updated January 29, 2025
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A Tenancy Agreement is a contract that outlines the terms of a residential tenancy, including the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and tenant(s).
Our template allows you to customise a lease to your specific rental situation, whether it be a fixed-term or automatic tenancy (also known as a rolling, periodic, or month-to-month tenancy). It may be used when renting out a house, flat, house share, flat share, or room.
Depending on where you live, a Tenancy Agreement can also be referred to as a:
You can customise our template for residential tenancies in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. If you create an agreement for England, it will be an assured shorthold tenancy (AST).
If renting a business property, use a Commercial Tenancy Agreement instead.
Despite not always being a legal requirement, using a Tenancy Agreement can be beneficial for many reasons, such as the following:
Any person renting residential property to or from someone else needs a Tenancy Agreement. For example, the following individuals or organisations will find this document useful:
A standard Tenancy Agreement should include the following things:
A standard tenancy can also specify whether a tenant will have access to parking or early possession and can outline rules for a tenant regarding smoking, pets, maintenance, and insurance.
It can outline rules for a landlord regarding increasing rent, entering the property, terminating the tenancy, and completing inspection reports.
Our template allows you to create a more comprehensive Tenancy Agreement which includes additional clauses regarding:
To be legally considered a tenant and obligated to pay rent, a person must sign the Tenancy Agreement. If multiple tenants want to be bound to a Tenancy Agreement’s terms, all their names and signatures need to be included within the contract.
If an adult lives in the rental property but is not on the Tenancy Agreement, they are considered an occupant, not a tenant. Any minors living on the property are also occupants.
A Tenancy Agreement becomes legally binding once all parties have signed it.
Yes, after you’ve created and signed a Tenancy Agreement, you can amend it with a Lease Addendum. It allows a landlord and tenant to make changes instead of having to create an entirely new agreement.
Generally, the first step in attempting to break a fixed-term tenancy (where nobody has violated the tenancy terms) would be to discuss the situation with the other party. If both parties consent to end the lease early, it can be terminated with a Termination Agreement.
If terminating a lease is not an option, subletting or assigning may be a good alternative for both parties.
To sublet a rental property, a tenant must create a Sublet Agreement and sign it with their landlord and the subtenant. The original tenant remains liable for the obligations stated in the original lease agreement.
Assigning a Tenancy Agreement means transferring lease interest to a new tenant. Unlike subletting, assigning means the original tenant gives away their rights and obligations to the new tenant. To assign a Tenancy Agreement, the parties use a Tenancy Assignment Agreement to outline the arrangement.
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