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Residential Lettings Kit

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Thinking of renting out a room or flat?
This bestselling kit contains all the agreements, notices and background information for renting your property, without a solicitor or letting agent.

Our Web Price: £15.75   

Format: Sealed Wallet

ISBN: 978-1-905261-12-3

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If you want to rent out your property, this best-selling Residential Lettings Kit can make letting to residential tenants a straightforward matter.

This Kit takes you through everything you need to know about creating legally binding tenancy agreements and includes background information on:

  • - Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).
  • - Creating a household inventory.
  • - Using guarantors to safeguard rent payments.
  • - Tenant's obligations during the tenancy.
  • - Landlord's obligations during the tenancy.
  • - Rent control.
  • - How to terminate a tenancy agreement
  • - What to do if you need to evict a tenant.

Also included free:

  • - Household inventory.
  • - Rent book.

As of the 6 April 2007, all Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreements for England & Wales comply with Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme legislation.

This Kit is for use in creating tenancy agreements where the landlord is not resident at the property.

Approved by Tessa Shepperson, solicitor, under English law, and by Neill Clerk & Murray, solicitors, under Scottish law.

Valid in England & Wales and Scotland.

'I have found your pack on property rental and the agreement forms very useful. I did not discover you until I wanted to rent out my late mother's house. I will certainly recommend you to other people.' - Dr. (name withheld), Cheltenham

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This product was compiled by our editorial department in collaboration with external experts and/or organisations.
Edition: Sixth   Published 2007
Format: Sealed Wallet   ISBN: 978-1-905261-12-3
Code: P209   Price: £15.75

Instruction manual contents:

  • Introduction
  • Letting the whole or part of a property
  • Consents before letting
  • The Inventory
  • Guarantors
  • Terms in the tenancy agreement
  • Witnesses
  • The tenant's obligations
    - Repairing obligations
    - Outgoings
    - Use of the property
    - Access for the landlord
  • The landlord's obligations
    - Repairing covenants
    - Gas safety
    - Furniture, electrical equipment and general product regulations
    - Covenant of quiet enjoyment
    - Insurance
    - The damage deposit
  • Rent control
  • Landlord's notices to end tenancies
  • Eviction
  • General information
  • Template tenant's bank standing order mandate
  • Template letter to service provider regarding bills
  • Glossary

Loose-leaf forms included:

For England & Wales:
Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreement for England & Wales - 2 copies
Section 21 Notice Requiring Possession - 1 copy
Section 8 Notice Seeking Possession (rent arrears) - 1 copy

For Scotland:
Short Assured Tenancy agreement - 2 copies
AT5 Notice of Short Assured Tenancy - 1 copy
Notice to Terminate and Notice to Quit - 1 copy
AT6 Notice of Intention to Raise Proceedings for Possession (rent arrears) - 1 copy

For England & Wales and Scotland:
Household Inventory - 2 copies

Free rent book included:

Required by law if rent is paid weekly
Includes prescribed notices for tenants
Line entries for recording rent due, dates, cash received, arrears and by whom the rent is received

Legal glossary

The legal glossary provides definitions of legal terms in plain English.

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