Tenancy Agreement 10 Main Points

1
The Date of Entry will be for a minimum of 6 month The let will run from the date on front page until 6 month later. Thereafter if neither party validly terminates the let, this tenancy will tacitly relocate for a period of two months and for periods of two months at a time thereafter until termination. Either party will be entitled to terminate the let as at or at the expiry of a two month relocation of the lease by giving written notice to the other party, tenant must give one month notice and the owner must give two months. The terms will apply to any period for which the lease is running under tacit relocation are not necessarily in the terms contained herein but are to be mutually agreed between you and ourselves and for the avoidance of doubt written conformation one month prior to your vacation of the premises must be given, no matter the termination date. 

2
You shall pay a rent of payable monthly in advance on the day of each month. In the event of non-payment on the said due date a charge for any correspondence in connection with late payment will be made at £10 per lateness plus £5 per day for late payment, late payment is 1 calendar month after signed tenancy. In the event of a cheque being returned, a charge of £30 will be levied to cover the bank charges and administration costs. If a potential tenant arranges to meet a key holder when viewing a property and the potential tenant does not turn up after a 15 minute wait there will be a charge of £20, any additional or unforeseen visits will be charged at the same rate. Items may be removed from the tenant’s home if the tenant has not paid their monthly/weekly rent in order to recover monies due.   

3
You shall be responsible for all council tax payments in respect of your and your family’s occupation of the property. You shall also pay direct to the appropriate Authorities all electricity, gas, telephone and other charges incurred during the let. You are responsible for the purchasing of the Television License. 

4
You accept the property and the whole fixtures and fittings therein as being in good tenantable order and repair. You shall pay the cost of all internal minor and running repairs, maintenance and renewals in respect of the property and the whole fixtures and fittings therein, appropriate to the period of let. You also accept the contents listed in the said inventory as being in good condition and (where appropriate) proper working order. For the avoidance of doubt the tenants responsibility would include light bulbs, hover bags and fuses etc. While the owner responsibilities would be the heavy white goods except in the circumstances of mal practice. 

5
You (the tenant(s)) undertake:
(a)	To keep the property clean and property aired, and the garden (if any) in neat and tidy order and any common entrance or staircase of the property regularly cleaned in co-operation with other neighbours
(b)	To have the windows, curtains and carpets regularly cleaned 
(c)	To keep the contents in good condition and proper working order, fair wear and tear expected and to return the said property and contents in the condition in which they where received. 
(d)	To replace any of the contents, which may be broken, damaged or lost during the period of let. 
(e)	To use the property as a residences for yourself and your family only, and not otherwise. 
(f)	Not to alter, decorate or paint any part of the property without prior written permission
(g)	Not to mark or cut any part of the property
(h)	Not to stop up or obstruct the waste pipes or drains
(i)	Not to keep pets without prior written consent
(j)	Not to do anything which may result in inconvenience to or be a nuisance to neighbours or to allow any person occupying or visiting the property to cause noise, nuisance, disturbance or annoyance to neighbours within the vicinity of the property. 
(k)	Not to leave the house unoccupied for more than two weeks and on any occasion when is unoccupied to take all reasonable precautions to safeguard it and the contents, including turning off the water at the mains. 
(l)	To give my agents or me immediate written notice of any damage to or defect in the property and/or the contents. 
(m)	To permit prospective purchasers, at any reasonable mutually agreeable time and prospective tenants, at any reasonable mutually agreed time during the last month of the let, to inspect the property
(n)	To permit my agents or me nominated by me to inspect the property at any reasonable mutually agreeable time during the let on reasonable prior notice and to provide facilities for the carrying out of repairs or maintenance to or alterations of the property which we may reasonably consider necessary. 
(o)	Not to remove any of the contents from the property
(p)	Not to change the door lock without my prior written consent and then only on condition that you deliver to me three copies of the new lock
(q)	Not to use liquefied gas heaters within the property. 
(r)	To do, cause or suffer nothing to be done which is in contravention of any of the terms contained in the Title Deeds of the Property
(s)	Not to carry out any business from the premises. 

6
You are prohibited from assigning the Missives of the Lease, or sub-letting or parting with possession of the whole or part any of the property. 

7
I (The Owner) undertake:
(a)	To pay all taxes, except Council Tax. Should you have a change of tenancy of one or more persons within the property you undertake to inform the council tax of this change. 
(b)	Without prejudice to the terms of conditions for hereof, to keep the property in good condition and repair unless it becomes uninhabitable as a result of structural defect or damage. 
(c)	To maintain adequate buildings insurance cover over the subjects on comprehensive terms and to insure the contents specified in the said inventory. You shall be responsible for insurance of any items introduced into the subjects during the currency of the lease and, in particular, you shall be responsible for insuring your and your family’s own jewellery and other valuables. 

8
You (The Tenant(s)) undertake:
(a)	That if the rent is not paid within the seven days of the due date or you are in breach of any other conditions of the let we shall be entitled to follow the due legal process to have the let terminated. 
(b)	That you will remove from the property on the termination of the let and not any time create a protected tenancy in the subjects in terms of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984  which would interfere with my right to vacant possession
(c)	That we shall be entitled at the termination of the let to use the deposit after mentioned towards meeting any outstanding sums or accounts due by you, the cost of repairing or replacing any of the contents which have been broken, damaged or lost and the expense of making good failure by you to fulfil any of the other conditions of the let, the balance of the deposit to be refunded to you within a reasonable time after the termination of the let subject always to you satisfying me that all charges due to Public Authorities for Gas, electricity, telephone, council tax and other charges have been paid. Provided everything is satisfactory, the deposit will be returned within 4 weeks. 
(d)	To pay the sum of by the way of the deposit to be held be me or my agents and returnable at the termination of the lease less any sums due to me or my agents for any unfulfilled obligations on you part
(e)	To dispose of all rubbish in an appropriate manner and at appropriate time. 

9
You agree that a certificate by me, my agents or successors of their agents shall be sufficient to ascertain and constitute conclusively the amount due to me or my successors at the date of the certificate in respect of rent, other outgoings, compensation for any damage done to the property or contents and in respect of any other sums payable by you in terms of this offer. 

10
By your acceptance hereof you acknowledge that the tenancy hereby constituted may be brought to an end by an order for possession granted by the Sheriff on the application of me the Landlord in any of the circumstances set out in grounds 1,2,8 or 11 to 16 inclusive of Schedule 5 of the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1988, provided always that I, as Landlord have complied with Section 19 of the said Act.