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Lease

Tar.Aldarion · 2011-03-13 12:26:46

Are you legally meant to have one? Or is it just if one of the parties wants one?

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13-03-2011 1:26pm

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Tar.Aldarion

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Are you legally meant to have one? Or is it just if one of the parties wants one?

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#2 14-03-2011 7:23pm
edellc

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yes you need to supply tenants with a lease or if your a tenant ask for one it covers both tenants and LL's responsibilities and hopefully at the end of the tenancy it wont be a messy break up

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#3 15-03-2011 6:15pm
Adelie

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You don't need a lease. Check this page from the Citizens Advice website about different types of tenancy. The first one 'periodic tenancy' is what you have without a lease. The basic rights of landlord and tenant still apply, see this page

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#4 18-03-2011 6:45pm
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thanks guys!

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#5 19-03-2011 1:11am
senordingdong

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It's more of a reassurance.

If something bad happened, the lease would quickly be shown to be worthless.

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