Fixed term excluded tenancy agreement between a resident landlord and tenant

room only
Date: XXth XX 20XX
The Property at which this agreement applies: XXXXX
The Room at the Property which can be used by the Tenant: The Shared Areas
at the Property which can be used by the Landlord, Tenant and any other persons
living at the Property: Bathroom/WC, Kitchen, Living Room, Stairs/Landings,
Hallway.
This Agreement is between the resident Landlord who lives at the Property:
And Tenant: XXX,
The Rent is XXX, payable every calendar month. The Tenant must pay the Rent
in advance.
The fixed Term begins on XXth XX 20XX and lasts for 12 months.
The Deposit is XX to be paid before the start of the Term.
A The Landlord agrees:
1. to let to the Tenant the Room and Shared Areas at the Property including
Furniture, Fixtures and Household Belongings that are listed on the signed
Inventory for the duration of the Term. The amount of rent is shown on the
previous page and both the Landlord and Tenant must keep to the terms
below.
2. The Tenant has joint usage of the Shared Areas at the Property with the
Landlord and any other persons living at the Property.
3. The Tenant has sole usage of the Room at the Property.
4. The Room and Shared areas at the Property are let to the Tenant and only
the Tenant is allowed to live there.
5. No children are allowed to live at the Property or the building without the
Landlords written permission.
6. No animals are allowed in the property or the building without the
Landlords written permission which may be withdrawn with good reason.
7. The Tenant is to pay the Deposit before the start of the Term. The Deposit
will not incur interest. The Tenant will get the deposit back when this
Agreement ends and the Tenant leaves the property, as long as the Tenant
has kept to all the agreements and conditions and has paid all the rent
and bills for the property including any shared bills. If the Tenant has not
done so, the Landlord may take from your deposit any rent or other money
you owe us, reasonable compensation if you have broken any of your
agreements, or the reasonable cost of making good any damage which is
not caused by fair wear and tear. The Landlord will keep the deposit until
the Tenant has produced satisfactory proof that the Tenant has paid any
utility bills (electricity, gas, water, phone, internet and TV) for any parts of
the Property which the Tenant is responsible for paying. If the Tenant fails
to provide proof, the Landlord may use any charges you owe and claim
these from you. If we cannot agree any of these amounts, the matter will
be decided by the county court unless we can agree on some other way of
sorting out the dispute.

8. The Tenant cannot use the deposit to pay rent under this Agreement.
9. If the Tenant owes rent or any other money under the Agreement, the
Tenant will have to pay interest on this amount from the date that it should
have been paid. The interest rate is 3% above the base rate used by the
Royal Bank of Scotland. This rate may apply before, as well as after, a
court judgment has been made against you, depending on the terms of
the court judgment.
10.The Landlord may keep keys to the Room.
11.The Landlord may remove, store or sell or otherwise get rid of any
furniture or goods which the Tenant refuses to remove or fails to remove
from the Property at the end of the tenancy. The Tenant will be responsible
for all reasonable costs which the Landlord may have to pay because of
this. The Landlord is entitled to take these costs, and any money you owe,
from any money made from selling the furniture or goods.
12.The Tenant must pay our administration fee of for entering into this
tenancy. (If none is due, insert nil) 14 You and anyone else we name will
also have the right to use any shared steps, entrance hall, stairs, landing
and all shared areas in the building. You are entitled to use the accesses to
the property but we may come on to the property if we need to get to
other parts of the building.
The Tenant agrees to:
1. Pay rent on the days and in the way agreed with the Landlord.
2. Pay the Landlords reasonable costs for sending reminder letters. These
costs will be for each reminder.
3. Pay the Landlords reasonable costs for any cheque that does not clear.
These will be each time a cheque does not clear.
4. Keep the inside of the property in at least as good a condition as it was
when the tenancy started (apart from fair wear and tear). Also, at the end
of the tenancy you must leave all furniture and fixtures in the rooms or
places they were at the beginning of the tenancy.
5. Repair any damage that the Tenant has done deliberately or that was
caused by the neglect or carelessness of the Tenant or anyone else living
in or visiting the Tenant at the property. This includes repairing damage
caused in this way to the property or the building or the shared areas,
replacing any broken glass in windows and repairing or replacing any
damaged fittings and installations. If you do not repair the damage you
are responsible for, we may give you written notice asking you to repair
the damage within a reasonable period of time, depending on the repairs
that need to be done. If you fail to do this within the period of notice
given, we may then carry out the work and, if necessary, enter the
property to do so. We will give you 24 hours written notice that we need
to enter the property. You will have to pay us for the reasonable cost of
this work.
6. Pay all electricity, gas, phone, internet, TV, water and council tax bills
which apply during the tenancy, including an appropriate share of the bills
for the Shared Areas.
7. Take reasonable precautions to prevent frost or similar damage to the
Property. If the Property is going to be empty overnight or for more than
12 hours when the weather is likely to be cold, the Tenant must leave
enough heating on to prevent the water system freezing, or turn off the

water supply at the main stopcock and open all the other water taps and
valves in the Property to drain the tanks of hot and cold water.
8. lock all the doors and windows and put the burglar alarm on (if there is
one), whenever the Tenant leaves the Property unattended. The Tenant
must notify the Landlord if the Property is going to be empty for more than
seven days in a row.
9. Notify the Landlord if the Tenant is going to move out of the Property
before this agreement has ended. The Tenant must pay the Landlords
reasonable costs for letting the property again and pay the rent until a
new tenant moves in. The Landlord is not obliged to take the tenancy or
the property back early unless the Landlord wants to do so.
10.Allow the Landlord or the Landlords agents to come into the Room at all
reasonable hours of the day to inspect the condition of the Property, to
carry out repairs or to do work which we must carry out by law. The
Landlord will give the Tenant at least 24 hours written notice if the
Landlord or the Landlords agents are going to enter the Room. The Tenant
must let the Landlord enter the Room immediately if there is an
emergency.
11.Tell the Landlord about any repairs or faults that Landlord is responsible
for.
12.Park vehicles in your garage (if there is one) or on your parking space
only, and without causing an obstruction.
13.Pay the reasonable costs for replacing locks if the Tenant fails to return any
key.
14.Pay any reasonable cost for getting replacement keys.
15.Allow possible new tenants and buyers to look at the property at all
reasonable hours of the day on at least 24 hours written notice during the
tenancy.
16.Be individually responsible for paying all the Rent, Bills and charges the
Tenant has to pay under this agreement and keep to all the terms of this
agreement.
17.Defrost the fridge when necessary. The Tenant will be responsible for the
reasonable cost of making good any damage that is caused because the
Tenant has.
18.Pay the Landlords reasonable charges (including our costs) for preparing
and checking any inventory or condition schedule at the beginning and
end of the tenancy.
19.Leave the Property, Fixtures, Fittings in as good a condition as at the start
of the tenancy (apart from fair wear and tear), and free from rubbish.
20.Take reasonable care of the Property, including the Shared Areas and make
sure the other people who are entitled to use them also do so.
C The Tenant must not do the following:
1. Alter or add anything to the outside or structure of the Property, or the
furniture, fixtures and household belongings that are on the list that you
and we signed or those which are in any shared areas. The Tenant must
not bring into the Property any furniture, fixtures or household belongings
which do not meet the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety)
Regulations. The Tenant can get information about these regulations from
the local Trading Standards office. The Tenant must not decorate any part
of The property without the Landlords permission.

2. Do anything in the Property or immediately outside the Property which

may be a nuisance or annoyance to the Landlord, others living at the
Property and neighbours. The Tenant must not play any radio, CD, record
player, television, musical instrument or any other noisy device in a way
that will cause a nuisance, annoy the neighbours or be heard outside the
Property between 11 pm and 7.30 am.
3. Bring bicycles, motorcycles, prams or other large objects into the Property
without the Landlords written permission.
4. Invite visitors into the Property without the Landlords permission.
5. Bring any furniture into the property or the building without our written
permission.
6. Tamper with any fire precautions.
7. Hang pictures or posters on the walls without the Landlords written
permission.
8. Use Blu-Tack or any similar type of adhesive on the walls.
9. Sublet the Property or any part of it, or give up the Property or any part of
it to someone else.
10.Transfer the tenancy to someone else without the Landlords written
permission.
11.Carry out any profession, trade or business in the property or the building.
12.Display any permanent notice on the property or the building.
13.Use the property as anything other than a home.
14.Block, or allow guests to block, any of the Shared Areas.
15.Dry washing inside the property or the building, except in a ventilated
room suitable for these purposes.
16.Use any paraffin or portable gas heater or anything else likely to be a fire
risk.
17.Anything which breaks the term of any lease under which the Landlord
owns the property so long as a copy of the lease (or the relevant terms)
has already been given to you.
D The Landlord agrees to do the following:
1. Keep the property and the building insured against fire and other usual
risks as long as insurance cover is available, subject to any policy excess.
2. Let the Tenant have free access to the steps, entrance hall, stairs, landing
and all Shared Areas.
3. Be responsible for servicing and maintaining any gas heating system and
making sure that all gas appliances in the property or the shared areas are
checked by a registered technician every year, in line with the Gas Safety
(Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
4. Be responsible for making sure that any furniture the Landlord provides
keeps to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations.
5. Give the Tenant back any part of the rent that the Tenant has paid for any
period that the Property could not be lived in or accessed because of fire
or any other damage that the Landlord was are insured for.
6. Keep the structure and outside of the Property in good repair.
7. Keep the gas, water, electric, heating and water-heating installations in
good repair and proper working order.
8. Refund any rent the Tenant has paid which relates to a rental period which
starts after the tenancy ends. The Landlord is allowed to take from this
refund any rent or other money owed by the Tenant.

E
If we need to serve any notice on you, we will deliver it by hand or send it to you
by first-class post to the property address. This means that notices are served on
you once they are put through your letterbox, even if you do not receive them
because you have moved. If you give us another address to send notices to, any
notice served at that address will be valid, if it is posted by first-class post or left
at that address. If you need to serve any notice on us, you must deliver it by
hand or send it by post to the following address. This address may change.
F We may repossess the Property if:
you fail to pay us rent 14 days after it is due, whether you have been asked for
it or not;
you (or any of you) become bankrupt;
you break any of the terms of this agreement;
you fail to move out after a notice to end the tenancy has run out.
Our signature:
Your signature: