Ultra brief tenancy agreement - where do you I stand?

[Lea_HTH]

Whoever wrote that lease is an idiot - but nobody ever said one had to be a neurophysicist in order to be a landlord.

 

1. It's an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) - for a term of 10 months, and you have the option to renew at the end of the initial tenancy period

 

2. No idea - it doesn't say, though see 3.

 

3. Seems like the intention is for you to rent a room in the flat, though the tenancy agreement says nothing in regards to that.

 

4. The lease is missing LOTS of information - however, leases do not have a determined form, people are free to sign contracts of any content. The difficult comes when they try to enforce such leases in court.

 

5. Point 6 means if you want to change the tenancy (booking) you have to tell the LL as soon as possible. Point 7 states that you have to leave by 31st july 2015. However, this is not legally binding. If you don't leave, the LL will have to take court action to get you out. (As I said, the LL is clearly an idiot.)

 

6. You can simply agree to the lease via an email - it's no less binding than if you signed it in person with a witness.

 

I would strongly suggest you find somewhere else to live - or if you do intend to take up this lease, that you ask the LL to issue you with a proper one (he should be able to find one for free online, or at very little cost from a website or even from a solicitor). It is in yours, and the LL's, best interests to ensure that the lease is accurate - including where he will hold your deposit (he is obliged to put it in a government scheme), and to clarify whether he too expects to live in the property (which would change your agreement from an AST to a licence).

[Lea_HTH]

If the LL has expressly stated that he will be staying in the property sometimes, then you do not have an AST, you have a licence.

 

It might be why the LL thinks his 'lease agreement' is adequate.

 

There must be other places to rent, rather than concerning yourself with trying to add things to this LL's tenancy agreement. He's unlikely to agree to any changes you make.