Tenancy Agreements

Lettings Update Course beginning early March 2011

Lettings Update Course

Tenancy Agreements

One of the main changes to the ASTs is that they will automatically become Contractually Periodic (as opposed to Statutorily Periodic) after 6 months. There are FIVE reasons for this, including why the High Court recently held that a Section 13 notice overrides a contractual rent increase.

The C.A.R.L. system does a fantastic job in printing a document to screen with the required embedded data. However, the responsibility to ensure that the agreement fits the circumstances appropriately for each and every occasion lies with the agent.

Where agents print and sign the document without checking it thoroughly, complications can, and do, occur and the landlord and agent may find themselves on the wrong side of a legal challenge.

One of many examples of areas that are often overlooked is: does the agreement you are about to issue fully fit the requirements of a non-managed tenancy? It’s not only the deposit provisions you need to consider when issuing a ‘tenant-find’ agreement.

In addition to legal guidance, the Letting Update Courses will cover a brief overview of accounts best practice and reconciliation, as well as inventory management and various other themes.

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