Note that our tenancy agreements have been updated to comply with the Renters Rights Act.
Tenancy agreement forms were added to the Landlord Law service in about 2004 by customer request and are now delivered via our Document Generator service.
This is a kind of 'online mail merge' service where documents are created by merging information you put in our form with one of our template documents.
The tenancy agreement forms contain a lot of detailed guidance on completing the form so you are compliant with the current rules. Most people find them very helpful.
The tenancy agreements are one of the most popular Landlord Law services and many of our members (including many letting agents) regularly use our agreements for their tenancies.
Different tenancy types:
As the law between England and Wales is diverging, we now have separate templates for our English and Welsh agreements. As follows:
Tenancy Agreements for England:
Standard APTs. Our most popular tenancy form.
Standard APTs for a room in a shared house. These are suitable for HMO properties where you are renting out individual rooms where tenants share the common parts.
Our Student APTs - these are designed with student lets in mind and include a notice for the student possession ground 4A. We have versions for shared lets and lets for individual rooms.
Resident landlord lets. These are where a landlord grants a tenancy for self-contained accommodation for the property where they live, as opposed to lodger agreements (for which see our special website here).
Company lets. This is suitable for lets for a company to use for its own directors and employees. It is not suitable for 'rent to rent' situations.
We do not have an agreement suitable for 'rent to rent' situations as this is now too risky for landlords post Renters Rights Act (see our blog post here).
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Occupation contracts for Wales:
A standard fixed-term OC for a whole property which includes terms for any subsequent periodic contact
A standard fixed-term OC for a room in a shared house (suitable for HMOs), which includes terms for any subsequent periodic contact
A standard periodic OC for a whole property.
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About the Landlord Law tenancy agreements
Our tenancy agreements are drafted by Tessa Shepperson and are regularly updated to take account of changes in the law. They are in a plain English format.
We also provide some suggested additional clauses you may wish to use. If you need a clause which is not in the list, Tessa will help you draft one if you ask a question in the members' forum.
For more information, articles and FAQ on tenancy agreements, see the Tenancy Agreements Topic page.