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PROMISES BY THE LANDLORD
The Landlord agrees with the Tenant as follows -
Repairs/Maintenance/Insurance
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1.
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a.
that the property meets applicable legislative Housing Act
standards.
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b. that smoke
detectors are fitted and fully operational.
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c. that all
electrical and gas installations in the property are up to
standards dictated by legislation and have been tested,
prior to the commencement of this lease by a registered
CORGI and NIECC contractor.
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d) any
outstanding taxes and service bills have been settled;
On handover
2.
On handover to ensure that the following:
- To provide the tenant with 3 sets of keys
- To ensure that gas and electricity supplies are connected
at the property.
- To ensure that all windows and doors lock securely and
can be opened where appropriate.
- There is no rubbish left either in the property or in the
garden of the property.
- That floor coverings are clean and secure throughout.
- To be responsible for ensuring on the first day of the
lease that the property meets the standards of the Tenant which
the Tenant has made known to the Landlord including the fitting
of floor coverings.
- There are no items of furniture or white goods left in
the property.
- To be responsible for remedying any repairs during the
first 3 months of the lease which come to the Tenant’s notice,
not including any repairs resulting from misuse of the property
by the Tenant or their Sub-Tenants and to allow the Tenant to
deduct the costs of work required from rent due.
- To provide to the Tenant an Energy Performance
Certificate EPC for the property
3. To keep in good repair external
and internal walls , window frames internal and external,
chimneys, main timbers, boundary walls and fences and the drains
and other services electricity, water and gas outside or inside
the property Space and Water Heating appliances and any fixture
or fitting which is worn out due to fair wear and tear other
than neglect or willful damage by the Tenant or the Tenant’s
sub-tenant and to keep the property free from pest infestation
and if the Landlord shall default on such repair after
reasonable notice has been given, to repay to the Tenant the
Tenant's reasonable costs of carrying out such repairs
themselves.
4. To insure the property against
fire, flood and other normal risks and on any event occurring
giving rise to a claim upon such policy as soon as practicable
and lay out the insurance money on the repair or reinstatement
of the property.
5. To pay any mortgage payments
that are applicable to the property and to ensure that there are
no arrears on any mortgage or loans which are secured on the
property.
6. Not to approach or to contact
the sub-tenant at the property without the prior consent of the
tenant.
7. Not to assign or dispose of the
property without the prior permission of the Tenant.
8. Not to in anyway
interfere with the Tenants performance of their business.
PROMISES BY THE TENANT
The Tenant agrees with the Landlord as follows:
9. To pay the rent monthly into a bank account nominated by the
Landlord and to indemnify the Landlord against any Council Tax
levied on the Landlord
relating to the property during the subsistence of the lease.
10. The rent shall be guaranteed for the term of the lease provided
the Landlord shall
not be in breach of any terms of the lease and shall cease to be
payable upon the last
day of the lease or upon expiry of any notice served under the
lease.
11. Should the Tenant’s income from the property be interrupted as a
result of any disrepair,
which is subject to a Landlord's insurance claim or other
Landlords repair
obligation, the rent shall cease for the period affected.
REPAIRS/MA1NTENANCE/ALTERATION
12. Not to carry out any structural alterations to the property
without the Landlord's consent.
13. To keep the interior of the
property in tenantable repair (fair wear and tear excepted) and
to maintain and to repair where necessary fixtures and fittings
excluding oven and hob and boiler.
14. To allow the Landlord and his or her representatives and
contractors to enter the
property to carry out repairs
and maintenance subject to not less than 14
days reasonable notice.
15. To allow the Tenant reasonable time to complete any works that
are required to bring the property back to tenantable repair at
the end of the lease.
16. To return the property to the landlord at
the end of the lease in tenantable repair with the
exclusion of floor coverings and decorating requirements.
USE/SUB-LETTING OF THE PROPERTY
17. Not
to sub-let the properly except upon assured shorthold tenancies
whose initial term does not
exceed 12 months or such other legal mechanism as shall from
time to time be available so as to ensure no Sub-Tenant of the
property shall obtain security of tenure.
ENDING THE LEASE
18. On the expiry of 12 months
written notice given by the Landlord to the Tenant to expire on
any day, such notice not to be given prior to the expiry of one
year from the Commencement Date. The Commencement Date on this
Lease is left blank then the Commencement date will be as
notified in the tenant’s standard letter to the Landlord
notifying the start of the Lease.
19. If the property is vacant or becomes vacant at anytime during
the 12 month notice period the Tenant may hand back the property
immediately and the lease shall be deemed to have come to an
end.
20. If the rent due shall be 28 days in arrears at anytime the
landlord may re-enter the premises and the lease will end
forthwith.
21. On the expiry of 4 weeks notice given by the Tenant to the
Landlord to expire on any day.
22. If the property shall be destroyed or badly damaged or so far in
need of repair as to become uninhabitable the lease shall be
deemed to have come to and end.
23. If any sub-tenant remains in the Property after any notice
period served by the Tenant or the Landlord, the rent to the
Landlord shall be paid until the tenant moves out.
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