Clauses in student tenancy
Discussion
Before I go back to the LL anyone care to comment.
Daughter is off the Uni and has sorted accommodation in a shared student house with individual tenancies for their rooms. All good so far, perfectly set up accommodation for student life etc etc
Her room has a vertical blind on the large (2m wide) window and girls being girls she wants to put up curtains to reduce light and noise from outside.
On our last visit this was mentioned and we were told we would need the LL permission for this. Nearly challenged it as being a bit unreasonable but not having anything to hand let it go. Via their agent daughter requested permission and they came back saying the LL doesn't want anything attached to walls etc as per "9.2" in the tenancy agreement. See below:
9.2 The Tenant’s obligations
9.2.1 Repair The Tenant must keep the interior of the Property and the Common Parts in a good state of repair and condition, clean and properly maintained, including the doors, window frames and glass in windows, doors and skylights, and must replace all broken glass, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes and fuses so that the condition of the interior is the same at the end of the Term as it was at the beginning of the Term.
9.2.2 Decoration The Tenant must not carry out any substantial redecoration of the internal walls and other surfaces including doors and window frames within the Property and must not damage the walls, ceilings and floors of the Property with nails, pins, glue or adhesive putty. If damage to the walls does occur, the Tenant is permitted to redecorate but must do so using paints and colours approved by the Landlord in advance.
Now to my mind these clauses are basically saying don't bang nails in the wall as you'll make a mess and we don't want the hassle of having to get them fixed and then argue with you about how much we've taken from your (£595) dilapidations deposit. Fair enough. But at the same time its saying if you do fix things to the wall you are permitted to redecorate.
As the request to the LL was phrased:
"....Please seek permission from the landlord for my dad to install a curtain track above the window in my room so I can put up some curtains. We will either leave this in place at the end of the year or remove and make good any holes and decoration, which ever you would prefer. "
Thinking of just pinging the agent a mail saying you've got nearly £600 dilapidations, 9.2 says we can redecorate, what's the issue?
Any comments?
Daughter is off the Uni and has sorted accommodation in a shared student house with individual tenancies for their rooms. All good so far, perfectly set up accommodation for student life etc etc
Her room has a vertical blind on the large (2m wide) window and girls being girls she wants to put up curtains to reduce light and noise from outside.
On our last visit this was mentioned and we were told we would need the LL permission for this. Nearly challenged it as being a bit unreasonable but not having anything to hand let it go. Via their agent daughter requested permission and they came back saying the LL doesn't want anything attached to walls etc as per "9.2" in the tenancy agreement. See below:
9.2 The Tenant’s obligations
9.2.1 Repair The Tenant must keep the interior of the Property and the Common Parts in a good state of repair and condition, clean and properly maintained, including the doors, window frames and glass in windows, doors and skylights, and must replace all broken glass, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes and fuses so that the condition of the interior is the same at the end of the Term as it was at the beginning of the Term.
9.2.2 Decoration The Tenant must not carry out any substantial redecoration of the internal walls and other surfaces including doors and window frames within the Property and must not damage the walls, ceilings and floors of the Property with nails, pins, glue or adhesive putty. If damage to the walls does occur, the Tenant is permitted to redecorate but must do so using paints and colours approved by the Landlord in advance.
Now to my mind these clauses are basically saying don't bang nails in the wall as you'll make a mess and we don't want the hassle of having to get them fixed and then argue with you about how much we've taken from your (£595) dilapidations deposit. Fair enough. But at the same time its saying if you do fix things to the wall you are permitted to redecorate.
As the request to the LL was phrased:
"....Please seek permission from the landlord for my dad to install a curtain track above the window in my room so I can put up some curtains. We will either leave this in place at the end of the year or remove and make good any holes and decoration, which ever you would prefer. "
Thinking of just pinging the agent a mail saying you've got nearly £600 dilapidations, 9.2 says we can redecorate, what's the issue?
Any comments?
Cheers all. As an ex-LL myself I can see their perspective (especially in a student house). But (as an ex-LL) I always accepted tenants may want to change things and as long as the property came back in the same or better condition as they received it, no problem.
Curtains are just one thing on her list, for example theres a sink but no mirror and nowhere to put one but on the wall.
Will see how it pans out once she's moved in but using existing fixing points sounds like a plan.
As mentioned, its only for her first year so not the end of the world.
Curtains are just one thing on her list, for example theres a sink but no mirror and nowhere to put one but on the wall.
Will see how it pans out once she's moved in but using existing fixing points sounds like a plan.
As mentioned, its only for her first year so not the end of the world.
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