Renewing tenancy advice

[DaGuv]

I’m the landlord of a flat and have a great tennant. She moved in 6 months ago with a 6 months lease, it’s time to renew and she wants to renew for 12 months which is great. I used my local estate agent to find the tennant and they have quoted me 80 quid to do all the renewal paperwork etc. Is that worth it or can I do it myself? Thanks

[MrsMiggins]

Don't you have a copy of the original? Can't you just reuse the wording of that one?

[Wings]

You could register with the Residential Landlords Association for an annual membership of just under £80, receiving free online and telephone legal advice, together with templates for assured shorthold tenancy agreements, together with other legal documents.

Issuing a new/revised tenancy agreement, is not just a case of printing off and signing a new agreement, you will need to un-protect the old tenancy deposit, and protect the new 12 month tenancy deposit. You will need to carry out a new ingoing inventory check, supply tenant with a new copy of the annual gas safety check, HMG’s Right to Rent document, copy of the new Tenancy Deposit Certificate, together with the TDS’s information leaflet on the same. Visible checks in front of the tenant should be also carried out on smoke detector/s and carbon monoxide detector/s.

Below for £80 is money well spent

https://www.rla.org.uk/

[drainbrain]

DaGuv said:

I’m the landlord of a flat and have a great tennant. She moved in 6 months ago with a 6 months lease, it’s time to renew and she wants to renew for 12 months which is great. I used my local estate agent to find the tennant and they have quoted me 80 quid to do all the renewal paperwork etc. Is that worth it or can I do it myself? Thanks

Do nothing and it moves onto a 'rolling (periodic) tenancy'.

I do this all the time. Some have never moved out ( and have been there for decades) and some have moved on after a while and whenever it suited them.

Good tenants are welcome to stay as long as they like. And yours wouldn't be staying if she didn't think you were a good landlord. Why complicate the matter?

Edited by drainbrain on Sunday 26th November 20:25

[Wings]

drainbrain said:

Do nothing and it moves onto a 'rolling (periodic) tenancy'.

I do this all the time. Some have never moved out ( and have been there for decades) and some have moved on after a while and whenever it suited them.

Good tenants are welcome to stay as long as they like. And yours wouldn't be staying if she didn't think you were a good landlord. Why complicate the matter?

Edited by drainbrain on Sunday 26th November 20:25

^^^^agree, and is the position I usually attempt to take with tenants wanting to extend their tenancy stay.

Interesting decision in Church v Meya Court of Appeal, where the Court determined that although the tenancy agreement stated a rental period of 12 months, since the rent was payable three (3) months in advance, then the period of the tenancy would also have to be for three (3) months, then any periodic tenancy was also for three (3) months. The same of course would be important if serving a Section 21 Notice.

[Huntsman]

drainbrain said:

Do nothing and it moves onto a 'rolling (periodic) tenancy'.

Not all tenancy agreements do that. We're in a rented place at the moment and it does not auto switch to monthly.

[KevinCamaroSS]

Huntsman said:

Not all tenancy agreements do that. We're in a rented place at the moment and it does not auto switch to monthly.

IIRC if it is a standard AST then it will do if nobody does anything.

[Huntsman]

KevinCamaroSS said:

Huntsman said:

Not all tenancy agreements do that. We're in a rented place at the moment and it does not auto switch to monthly.

IIRC if it is a standard AST then it will do if nobody does anything.

The government example AST does says that, but not all do.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

OP needs to check the tenancy.