Tenancy Agreement Question?
Hi, I really need help? I am taking a room in a shared house. Its not through an agency. There is no minimum contract time. I just need to give 3weeks prior notice before leaving. My question is if a typed and signed tenancy agreement by me and landlord is legal and considered as an adress proff or do we need to register it with some government body or something?
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As you are on the UK board i assume you are in the UK. A typed and signed agreement by you and the landlord is fine as long as you both have a copy- you can get a witness if you like just to see fair play.
It's legal if it's legal. You don't have to get it registered anywhere, but at the same time I'm fairly certain that you 're not allowed to include things that are NOT legal, for expample something against race relations.
You have to do it in the magistrate's stamped paper, and it has to be made by you, the tenanant after going thru' with your landlord.
Its a contract between you and the landlord only, nobody else is involved.
An agreement between you and a landlord is a valid lease. Leases, other than "long term leases" do not need to be registered in the land records of the county.
No reason why the agreement shouldn't be considered legal - although if there were conditions in it that go against the law, for example because they were considered unreasonable, a court could refuse to accept those conditions as being binding.
As for proof of address, it depends on the requirements of the person wanting proof. Very often, banks and other institutions will want to see an agreement with someone other than a private individual, which could just have been drawn up by anyone and is hard to verify. They will be looking for something more "official" like a utility bill, or letter from benefits, inland revenue, etc. The people that want the proof should be able to assist you with details of what they will accept.
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