About Housing Document - England and Wales

This section contains a range of documents suitable for use when letting a residential property in England or Wales. The law and relevant documents for property rental in England and Wales are significantly different to those that apply in Scotland. Please visit our Housing Scotland section for information and documents on residential letting in Scotland.

To let out a property a landlord should use an Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement. We offer versions suitable for use when letting an entire property and one for use when letting a property on a room by room basis.

Our Tenenancy Agreements should be used in conjunction with an Inventory which should be drawn up and agreed between the tenant and landlord at the beginning of the tenancy.

To bring an Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement to an end, the landlord must serve a Notice Requiring Possession. To end the tenancy at or after the expiry of the fixed term, a Section 21 Notice should be used. To end the tenancy during the fixed term because the tenant has breached any of the terms of the Tenancy Agreement, a Section 8 Notice should be used.

If the tenants wish to leave the property and assign the tenancy to others then (subject to prior agreement with the landlord) a Deed of Assignment should be used.

We also offer a Tenancy Package for £35.25 including VAT which includes both versions of our Tenancy Agreement, the Section 21 and 8 Notices and Inventory (saving you more than £50 compared to buying the documents individually).

Please note: if you are a resident landlord, you should use a Rent a Room Agreement since a Short Assured Tenancy is not appropriate.