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STANDARD LETTER FOR TENANTS

EFFECT OF CHAPTER 4 OF PART 1 OF THE HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 ON

YOUR TENANCY: INFORMATION PROVIDED BY LANDLORD IN ACCORDANCE

WITH SECTION 20(1) OF THE HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006

From:

Insert name and address of landlord

To:

Insert name and address of tenant

Concerning your tenancy of the following house:

Insert address of house

This is to inform you, as the tenant of the house described above, that Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the

Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 applies in its entirety to your tenancy. This letter summarises the

main effects of Chapter 4 on your tenancy.

I/we, as the landlord (or an authorised person), must carry out a pre-tenancy inspection of the

house to identify work required to meet the Repairing Standard and must notify you of any such

work.

I/we must ensure that the house meets the Repairing Standard at the start of, and at all times

during, the tenancy. This duty applies only when you, as the tenant, inform me/us of work

needed to meet the Repairing Standard (or I/we become aware of it in some other way). You

should therefore notify me/us of any work required. I/we must complete that work within a

reasonable time of becoming aware of it.

A house meets the Repairing Standard if the following conditions are met:

• the house is wind and water tight and reasonably fit for human habitation (taking

account of the extent to which the house falls short of any building regulations, because

of disrepair or sanitary defects);

• the structure and exterior of the house (including drains, gutters and external pipes)

are in reasonable repair and proper working order (having regard to the house’s age,

character and prospective life and the locality). Where the house forms part of premises

(eg, a flat), this requirement includes any part of the premises that the owner is

responsible for maintaining, solely or communally, but the Repairing Standard only

applies if any part of, or anything in, the premises that the tenant is entitled to use is

adversely affected;

• the installations in the house for the supply of water, gas and electricity and for

sanitation, space heating and heating water are in reasonable repair and proper

working order (including installations outside the house but serving it, and which the

owner is responsible for maintaining, solely or communally);

• any fixtures, fittings and appliances provided under the tenancy are in reasonable

repair and proper working order;

Standard Letter For Tenant Template