Sample Tenancy/rental Agreement Template (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

Sample Tenancy/rental Agreement Template Page 2

Rent will be payable as follows:

Rental installments

Amount

Date of payment

Signature of landlords

installment

1. THE TENANT AGREES:

a. To pay the rent at all times in the manner agreed.

b. To use the property only for the purpose for which it was leased.

c. To permit the Landlord or people who he sends to enter the Land at reasonable times to examine

the condition of the land.

d. Not to sublet any of the land without the written consent of the Landlord in advance

e. To behave at all times as a good neighbour, and not to allow anyone to do something which would

be a nuisance to those living around the land.

f. To return the land with no squatters when this agreement ends

g. Not to do anything to the land that will permanently degrade or reduce the value of the land.

E.g. use the land for burial, or cut down big trees.

2. THE LANDLORD AGREES:

a. That the Tenant shall enjoy the Land until the end of the agreement without any interruption from

the Landlord or people he sends.

b. If at any time during the agreement the Landlord wishes to sell the Land, he shall give priority to

the tenant.

c. To provide the Tenant with reasonable notice before any inspection of the Land.

3. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

a. The agreement shall end at the expiry of the Tenancy.

b. Any breach (doing anything that is not allowed) of part or the whole of this agreement shall entitle

the aggrieved party to terminate the agreement.

c. At the end of the tenancy, if the landlord wants to rent the land again and the tenant had obeyed

the terms of the agreement, the tenancy agreement will be extended on the same terms or new

terms.

4. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

If the parties have any dispute pertaining to the Land, the matter should be directed to the customary

authorities of both parties as agreed. If there is no agreement the matter should be taken to the state court for

land, currently the LC’s executive committee of the area where the rented land is

August, 2009

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