Which Tenancy Agreement?
Answer: Resident landlord
This tenancy is not an assured shorthold tenancy as you are a resident landlord. This is a type of ‘common law’ tenancy. Landlord Law members can read more here.
You should use a tenancy agreement suitable for a resident landlord. Landlord Law members will find a suitable form on our Tenancy Agreements page.
Note that if you stop living permanently in the property, your tenants’ tenancy will change to an assured shorthold tenancy (although this will not happen with temporary absences such as holidays).
Christian Douthwaite, Landlord: “The tenancy agreements are excellent, with many different variations available for just about every situation. The plain English format makes them fairly straightforward for tenants to understand and cuts out many questions tenants have asked in the past with other agreements.
