Which Tenancy Agreement?
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You should now know broadly which type of tenancy you have and the type of tenancy agreement you should use. (If you are still unsure, Landlord Law members can ask questions in the member’s discussion forum).
This page looks at the wide variety of additional options which are available within the Landlord Law range of tenancy agreements.
If you want a more specialised type of tenancy or an agreement type we do not have here, and if you are a Landlord Law member, you can ask a question about it on the forum. If it is not a tenancy type we can provide, one of the panel solicitors on our telephone advice service may be able to help you.
Click here to find out more about our telephone advice service.
On Landlord Law, we have the following basic tenancy agreement templates:
- The standard Assured Periodic Tenancy (APT) agreement
- The standard APT for a room in a shared house
- Standard APT agreements developed for student landlords
- The resident landlord tenancy, and
- A company let form.
Our APT agreements have been drafted to comply with the requirements of the Renters Rights Act, and the Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Written Statement of Terms etc and Information Sheet) (England) Regulations 2026.
These regulations require the information set out in the schedule to be provided in all tenancy agreements (or statements of terms), and landlords can be fined up to £7,000 if they use a non-compliant document.
Landlords can also be fined up to £7,000 if no tenancy agreement (or statement of terms) is provided to the tenant at all before the commencement of the tenancy. Landlord Law members can find out more about this here.
England v. Wales
We now have totally separate agreements for use in Wales – see the Welsh section of this guide to find out more. The rest of this page refers to English agreements only.
Some common tenancy agreement variations & forms – to be used when:
- You are worried that your proposed tenant may not be able to pay the rent – our student tenancy agreements include optional guarantee clauses, and/or you can use our separate guarantee form ( explained here).
- You will be paying some or all of the bills at the property – our APT agreements provide both for landlords paying bills which are included in the rent and paying bills where tenants are then invoiced. Although with the increase in the cost of living expenses, and also the new rules for increasing rent, you should be wary about granting ‘bills included’ tenancies.
- We have some additional forms which can be used in the following circumstances:
- You will allow the tenant to keep one or more specified pet – use our separate ‘pets form’, which incorporates extra clauses to protect you
- You agree to allow your tenant to run a home business – use our separate ‘home business’ form, which includes clauses to protect your position
- You agree to allow additional people to stay at the property as ‘permitted occupiers’ or as a lodger – again, we have forms for this
Additional flexibility – customise your agreement
Procedures – you can now incorporate our procedures, which set out instructions for tenants to follow in specific circumstances – for example
- If they want to keep a pet
- If they want to report a repair issue
- If they are unable to pay all or part of their rent
Deposits: Our APT and Welsh agreements allow members to choose whether they require a traditional deposit or are using an alternative scheme
Other clauses: All tenancies also have an ‘additional clauses’ section where you can add your own clauses or use one of the precedents on our additional clauses page. These include, for example, clauses incorporating your headlease and clauses to allow access for a gardener.
If the clause you want is not on our additional clauses page, you can ask in the forum and in most cases, we will draft one and put it online for you.
See also :
Follow the links below for more information on the Renters Rights Act 2025:
The Information Centre
Landlord FAQ
The Renters’ Rights Act new content page
If you are a Landlord Law member, click the start button below to go to the main tenancy agreements page. For more information about membership, click the Join Now information box. But first, we suggest Landlord Law members visit the New Tenancy Checklist page:
