subject: Laws And Rights Of Landlord Tenant Uk [print this page] Most of the people when begin their career, they have to walk out of their home town and study or earn for livelihood in another city. And in this new place since they generally have a temporary stay, most of them go for a rented home or rooms till the purpose of stay is over, or they do not find or buy a permanent home for themselves. However, it is often seen in the various cases in UK that the tenant and landlord do not get well with each other and problems become to erupt, leading to a factor of distrust creeping among landlord and tenants.
To solve these problems and making both of them recognise their responsibility towards each other, the UK government formulated the landlord tenant UK act of the 1952 which looks forward to protecting right of both landlord and tenants.
The act guides the landlord that they must not discriminate and reject tenants mere on the basis of sex, religion, creed, colour, caste or any other illness. Also, they must provide tenant a sanitary, habitable place to stay, of which the maintenance is to be looked after by landlord. Moreover the landlord is liable to provide tenants enough privacy to live in, so landlord are not supposed to enter tenant area without informing for any purpose. The landlord must also get the tenants verified by the police for social security.
On the same lines tenant are guided not to fall out with the landlord and must not cause damage to the landlords property and must maintain the dignity of the environment. The rent and other financial transaction should be done exactly as agreed upon the contract. In the event of non payment tenant must vacate the habitat. Also tenant cannot set up commercial office in the residential area.
