Your tenancy agreement

Your home and garden

We want to ensure your home is kept to a high standard and one that you can be proud of.

Gardens

• Before you move in we will make sure your garden is in an acceptable condition.
• It is your responsibility to maintain your garden, lawn, trees and hedges and dispose of garden waste appropriately.
• You cannot store gas cylinders in your home or garden, without permission from us.

! If your garden becomes over-grown, untidy or causes a nuisance you are breaching your tenancy agreement. We will decide what needs to be done and ask you to do it. If you do not, we may do it ourselves and charge you for it.

Alterations to your home or garden

• You must contact us, in writing, before you make any alterations or improvements to your home. We will reply with our decision within 28 days.
  Alterations include: 
  • changing the kitchen or bathroom
  • changing the floors
  • installing a shed
  • installing CCTV

! If you make alterations to your home or garden without permission you are breaching your tenancy agreement. You may be given a tenancy warning, asked to repair any damage and return your home or garden to its original state

Pets 

• You are allowed one domestic pet.
• You can ask us for permission to have more than one domestic pet and/or a non-domestic pet.

! If you allow your pet to make excessive noise, do not keep it under control, or do not clean up after it you are breaching your tenancy agreement. We may withdraw the permission for your pet.

Cars, motorbikes, caravans, etc

• You can park a car or motorbike in your driveway
• You cannot park a motorbike in your house, common stair, pathway or pend.
• You cannot leave an abandoned car. We will investigate abandoned cars reported to us and work with Police and DVLA to remove them.

! If you park any vehicle in your garden, other than a car or motorbike, without our permission you are breaching your tenancy agreement. You may be given a tenancy warning.