Private residential tenancy model agreement: easy read notes

7. Occupation & Use of the property

The tenant is to live at the property as the tenant's home.

The tenant must get the landlord's written consent, in advance, if the tenant wants to use the property for any work or business, in addition to living in the property.

There are many reasons why a landlord might not agree to allow any work or business use of the property, including for example:

• the deeds which set out the landlord's ownership of the property do not allow that use; or
• the planning permission (from the local council) for use of the property does not allow work or business use; or
• the landlord thinks that the actual work or business which the tenant wants to do at the property would be likely to disturb or annoy neighbours; or
• use of the property for any work or business might make the landlord's insurance for the property more expensive or even invalid; or
• the terms of the landlord’s mortgage policy do not allow the property to be used for work or business.