TENANTS are particularly requested to read and shall be deemed to have read these conditions
of tenancy.
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| 1. |
The tenancy shall be a weekly one ending at 12 o'clock noon on any Monday, and
subject to Clause 7, determinable by one week's notice in writing by either the Corporation or the tenant, such notice to be given by or to the Chief Estate's
Officer (through the Housing Officer) before 12 o'clock noon on any Monday.
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| 2. |
The rents are due and payable in advance on Monday in each week, the first week's rent being
payable before taking possession. The tenant shall pay in addition weekly with the rent the proportion of the general and water rates levied in respect of
the premises. Receipts for rent will only be recognised when they are given on the rent card provided. The tenant must produce the rent card whenever
required so to do.
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| 3. |
A deposit of 10s. will be required from each tenant before taking possession, which will be held
as security for the repair to the property of any damage which is the responsibility of the tenant, or for loss of keys, and will be returned at the expiration
of the tenancy, subject to any deduction for any of the above purposes or rent due.
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| 4. |
THE TENANT SHALL :
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| | (a) |
keep the premises (including the garden) in a clean and tidy condition and have the chimneys swept
regularly ;
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| | (b) |
permit the Chief Estates Officer, or his duly authorised representative, with or without workmen, to enter upon
the premises at all reasonable hours in the daytime for the purpose of inspecting the state of repair thereof and / or executing any repairs therein ;
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| | (c) |
permit the duly authorised agents, servants and workmen of the Gas, Electricity or any other appropriate
Authority supplying any services to the premises or to other Corporation premises at all reasonable times to inspect, repair, renew or maintain electric,
gas, drainage, water and service pipes, sewers, cables, wires, meters, fixtures or fittings installed in or under the premises or any part thereof by any such
authority ;
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| | (d) |
repay to the Corporation the cost of any special cleansing or fumigation necessary by reason of the tenant
having allowed the premises to become insanitary or verminous ;
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| | (e) |
notify the Chief Estates Officer without delay of any defects or dilapidations in the premises and in the meantime take
all reasonable and practicable steps to arrest any natural processes of decay and to minimise as far as possible any injury to the premises consequent
upon such defects or dilapidations ;
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| | (f) |
repay to the Corporation the cost of repairing any damage done to the premises or to the fixtures and fittings by
the wilful act or neglect of the tenant or any member of the tenant's household, or of clearing stoppages in pipes or drains caused by such an act or
neglect ;
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| | (g) |
replace or repay to the Corporation the cost of replacing windows broken in the premises during the
tenancy ;
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| | (h) |
use only the back of the premises for the purposes of drying washing ;
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| | (i) |
on receipt of a notice from the Corporation so to do cease to keep on the premises any animal which is a
potential source of danger or nuisance to the public or neighbours ;
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| | (j) |
keep any hedge provided properly trimmed or pruned (front hedges not to exceed 2 ft. 6 ins. in height) ; and
cultivate the front garden to the satisfaction of the Chief Estates Officer, and in default after due notice from the Corporation, repay the cost of preparation,
seeding (if any), and grass cutting.
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| 5. |
THE TENANT SHALL NOT :
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| | (a) |
assign, underlet or part with possession of the premises or any part thereof ;
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use the premises for the purpose of any trade or business, or other than as a private dwelling house ;
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| | (c) |
make, permit or cause to be made any alterations in or additions to the premises ;
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| | (d) |
keep a motor cycle or tins of petrol inside the premises ;
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| | (e) |
make any unreasonable use of the premises or do thereon any act or bring thereon anything which maybe or
become a nuisance or annoyance to tenants of adjoining or neighbouring premises ;
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| | (f) |
lay linoleum on any boarded floors of new premises within one foot of any wall during the first six months of
tenancy ;
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| | (g) |
permit motor cars, motor cycles or other vehicles to stand in the front gardens or on the open grass verges
between the front of dwellings and the road or pathway ;
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| | (h) |
play or allow to be played wireless, gramophone, or other musical instruments, etc., to the annoyance of
neighbours ;
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| 6. |
THE TENANT SHALL NOT WITHOUT PERMISSION :
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affix to or exhibit on the premises any notice, sign, name-plate or advertisement ;
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| | (b) |
erect any wireless or television aerial or make any attachment of any description to the premises ;
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| | (c) |
keep on the premises, or any part thereof, any pigs ;
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| | (d) |
erect any shed, poultry house, pigeon loft, rabbit hutch or other building whether permanent or temporary ;
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| | (e) |
paint, paper or drive nails into the walls or woodwork of the premises ;
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| | (f) |
take in lodgers ;
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| | (g) |
paint any external woodwork, stonework, brickwork or ironwork ;
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| | (h) |
erect any fence or screen of such a character or in such form as has not previously been approved by the Corporation.
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| 7. |
If any weekly payment of rent shall be in arrears for more than seven days, it shall be
lawful for the Corporation to re-enter on the premises and forthwith determine the tenancy without giving any notice to quit.
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| 8. |
Any tenant neglecting to observe these conditions or misusing or improperly occupying
any house shall be subject to notice under Clause 1 and forfeiture of the deposit, and the Corporation shall not be liable for any claim by such tenant.
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