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Your rights and responsibilities
Understand your rights. What housing standards and fees to expect. Check your responsibilities.
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Your responsibilities
As a tenant you have responsibilities which you must fulfil, including:
- pay your rent on time
- behave in a reasonable way, not causing nuisance or annoyance to others
- not damage any fixture, fittings, or furniture belonging to the landlord
- if there is furniture that you do not want ask the landlord to remove it, don’t store it elsewhere without their permission
- ask the landlord’s permission before making any changes to the property
- inform the landlord if any repairs are required
- allow the landlord to have access to the property at reasonable times, for example to carry out repairs