Module 3 · Chapter 6

Repair and the Schedule of Condition

A tenant that promises to keep its premises in good repair may have to improve them first. This chapter shows how a schedule of condition limits that promise, and what the tenant hands back.

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In this chapter

  • What a repairing covenant makes a tenant do
  • How a schedule of condition limits that promise
  • What the tenant hands back, and what the landlord can claim

6.1Repair in one paragraph

A repairing covenant is the tenant's promise to keep what it rents in good repair. The promise names a standard, not a starting point. So if the premises are below that standard on the first day, the tenant must bring them up to it at its own cost.

Linnet's floor is old, with worn carpet tiles and a stained ceiling. A plain promise to keep it in good repair would make Linnet pay for a better floor and leave it behind for Fellgate.

Key point

A promise to keep in repair is a promise to put in repair first. Unless the lease records the state of the premises at the start, the tenant pays for the gap.

Also in this chapter

  1. What Linnet must keep in repair
  2. The photographs that fix the standard
  3. When Linnet must redecorate
  4. Handing the floor back
  5. What Fellgate could claim without the photographs
  6. Your job

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