A complete lease agreement you can actually understand — with every risky clause flagged.

Free lease templates are everywhere. The problem is they hand you twenty clauses of legalese with no indication of which ones are standard, which ones vary by where you live, and which ones could cost you a possession claim if you get them wrong.

This one tells you.

What makes it different

21 clauses in plain English. Written to be read, not decoded. Fill-in-the-blank fields in [SQUARE BRACKETS] throughout.
Every jurisdiction-dependent clause is flagged. Deposit caps, notice periods, access rules, late fees and eviction grounds all carry a [!] CHECK LOCAL LAW marker explaining precisely what varies and why it matters.
A checklist of what is not in the agreement but must be served alongside it — deposit protection information, gas and electrical safety certificates, EPC, lead paint disclosure. Missing one of these can block an eviction later even when your tenant is clearly at fault.

What's covered

Property and term · Rent and late payment · Deposit · Utilities and outgoings · Use and occupancy · Tenant obligations · Landlord repairing obligations · Pets · Smoking · Access and inspection · Ending the tenancy · End-of-tenancy condition · Joint and several liability · Guarantor · Data protection · Notices · Governing law · Signature blocks for landlord, tenant and guarantor.

Honest about what this is

This is a starting draft and a clause guide, not a finished legal document. Tenancy law is local — it differs between countries, between US states, and between England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. A clause that is standard in one place is void in another.

What this saves you is the drafting. It turns "pay a solicitor to write a lease" into "pay a solicitor fifteen minutes to review one" — and it tells you exactly which clauses to ask them about.

Details

Editable Microsoft Word document (.docx). Opens in Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice and Pages.
Print-ready with signature blocks.
Instant download. One payment, yours forever.

Not legal advice. Rent Ledger Pro is not a law firm and holds no legal qualification. Have this template reviewed by a qualified solicitor or attorney in your jurisdiction before signing it or relying on it. Use is at your own risk.

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Residential Lease Agreement Template with Clause Guide