# Full Maintenance Contract

**URL:** <https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/full-maintenance-contract/8522>\
**Category:** Landlord Discussion\
**Created:** [18 December 2019 17:21 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/full-maintenance-contract/8522 "2019-12-18T17:21:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Robin2](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/robin2/32/3149_2.png) [@Robin2](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Robin2)\
**Post date:** [18 December 2019 17:21 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/full-maintenance-contract/8522/1 "2019-12-18T17:21:30Z")

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Does anyone have any experience in adapting the std Rent Now contract to give tennant full maintenance responsibillity? ie for white goods, sanitaryware etc  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/sam/32/6179_2.png) [@Sam](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2019 13:52 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/full-maintenance-contract/8522/2 "2019-12-20T13:52:40Z")

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Hi Robin,

With Assured Shorthold Tenancies, the law is clear that it is the landlord’s responsibility to make repairs, including to furnishings provided in a furnished property. So even if you added terms to the end of making the tenant responsible for all maintenance, it isn’t clear to me that those terms would actually be enforceable.

Hope this helps,  
Sam

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**Author:** ![Colin3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/colin3/32/450_2.png) [@Colin3](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Colin3)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2019 15:50 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/full-maintenance-contract/8522/3 "2019-12-20T15:50:34Z")

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dont put in any white goods

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**Author:** ![Sue8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/sue8/32/1728_2.png) [@Sue8](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Sue8)\
**Post date:** [23 December 2019 15:45 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/full-maintenance-contract/8522/4 "2019-12-23T15:45:41Z")

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I disagree. If the terms of your lease say the tenant has responsibility for something, unless it’s protected by statute, then they are. For example almost all commercial leases are fully insuring, fully maintaining.

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/system/32/11_2.png) [@system](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 August 2022 12:51 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/full-maintenance-contract/8522/5 "2022-08-09T12:51:25Z")

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