A lease agreement is a document that defines the terms of the contract, i.e. the names of the parties, the premises to rent, the rental, when and where the rent is to be paid, the duration of the contract and all other conditions. Rent is the interest or rights enjoyed by a person in the context of a tenancy agreement. A tenant must receive a copy of the contract at the time the contract is signed. A copy signed by both parties should be made available to the tenant within 21 days. At the end of an agreement, there are certain steps that should be taken to end the relationship between the landlord and the tenant. A periodic lease agreement may be pursued indefinitely. It repeats automatically until something is done by the parties to end it – see the end of a lease. The expiry of the lease does not necessarily end the lease. If a “periodic” term is chosen, the lease is automatically renewed on the same terms as the first lease, unless it is amended by a formal termination, in accordance with the law. A one-year “periodic monthly lease” is therefore in fact 12 separate leases, automatically renewed. The lease is automatically renewed until one of the parties wishes to terminate the lease (by a correct termination, as required by law).

Parties are generally free to say what the terms of their agreement will be. However, certain conditions are required by the Residential Tenancies Act of 1995 (SA) and, although not expressly included in the agreement, they are incorporated into each convention under the legislation. The tenant should then go through the premises, preferably with the landlord, and indicate on the sheet whether, according to the tenant, the objects are actually described by the landlord. This gives a statement of the condition of the premises at the beginning of the lease as well as the written agreement or objections of the tenant. In most cases, a landlord or tenant, if they wish to terminate the tenancy agreement, must inform the other party in writing. You should use the following forms: The relationship between the principal tenant (who enters into the initial tenancy agreement with the lessor) and the subtenant (who enters into a tenancy agreement with the principal tenant) is much the same as that of the landlord and tenant.