Note - edited because it occurred to me that I've actually asked two questions. One in the title of the post, and a follow-up one after that.
Question in title explicitly re-stated in post below for clarity, plus follow-up question now separated by a line of dashes, as follows:
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Section 42 says:
"(1) The tenant shall not affix any fixture to the premises, or make any renovation, alteration, or addition of or to the premises, except—
(2)The landlord shall not withhold that consent unreasonably."
Just hypothetical at this point, but can you put a clause in your TA banning picture hooks, given the above section of the RTA?
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Also, it seems to me that if you can't have a clause in the TA banning them, then a tenant could ask in writing to put some in the walls.
In that case, would it reasonable to deny their request using the following logic?:
Question in title explicitly re-stated in post below for clarity, plus follow-up question now separated by a line of dashes, as follows:
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Section 42 says:
"(1) The tenant shall not affix any fixture to the premises, or make any renovation, alteration, or addition of or to the premises, except—
- (a)in accordance with the tenancy agreement; or
- (b)with the prior written consent of the landlord.
(2)The landlord shall not withhold that consent unreasonably."
Just hypothetical at this point, but can you put a clause in your TA banning picture hooks, given the above section of the RTA?
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Also, it seems to me that if you can't have a clause in the TA banning them, then a tenant could ask in writing to put some in the walls.
In that case, would it reasonable to deny their request using the following logic?:
- The fix required at the end of the tenancy would be to fill and paint the holes.
- Spot painting of any fixed holes is unlikely to match the colour of the existing paint exactly.
- As a result of 2) the whole wall in question would have to be repainted.
- 3) above would result in 'betterment' of the property, which the TT won't allow as a cost charged to the tenant,
- As a result of 4) the landlord would have additional expenses imposed on them through no fault of their own.
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