Conditions for renting a shed

Read these conditions carefully.  If you do not keep to them, you could lose your shed.

1. The licensee shall pay to the Council the charges made for the shed in advance on Monday of each week.
2. If the licensee is a leaseholder they must ensure that the council is informed of their current residential address.
3. The licensee shall not use the premises for any purpose of trade or business.
4. The Council will not permit any alteration or transfer of this license.
5. The licensee shall not do or allow to be done, on the premises anything which may be a nuisance, or which may cause damage or inconvenience to the Council, the Council’s tenants or leaseholders, or to the occupiers of neighbouring properties.  
6. The licensee shall not use chains or locks in the area that may restrict other tenants or leaseholders access to the area surrounding the shed.
7. The licensee must not store in the shed; heat, gas, petrol or other inflammable materials.
8. The licensee is responsible for the security and safety of any property kept on the premises.  The Council shall not be held responsible in respect of any damage (however if it is caused) to any property brought onto any premises of the council under the terms or as a result of this license and shall not be held responsible for the entry of unauthorised persons into the premises or any loss or damage occasioned by such persons.
9. The shed cannot be used for the storage of motorised vehicles of any kind including; mopeds or motorcycles.
10. The licensee shall take all reasonable and proper precautions against fire occurring in the shed and the licensee indemnifies the Council in respect of any damage to the Council’s property and in respect of injury sustained by any person and in respect also of the loss of or damage to his or her property occasioned through or as a result or in connection with the use by the licensee.  
11. The Council shall be at liberty by its agents, officers or contractors to enter and inspect the premises without notice at all reasonable hours of the day.  
12. Either party giving the other seven days notice in writing may terminate the license.  The keys must be handed in to 5 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG on or before the expiry of such notice. If the keys are not received, the licensee will be liable for the costs of the change of locks.
13. The licensee must, on or before expiry of the notice, remove all property from the shed.  Any property remaining after expiry of the notice may be disposed of by the Council without further notice.  
14.  The charge for the shed may be increased or decreased on one week’s notice in writing being given to the licensee.   
15. If the licensee fails to observe any of the foregoing conditions, the license may at the discretion of the Council be determined at any time.  
16. The Council reserves the right to vary these conditions on one week’s notice in writing being given to the licensee.  
17. If the notice of termination of license for the shed is given by the Director of Housing it shall be sufficiently served if delivered personally to the tenant or sent by first class or recorded post to the address of the licensee shown on the agreement with the Council.  If the notice is given by the licensee it should be sufficiently served if delivered or posted to the Parking and Lettings Team responsible for the management of the shed or to the Director of Housing.

It is Council policy that, if you are a Council tenant and fall into arrears on rent payments on your home, this could result in the Council terminating this license.