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Home Legal Documents Lease/Rental Agreement Renewal

Free Lease Renewal

Use our Lease Renewal agreement to extend the term of an existing lease.

Updated November 11, 2020

A Lease Renewal Agreement is a written document that extends the term of an existing lease agreement between a landlord or owner of a property and a tenant or renter of the property. The lease extension modifies the expiration date of the original Lease Agreement, and possibly the amount of rent, but the terms of the Lease Agreement otherwise remain the same.

What should I include?

  • Landlord: The name and address of the party who owns the property.
  • Tenant: The name and address of each tenant leasing the property.
  • Property: The address and details of the property being leased.
  • Lease Agreement: The name and date of the original agreement.
  • Renewal or Extension: The beginning and end dates of the new lease term.
  • Rent: Whether the amount of rent will change or will stay the same.
  • Full Force and Effect: The lease agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect.
  • Counterparts: In case the parties are not in the same location, they can sign the agreement in counterparts.
  • Governing Law: Which state’s laws will govern the agreement.
  • Signatures: The landlord and all of the tenants need to sign the extension.

What else is it called?

  • Lease Extension
  • Lease Extension Form
  • Lease Extension Addendum
  • Lease Extension Letter
  • Extension to Lease Agreement
  • Lease Renewal Letter
  • Lease Renewal Form
  • Renewal of Lease Agreement
  • Lease Amendment
  • Amendment to Lease Agreement

Wondering how best to negotiate your Lease Renewal Agreement? Here are 7 helpful tips from Forbes.

When Do I Need a Lease Renewal Letter?

Family able to continue living in their house after a Lease Renewal
If you’ve found good tenants you want to keep on, you can use a Lease Renewal Agreement to easily renew the Lease Agreement.

If your Lease Agreement is expiring soon, whether you are a landlord or a tenant, you will want to consider using a Lease Renewal Agreement as a quick and easy way to renew the agreement. Some Lease Agreements may even have an option to renew or renewal option that can be exercised by the tenant to extend the term.

Landlords and tenants that have an existing relationship may trust each other and want to continue their relationship without renegotiating a full new Lease Agreement. The landlord knows that the tenant pays rent on time every month, does not cause a nuisance, and treats the property well. The tenant feels comfortable in the property and has made it a home, and doesn’t want to start over in a new place. By using a Lease Renewal Agreement, the parties can simply extend the expiration date of the lease, while keeping the other terms and conditions of the agreement in tact.

In addition to extending the lease term, the parties could negotiate other changes to the Lease Agreement, including:

  • new monthly rent
  • increased security deposit
  • new address to send rental payments
  • repairs to be made by the landlord
  • new appliances to be installed
  • a new pet policy
  • renter’s insurance requirement

If you are making a lot of amendments to the Lease Agreement, you may consider using a Lease Amendment instead.

Consequences of Not Using an Agreement

If a landlord or tenant wants to continue the lease past the expiration, without a Lease Renewal Agreement, the lease could turn into a month-to-month agreement. Under a month-to-month agreement, the landlord would be unable to negotiate a higher monthly rent and would have the uncertainty of not knowing when the tenant might give notice and move out. And the tenant would not be able to negotiate having certain repairs made and would also have the uncertainty of not knowing when the landlord might deliver an eviction notice and make him or her move out.

In addition, this agreement could save you a lot of time and money. As a landlord, you will save time and money by not having to market the property, pay for cleaning, hire painters, make repairs, and possibly have a lapse between lease terms where the property sits empty.

As a tenant, you will save time and money by not having to search for a new apartment, pack up your belongings, hire movers, pay a broker, and possibly pay double rent for a number of days. In addition, if the landlord and the tenant have a good relationship, they can avoid of lot of hassle and anxiety of dealing with unknown parties.

Here is a chart of possible consequences a lease extension could help prevent:

LandlordTenant
Lost money
-Property sits empty for a time with no tenant paying rent
-Money spent painting property and making repairs
-Paying to market or list the property or hire a broker
Lost money
-Moving costs, including boxes and movers
-Paying double rent if lease dates overlap
-Paying for broker fees and application fees
Lost time
-Showing the property to prospective tenants
-Renegotiating a new lease agreement
-Screening prospective tenants
Lost time
-Having to find and go look at new properties
-Renegotiating a new lease agreement
-Packing and moving to a new home
Mental anguish
-Stress over having to get the property tenant-ready
-Unsure of the reliability of the new tenant
-Anxiety over not finding a new tenant
Mental anguish
-Learning a new neighborhood and new routes to work
-Unsure of the reliability of the new landlord
-Anxiety over not finding a new place

 

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