Common use of PAYMENT FOR REPAIRS Clause in Contracts

PAYMENT FOR REPAIRS. If damage was caused by the fault or negligence of • the tenant or someone living with the tenant at the property or • someone visiting, then the tenant is responsible. This means that the tenant must pay for the damage to be fixed. The tenant should discuss with the landlord having the repair carried out. The landlord might prefer to arrange to get the damage fixed and send a bill for the costs to the tenant. Damage would be caused by fault if it was done on purpose. Damage would be caused by negligence if it was not done on purpose but the person who caused the damage did not take normal care to avoid the damage. For example, a person is negligent if he leaves a skylight window open all day when rain is forecast and this results in the carpet and furnishings in the room below being damaged by the rain. Another example might be a person causes a burn mark to appear on a kitchen table by placing a pot, straight from a hot burner on the cooker hob, onto the table top.

PAYMENT FOR REPAIRS. If damage was caused by the fault or negligence of •  the tenant or someone living with the tenant at the property or •  someone visiting, then the tenant is responsible. This means that the tenant must pay for the damage to be fixed. The tenant should discuss with the landlord having the repair carried out. The landlord might prefer to arrange to get the damage fixed and send a bill for the costs to the tenant. Damage would be caused by fault if it was done on purpose. Damage would be caused by negligence if it was not done on purpose but the person who caused the damage did not take normal care to avoid the damage. For example, a person is negligent if he leaves a skylight window open all day when rain is forecast and this results in the carpet and furnishings in the room below being damaged by the rain. Another example might be a person causes a burn mark to appear on a kitchen table by placing a pot, straight from a hot burner on the cooker hob, onto the table top.

PAYMENT FOR REPAIRS. If damage was caused by the fault or negligence of • the tenant or someone living with the tenant at the property or • someone visiting, then the tenant is responsible. This means that the tenant must pay for the damage to be fixed. The tenant should discuss with the landlord having the repair carried out. The landlord might prefer to arrange to get the damage fixed and send a bill xxxx for the costs to the tenant. Damage would be caused by fault if it was done on purpose. Damage would be caused by negligence if it was not done on purpose but the person who caused the damage did not take normal care to avoid the damage. For example, a person is negligent if he leaves a skylight window open all day when rain is forecast and this results in the carpet and furnishings in the room below being damaged by the rain. Another example might be a person causes a burn mark xxxx to appear on a kitchen table by placing a pot, straight from a hot burner on the cooker hob, onto the table top.