PG OPERATOR LEASE
This Lease is made at __________ on __________.
BETWEEN
AND
1. The lease
2. Term and lock-in
3. Rent
4. Security deposit
5. The Operator’s duties
5.1 The Operator obtains and keeps in force every licence, registration and permission that the law or the local authority requires to run a paying-guest house, including for food if meals are served, and obeys fire-safety and sanitation rules.
5.2 The Operator takes the identity details of every guest, gives them to the local police station as the local rules require, and keeps a register of guests that the Lessor may see on request.
5.3 The Operator pays the electricity, water, gas, internet and similar bills for the Building, and any society or local-body charges that fall on an occupier.
5.4 The Operator keeps the Building clean and in good condition and carries out day-to-day repairs. The Lessor carries out structural and major repairs. The Operator makes no structural change without the Lessor’s written consent.
5.5 The Operator may not sub-let or transfer the Building or any part of it, except by taking in guests as this Lease allows.
6. The guests
6.1 The Operator’s dealings with the guests are the Operator’s own. The Lessor is not a party to any arrangement between the Operator and a guest, and a guest has no right against the Lessor.
6.2 The Operator gives each guest only permission to stay, and not a tenancy, and makes sure that no guest is promised a stay that runs beyond the end of this Lease.
6.3 When the lease ends, the Operator gives the guests reasonable notice and sees that all of them have left and the Building is empty.
7. Inspection
7.1 The Lessor or a person sent by the Lessor may enter the common parts of the Building at reasonable hours on twenty-four hours’ notice to inspect it, and at any time in an emergency. Guests’ rooms are entered only with the Operator or the guest’s permission, or in an emergency.
8. Handing back
8.1 When the lease ends, the Operator hands back the Building and the keys, empty of guests and belongings and in the condition in which it was received, apart from ordinary wear. If the Operator does not hand it back, the Lessor will recover it only by lawful process and not by force.
9. Default
10. General
10.1 Notices under this Lease are in writing and are sent to the addresses at the top of this Lease, or to a new address a Party has told the other in writing.
10.2 Stamp duty and registration costs are shared equally by the Parties.
10.3 This Lease is the whole understanding between the Parties about the Building and can be changed only in writing signed by both. The courts having jurisdiction over the place where the Building is situated may decide any dispute under it.
Signatures
Witness 1 (name, address, signature): ______________________________
Witness 2 (name, address, signature): ______________________________