W
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USE
LANDLORD/TENANT
CONTRACT
Version 5.2
(last updated 02/10/2002)
This agreement is between Rajbir Sandhu (landlord) and ______________________ (tenant), whereby the landlord agrees to rent to the tenant a room in
the premises at W
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USE;
4714 17th Ave NE #____; Seattle, WA 98105 on the
following terms:
1.
Period
of the Agreement:
This tenancy shall be from month to month. Occupany beginning _________________. See section 16 for notice of termination.
2.
RLTA/Seattle
Muni. Code:
The
Residential Landlord Tenant Act is applicable to this tenancy. If this property is within the city limits
of Seattle then the Code is also applicable.
3.
Rent:
Rent shall be _________ a month, payable
on the first day of the month. Rent
should be given to the building manager by sliding a check or money order (no
cash), made out to Rajbir Sandhu,
under the building manager's door at W
RLD H
USE; 4714 17th
Ave NE #26; Seattle, WA 98105.
All tenants are encouraged to pay their rent early, in order to avoid
the possiblity of a late fee and eviction proceedings. The landlord accepts as a contractual
obligation that rent checks are never deposited before the 2nd day of the month
for which they are payed regardless of when the manager receives the
check.. Because of this money will
never be drawn from a tenant's checking account before the 2nd day of the month
for which the rent is due. The tenant
may also post-date their check for the 2nd day of the month being paid for for
additional security.
4.
Late
Rent Fee:
If
the rent is not paid by the 1st of the month a late fee of $10 per day late
will be assessed. For example if rent
is payed on the second a $10 late fee is owed, if on the third a $20 late fee,
if on the fourth a $30 late fee, etc.
This is in addition to other remedies the landlord may have.
5.
Bad
Checks:
If
the landlord attempts to deposit a rent check anytime within 2 months after the
day the check was due, for which there are non-sufficient funds in said check's
account there is a $40 bad check fee in addition to the $10 per day late rent
fee.
6.
Security
Deposit:
Prior
to occupancy, the tenant shall pay to the landlord the sum of $300 cash as a security deposit. These moneys are deposited in Seafirst bank
at the Overlake branch.
The landlord shall provide the tenant with a written
receipt of said deposit, and the landlord is entitled to any interest on said
funds. The tenant shall complete a
written checklist specifically describing the condition and cleanliness and
existing damages to the premises and furnishings, including, but not limitted
to, walls, floors, countertops, carpets, drapes, furniture, and appliances. This checklist has been provided by the
landlord, and is signed and dated by both the landlord and the tenant. A copy has been provided to the tenant and a
copy is attached to this lease. At the
termination of the tenancy the entire deposit will be refunded to the tenant minus
any costs the landlord incurs due to the tenant's failure to clean the room to
the same standard in which it was received, any damage to the room and/or any
damaged or missing items from the room.
The landlord's rights and obligations in regard to these funds are
spelled out in RCW 59.18.280, a copy of which is attatched to and incorporated
in this lease.
The tenant should receive any refund check by the 15th
day of the month following moving out.
If the tenant is due a refund and does not receive it by the
above-mentioned day the tenant should contact the manager as soon as
possible. If the tenant does not
contact the manager within two months after the above-mentioned date the tenant
loses any claim to any deposit amount still unrefunded.
7.
Utilities:
All are included in the rent (telephone and cable-TV services are not
considered utilities). Please be
reasonable in their use, as their cost must
ultimately be accounted for. Please
close windows when you leave a room, and turn lights off when not in use.
8.
Pets:
Are only allowed with specific permission
from the manager, and that permission may be withdrawn at any time.
9.
Rules:
The landlord may, from time to time, promulgate rules, which constitute.
reasonable obligations and restrictions under RCW 59.18.140, and after 30 days written notice the tenant shall
conform to said rules. The tenant's
failure to abide by said rules shall constitute a failure to comply with a
material term of the lease and as such be a grounds for eviction.
10. One Person to a Room/Guests:
It
is understood that these premises are rented one person to a room. This is necessary because the tenants share
common areas, and multiple persons in a room does cause a hardship on other
tenants, as well as on the facilities. Occasional guests may be permitted, at the
landlord's sole discretion. Having more
than one person resident in a room constitutes a failure to comply with a
material term of the lease and is grounds for eviction.
11. No Assignment or Subletting:
The
tenant may not assign or sublet his or her room without the written consent of
the landord. Any such assignment would
constitute a failre to comply with a material term of the lease and be grounds
for eviction.
12. Maintenance of Kitchen, Bath and other Common
Areas:
Because
this is a house where the kitchen and bath facilities are shared, the tenants
are required to participate in maintining cleanliness in these areas. Failure to do so is a material breach of
this lease. This includes but is not
limited to routine clean up of surfaces, pots, pans, and dishes after meal
preparation. maintainng perishable goods in a suitable and hygienic manner,
disposing of moldy or rotten perishables, and leaving the bathroom facilities
in a sanitary condition which permits their shared use. This provision is notwithstanding the
Landlord's obligations under relevant statute and ordinance, which are not
affected by this provision.
13. Cooperation with Other Tenants:
Each
person is expected to participate in maintaining cleanliness and order in the
common areas. Each person is expected
to respect the property and supplies of the other tenannts. Each person is expected to participate in
maintainin gthe security of the building and the property within. Each person is expected to allow the other
tenants their reasonable right to quiet enjoyment of the premises. Loud parties, or a consistent pattern of
loud activity, carried on withoud regard for the other tenants, interfere with
such enjoyment and are not allowed.
Failure to so cooperate is a violation of a material term of the lease.
14.
Smoking:
No
smoking is allowed anywhere inside the building, including in private rooms.
Smoking is allowed on the front porch or at the bottom of the rear stairway IF
the smoking party throws away her/his cigarette butts and/or other
smoking-related garbage and does not leave it on the ground.
15.
Noise:
At W
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USE there are no specific quiet hours and no specific
noise level which is acceptable or unacceptable. Instead it is required that at all times a tenant is on the
premises (in their room or out) the tenant and any guests must refrain from
making any noise that bothers other tenants.
Any complaints about noise that are received by the manager may result the
the issue of a TEN DAY NOTICE TO COMPLY WITH RENTAL AGREEMENT OR QUIT PREMESIS
to the offending tenant. If another
tenant is making noise which is bothering you, at your option you may pursue
one of the following options:
1.
You can talk to the tenant yourself and try to
resolve the situation without the intervention of the manager.
2.
You can inform the manager by telling him who
the specific tenant involved is and the date and time of the incident. Your identity will be kept anonymous if that
is your preference. The manager will at
your discretion do one of the following:
2.1.
Talk to the offending tenant an try to get
him/her to cease the offending behavior.
2.2.
Issue the offending tenant a TEN DAY NOTICE TO
COMPLY WITH RENTAL AGREEMENT OR QUIT PREMESIS.
16.
Lost
key fee:
There is a $30 charge for a lost room key, and a $80 charge for a lost
house key.
17. Notice of termination:
This tenancy shall be termibable by either party, except as provided by
relevant statute or code, by written notice of twenty days or more, preceding
the end of any month. For example, if
the tenancy was to be terminated June 1, notice would be required by May
10th. Notice on May 15th would not
terminnate the tenancy until July 1st.
18.
Sponges are divided into three different categories:
1.
DISHWASHING
SPONGES are rectangular
and should only be used for cleaning dishes and cooking eating utensils
(surfaces that come in direct contact with food) so that they are only exposed
to food debris, water and dishwashing soap and not any other cleaning
chemicals. They should not be used to
clean other surfaces such as counters, tables, stoves, ovens etc.
2.
FOOD
AREA SPONGES are the same as dishwashing
sponges except that they have one corner cut off. These sponges should never be used to clean eating and/or
cooking utensils or anything that will actually tough food, but are instead
used to clean kitchen areas near food such as the microwave platters,
countertops, tabletops, stovetops, refrigerators, cabinets, etc. These sponges can be used with dishsoap or
all-purpose cleaners such as "Simple Green" or "409".
3.
NON-FOOD
AREA SPONGES are the same as dishwashing
sponges except that they have two corners cut off. These sponges should never be used to clean eating
and/or cooking utensils, anything that will actually tough food, or any areas
near food but are instead used to clean everything else such as walls, floors,
windows, mirrors, showers, bathtubs, etc., and thus they can be exposed to
various cleaning chemicals.
If one or the other type of sponges is not
available in a given kitchen they can be found in other kitchens or contact the
manager to supply more.
19. Kitchen
19.1. Kitchen-cleaning system
All tenants are required to clean the kitchen on their floor in
accordance with the kitchen-cleaning procedure posted on the refrigerator of
the tenant's floor on one of the days assigned by the manager as indicated on
the kitchen calendar.
If a tenant cannot clean the kitchen at
the assigned time, the tenant should request the manager to reschedule her/his
cleaning at least one week before the tenant is to begin her/his currently
scheduled cleaning.
When a tenant finishes cleaning the kitchen they should promptly inform
the manager of
1.
The tenant's name
2.
Which kitchen the tenant cleaned
3.
The date and time the cleaning was finished
By one of the following methods:
1.
Call the manager at 729-9519 and either tell
him in person or leave a message on the answering machine
2.
Write a message on the notepad on the manager's
door
19.2. Dish
towels
There are now dish-towel racks in all the
kitchens and dish towels to go with them.
These dish towels can be used to dry dishes or as hot pads to pick up
hot items or place underneath them to protect tables and counters from buring. These dishtowels should never be used to
clean up any spills, or messes that will stain them, or to wipe up anything
other than pure, clean water. Spills
should be cleaned up with a sponge or with paper towels.
19.3. Food debris in kitchen sinks
Food debris (vegetables, rice, meat, salsa) should never be left in the
sink. All food debris should be emptied
into the kitchen garbage can prior to cleaning any dishes. If food debris is left in the sink this
debris will rot creating an unpleasant odor and an unhealthy situation and
someone else will eventually have to clean it up.
19.4. Sink
drain sieves
The drain sieves should only be removed from the sinks in order to empty material
from them into the garbage, they should then be immediately replaced in the
drain. The drain sieves have two
settings, one to plug the sink and the other to drain it. Thus the sink should be drained by leaving
the sieve in place and putting it on the drain setting, and not by removing the
sieve. If sink is drained without the
sieve in place, material may accumulate in the plumbing beneath the sink
leading to a plugged drain. All tenants should make sure they clean any food
debris out of the kitchen sink drain sieves after they wash their dishes. If food debris is not emptied from the
sieves after use this debris will rot in the sieve creating an unpleasant odor
and an unhealthy situation.
19.5. Neglected and abandoned kitchen items
19.5.1.Any
personal items (dishes, eating and or cooking utensils, etc.) left in a kitchen
sink for more than 24 hours may be impounded by the manager.
19.5.2.Any personal items (dishes, foodstuffs, eating
and or cooking utensils, etc.) left out (in drying rack, on counter or table,
or anywhere in the kitchen not put away in a drawer, cabinet, refrigerator or
freezer) in the kitchen for more than 7 days without the manager's permission,
may be impounded by the manager.
19.5.3.Such
impounded items may be reclaimed within one month of their being impounded, but
a TEN DAY NOTICE TO COMPLY WITH RENTAL
AGREEMENT OR QUIT PREMESIS will be issued to the tenant upon claiming their item(s). After one month any unclaimed items will become the property of W
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USE.
19.5.4.In
order to implement this rule the following procedure will be used. From time-to-time the manager will place
small colored stickers on all personal items in the kitchens. 24-hours after the placing of these
stickers, all items in the kitchen sinks which still have these stickers on
them will be impounded. 7 days after
the placing of these stickers, all items in the kitchen which have these stickers
on them will be impounded. If you see
such a sticker on an item belonging to you, please place the item in its proper
place.
19.6.
Common and personal property
There
are no common cooking and or eating utensils other than the house-supplied
can-openers and cutting boards. All
dishes, pots, pans, silverware, etc in the kitchens are either the private
property of tenants or are W
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USE property that has been
checked out to an individual tenant for the duration of their tenancy. In either case such items should not be used
without the permission of their owner or guardian. Such unauthorized use, when it comes to the manager's attention,
will result in the offender being asked to move out.
19.7. Kitchen
storage purges
From
time to time kitchen storage areas (refrigerators, freezers, cabinets and
drawers) need to be purged of abandoned items in order to make space for items
belonging to new tenants and to remove old and possibly spoiled items. The procedure for this is as follows:
19.7.1.The
manager gives two weeks notice that a kitchen storage purge is to take place on
a certain date.
19.7.2.All
tenants label or remove all items in the kitchen storage areas prior to this
date.
19.7.2.1.
A tenant may label an area of a refrigerator,
freezer, cabinet or an entire cabinet or drawer to indicate that this area is
being used by the tenant and thus all items in it belong to the tenant. In this case the tenant need not label the
individual items in such an area. If an
area is being labelled this must be done with a non-permanent method.
19.7.2.2.
Items should be labelled with last names not
room numbers. This is because if room
numbers were used the manager would be unable to easily determine if the
suspect item was labeled for this purge or a previous one and thus if it
belonged to the present occupant of the room or a previous one.
19.7.2.3.
If you need any labels they are available upon
request from the manager.
19.7.2.4.
On the date of the purge the manager or any
tenant(s) authorized by the manager confiscates and/or throws away all items in
a kitchen storage area which are not labelled or not in a labelled area.
20. Bathrooms
20.1. Doors
All tenants should make sure they leave the bathroom
doors open when they are done with the bathroom for the following three
reasons: One: If the door is closed
other tenants will assume the bathroom is in use. Two: Odors may be trapped
in the bathroom creating an unpleasant situation for the next person who uses
the bathroom. Three: Moisture from a shower or bath may be
trapped in the bathroom aiding the
growth of mold and mildew.
20.2. Bathtubs/Showers
20.2.1. Shower and Bath Drains
All tenants should check the drain of the bathtub or shower stall when
they are done bathing and/or showering and pick up and throw away (in the
bathroom garbage can is fine but not down the sink, bathtub or shower drains as
this will plug them up) any hair that has accumulated there.
20.2.2. Shower Doors and Curtains
All
who shower (residents or their guests), will make sure that the shower door or
curtain is completely closed for the entire time water is coming from the
shower head. All users of the showers and/or bathtubs will towel
off before stepping out of the shower
and/or bathtub. This is to prevent
excessive water from getting onto the bathroom floor and/or the bathroom rugs.
20.3. Toilets
20.3.1.All
tenants and guests are required to flush the toilet after each and every usage.
20.3.2.All
male tenants and guests are required to put up the toilet-seat lid prior to
urinating.
20.3.3.Nothing
should go in the toilet except human waste (urine and feces) and toilet
paper. Paper towels and tampons WILL
plug up the toilet. All tenants should inform the manager immediately when they
discover a toilet plugged up. If a tenant leaves a message (either written or
telephone) for the manager about a plugged toiler, she/he should state the time
at which she/he found the toilet plugged.
21.
Exterior
Doors
All exterior doors (including back doors)
of the building should remained closed and locked except for the following 3
situations:
21.1. When one is entering or exiting the
building.
21.2. When one is moving in or out of the building
it is ok to prop the door open to facilitate moving if one is leaving the door
unattended for no more then 5 minutes at a time. The person moving is responsible to make sure that the door is
closed and locked when they are done.
21.3. If it is very hot on a given floor a tenant
is ok to prop the door open to cool the floor open as long as they are present
on that floor, but if they leave the floor they must close and lock the door.
22.
Garbage
22.1. All
residents should make sure they securely lock
the dumpster after each use. If you
are having difficulty unlocking or locking the dumpster please contact the
manager.
22.2. All high-volume empty garbage, such as
beverage cans, milk cartons, cardboard boxes, etc. should be crushed before
being placed in either the inside garbage recepticles or the dumpster outside.
22.3. No garbage material should ever be placed next
to the garbage receptacles inside, or the dumpster outside. Inside, this is unsanitary and against fire
code and W
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fire department. Outside, W
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garbage is left next to the dumpster.
If the inside garbage receptacles or dumpster is full, if you cannot
find the dumpster key, or if you have any other difficulty in following this
rule, please contact the manager.
22.4. The lids
to all garbage receptacles (both inside garbage cans and the outside
dumpster) should be completely closed
after any garbage is deposited in them.
This is especially important for the inside garbage receptacles as even
a slightly ajar lid will allow unpleasant odors to escape.
22.5. Due to logistical difficulties, lack of space,
and the policies of the recycling company there is no recycling at W
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USE.
23.
Insurance
W
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USE has insurance to cover
tenant's possessions in case of loss or damage do to fire, theft or
calamities. It is up to tenants to
provide their own insurance.
24. Contract Violations
If you have any knowledge of someone violating
the W
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USE contract please tell the
manager. Your anonymity is assured.
