When renting a property, the landlord and tenant must carry out some formalities and sign several documents, especially for rental agreements, as there are several types.
The most common agreement for renting a house is the simple rental contract, which must contain the landlord's and tenant's details and information about the property being rented, the price and all the necessary clauses and items.
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Consult this template to see what a rental agreement should look like in 2024. Furthermore, on idealista, you can create your simple agreement online.
The landlord, (landlord's name, Spanish ID/PASPORTNAT/NIE, address)
and tenant, (tenant's name, Spanish ID/PASSPORT/NIE, address)
HAVE HEREBY AGREED
Each in their own name and right, mutually recognising each other as having sufficient legal capacity to enter into this RENTAL AGREEMENT,
I.- Mr/Ms (name), hereinafter referred to as the LANDLORD for the purposes of this rental contract, owner of the property located at (identification of the flat: street, cadastral reference, if there is a garage, etc.).
II.- The TENANT declares his interest in renting the aforementioned property for his own use (and, if applicable, that of his family) as a habitual and permanent residence.
III.- Both parties freely acknowledge that they understand and accept this RENTAL AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), in accordance with the provisions of Spanish Law 29/1994 of 24 November 1994 on Urban Leases (the "LAU"), mutually acknowledging their legal capacity to enter into it, subject to the following:
The parties can use their own clauses as long as they respect the LAU's provisions. These are the clauses that you should include to protect the rental agreement:
To draw up a lease contract between private individuals, you need the landlord's and tenant's details, the property details, set a monthly rent, pay a deposit, establish who pays for the bills and agree on clauses.
According to the Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos (LAU), a rental agreement shall have a minimum duration of five years, with a three-year automatic extension for natural persons, unless one of the parties expresses that they do not wish to renew the agreement by giving notice.
In 2024, a rental agreement must include the following:
As of 1 January 2024, the extraordinary cap on the annual rent update in rental agreements for properties governed by the Law on Urban Leases (LAU), which has been in force since the end of March 2022, will be extended. When it is time for the corresponding annual rent renewal, the landlord and tenant must agree on the new increase. If they cannot reach an an agreement, the rent cannot increase more than 3%.
