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Question Title: Ex-wife
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| We are about to rent a two-bedroomed flat in York to a single gentleman. He has told us that his ex-wife and child will occasionally want to visit and stay at the flat at the weekends. Does his ex-wife need to be named on the tenancy agreement.
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| We would advise that the tenancy is held solely in the name of the male tenant. It would be inadvisable to list the ex-wife for two main reasons. Firstly, she presumably does not intend to take a legal interest in the property, nor would she be responsible for paying the rent. Secondly, it is a condition of an assured shorthold tenancy that the tenant occupies the property as his/her 'only or principal home'.
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