Renting a place
Your lease, and signing it
Reading the lease, signing it with a code, and what happens after.
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When a landlord approves your application, the lease to sign appears under Leases in your menu. A lease is signed on JourneyStead with a code, not on paper.
The order of signing
The landlord signs first, then each tenant, then any guarantor. If there are two of you on the lease, you each sign. The lease is complete when everyone has.
Where a lease can be
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Being prepared | The landlord is drawing it up |
| Waiting for signatures | It has been sent. You may be one of the people it is waiting on |
| Signed | Everyone has signed. It starts on its start date |
| Running | You live under it |
| Notice given | Someone has given notice to end it |
| Ended | It ran to its end |
| Ended early | It was ended before its end date |
| Cancelled | It was cancelled before everyone signed |
Ending a lease
When someone gives notice, JourneyStead records the dates only. Any amount owed for ending early is between you and the landlord, not something JourneyStead works out. The notice period is the one in your lease.
A landlord can write you a reference once notice is given or the lease has ended, and you can review the home 30 days into a lease.