{"id":905,"date":"2020-09-15T17:17:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T17:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marumeandfuridzo.com\/?p=905"},"modified":"2024-01-05T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T09:57:11","slug":"lease-of-immovable-property-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.marumeandfuridzo.com\/lease-of-immovable-property-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lease Of Immovable Property In Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"
A contract of lease is an agreement between one party (landlord\/lessor) and another (tenant\/lessee) in terms of which the lessor gives to the lessee temporary use and enjoyment of property in return for payment of a specified amount.<\/p>\n
It is not a requirement for the validity of a contract of lease that it be in writing. An oral lease agreement is as valid as a written lease. In fact a number of leases for residential properties are not written. It is however advisable to reduce a contract of lease to writing so as to reduce disputes on what would have been agreed to by and between the parties. The parties should make sure that they include the following terms in their contract;<\/p>\n
Landlords and tenants should take note of the following salient issues in a landlord-tenant relationship;<\/p>\n
It appears to me the settled position at law that where the tenant make a late payment of rent, the landlord must make his election within a reasonable time and at the latest, before the rent becomes due next month to cancel on account of the late payment of rent. Acceptance of a subsequent payment of rent is at law to be taken as an election not to proceed with cancellation on account of the past breach. (See Parkview Properties (Pvt) Ltd v Chimbwanda1998 (1) ZLR 409 (H)<\/strong>).<\/em><\/p>\n The contents of this article are for general information purposes only and do not constitute our legal or professional advice. We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature which may arise from reliance on any of the information published herein.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 Marume&Furidzo Legal Practitioners 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A contract of lease is an agreement between one party (landlord\/lessor) and another (tenant\/lessee) in terms of which the lessor gives to the lessee temporary use and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[189,190,191,192,193],"yoast_head":"\n\n