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Lease agreement

Fill in your details below. We use your answers to prepare Iceland's official HMS residential lease (húsaleigusamningur) for your home, then send it to you to review and sign.

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1 Tenant 2 Home 3 Term 4 Rent & costs 5 Security 6 Inspection 7 Special terms 8 Confirm

01 · Aðilar að leigusamningi

Tenant details

Leigjandi

The person (or people) who will sign the lease.

Full name *Nafn Kennitala / ID number *Icelandic kennitala, or passport number if you don't have one yet Phone *Sími Email *Netfang Current address *Heimilisfang

Second tenant

Full name *Nafn Kennitala / ID number *Icelandic kennitala, or passport number if you don't have one yet PhoneSími EmailNetfang Current addressHeimilisfang

Tenant's representative

Someone who can act for you if you are away or unable to — umboðsaðili leigjanda.

Full nameNafn Kennitala PhoneSími EmailNetfang AddressHeimilisfang

02 · Lýsing á leiguhúsnæði

The home

Leiguhúsnæði

Which home are you renting? *Staðsetning

Type of rental *Tegund / gerð íbúðar

Whole apartmentAt least one bedroom with its own kitchen, toilet and bathroom A single roomWith or without shared bathroom or kitchen

Furnished or unfurnished? *Með eða án húsgagna

FurnishedMeð húsgögnum — the home comes with furniture UnfurnishedÁn húsgagna — I'll bring my own furniture No preferenceEither works for me

Number of people living in the homeIncluding yourself

03 · Leigutími

Lease term

Tímabundinn eða ótímabundinn

Fixed term — tímabundinnEnds on an agreed date, no notice needed Open-ended — ótímabundinnRuns until either side gives written notice

Move-in date *Upphaf leigutíma Move-out date *Lok leigutíma

Notice periods on open-ended leases: three months for single rooms and six months for apartments, from both sides, starting on the first day of the month after written notice is sent. (HMS lease, section 3)

04–09 · Húsaleiga og kostnaður

Rent & running costs

Filled in by Housing in Iceland

These parts of the lease are set for each home. We fill them in and you'll see every figure before you sign.

04Condition of the home05Maintenance 06Running costs07Use & access 08Rent amount & payment09Where rent is paid

10 · Tryggingar

Security

Which security can you provide?

The landlord may ask for security for rent and for the condition of the home. Choose the one you'd like to offer — we'll confirm the amount.

Bank guaranteeÁbyrgðaryfirlýsing banka Personal guarantee from someone elseSjálfskuldarábyrgð þriðja aðila Rent & damage insurance from an insurance companyLeigugreiðslu- og viðskilnaðartrygging A deposit paid to the landlordTryggingarfé Something else — describe it in section 7Önnur trygging

12 · Úttekt á leiguhúsnæði

Move-in inspection

Úttekt

The condition of the home can be recorded at move-in and move-out.

Yes — let's do a joint inspection when I move in Not needed

13 · Sérákvæði

Special terms & questions

Anything you'd like added or asked

MessageOptional Preferred language for contactTungumál

Confirm

Confirm & send

Staðfesting

This is an application, not the signed lease. We'll prepare the official HMS lease from your answers and send it to you to sign.

Type your full name *As a confirmation that your details are correct

The information I've given is correct. Housing in Iceland may contact me about this lease and keep my details to prepare it.

Your lease is prepared on the official form from HMS (Húsnæðis- og mannvirkjastofnun). The signed Icelandic lease is the binding agreement.

Takk fyrir · Thank you

Application received

We'll prepare your lease on the official HMS form and email it to you to review and sign. Keep an eye on your inbox, including spam.