Multi Tenant Lease Arrangements in Dallas/Texas

[David Y M.]

Hi All,

This is lease related, but can there be two Master leases on one SFH in Dallas/Texas? I have a home with an ADU, but local ordinances don't mention anything about any renting requirements for the ADU, and I plan to have two separate leases for ADU and Main home with an addendum for utilities.

I had structured leases in the past using a master lease + addendum because I saw somewhere that multi leases to one unit was not allowed. However, I cannot find information on it atm so curious to see if that still stands and if somebody can provide an authoritative source.

Thanks,

[Bruce Lynn]

If they have one address, you probably need an attorney to write you a good lease with descriptions of the properties, utilities, parking, etc.

Most of the fill in the blank leases will have only one place for legal descriptions and probably don't have all the space/blanks etc to get all the separation you want.