Generate a clause-complete, printable residential sublease agreement — with term-containment checks and a landlord-consent block
Tip: "Print / Save PDF" opens your browser's print dialog — choose "Save as PDF" for a clean copy. The export unlocks once the required fields are filled and the dates pass the master-lease checks.
Fill in the parties, term, and rent to begin
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This tool builds a clause-complete, copy/paste-ready residential sublease agreement from a short form. It assembles the title and agreement date, the party blocks (sublessor and sublessee), a recital acknowledging your original/master lease and incorporating it by reference, the premises and scope (entire unit vs. private room), the term, the rent (amount, due day, method, plus an estimated term total), the security deposit and return terms, utilities allocation, an optional late-fee clause, use/occupancy and no-further-subletting terms, a clause keeping the sublessee bound by the master lease while the sublessor stays liable to the landlord, an optional furnishings/condition clause, default and termination tied to the master lease, the governing-law clause, an entire-agreement clause, and signature blocks. It also adds a landlord-consent block or a separate Landlord Consent Addendum depending on your consent status. Everything runs in your browser — no email, no account to build the agreement, nothing uploaded.
Suppose Jordan is subletting the entire unit at 123 Oak St, Thousand Oaks, CA, to Sam. The master lease runs Jan 1, 2026 → Dec 31, 2026. The sublease runs Jul 1, 2026 → Oct 1, 2026 at $1,800/month, deposit left blank (so it defaults to one month = $1,800), and Jordan still needs to ask the landlord, so consent status is "Need to request it." The tool computes:
Term length = Jul 1 → Oct 1, 2026 = 3 months, 0 days (92 days)
Total rent ≈ 1800 × (92 / 30.4375) = 1800 × 3.0226… → $5,441 (estimate)
Deposit = blank → defaults to 1 month = $1,800
Deposit cap = CA → 1 × rent = $1,800 → $1,800 is within the cap ✓
Consent = Need to request → Landlord Consent Addendum appendedThe readiness banner reads "Sublease ready: 3 months, $1,800/mo, deposit $1,800 — landlord consent addendum included." Because Jul 1 ≥ Jan 1 and Oct 1 ≤ Dec 31, the term-containment check passes and the export unlocks. If you had set the sublease to end Jan 15, 2027 — past the master end — the tool would block generation with "A sublease cannot run outside the dates of your original lease."
master start ≤ sublease start AND sublease end ≤ master end. Violations block the document.X months, Y days — whole calendar months from start to end, plus leftover days. Day count is the plain calendar-day difference (end − start), inclusive of the start and exclusive of the end.monthly rent × (term days / 30.4375), rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The 30.4375 denominator is fixed (never your input), so there is no divide-by-zero. It is labelled an estimate because partial months may be prorated differently.monthly rent × 12 / 365 times the occupied days — noting your lease may instead use a 30-day-month method.Run a rentals, property-management, or tenant-resources blog? Jump to the one-line embed code below ↓ — no account, no coding.
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A sublease agreement is a contract by which the original tenant (the sublessor) rents out the leased premises — the whole unit or a single room — to a new occupant (the sublessee) for part or all of the remaining lease term. To be enforceable it should name both parties, identify the premises by address, reference the original/master lease and its dates, state the sublease term, the rent and how it is paid, the security deposit, who pays utilities, and acknowledge that landlord consent may be required. This free tool fills all of those clauses, validates the term against your master lease, and produces a printable agreement plus a landlord-consent block.
Almost always. Most residential leases either prohibit subletting outright or require the landlord's prior written consent. Where a lease is silent, many states apply a default rule allowing a sublet subject to the landlord's reasonable consent — but a written ban generally controls, and subletting in violation can be grounds for eviction. Get consent in writing; an oral "okay" is hard to prove and may still breach a written-consent clause. This tool can generate a separate Landlord Consent Addendum for the landlord to sign.
No. A sublease cannot run outside the dates of your master lease. You cannot grant a right of occupancy you do not hold — a sublease that ends after the master lease ends is effectively an assignment or a holdover, not a sublease. This tool enforces that as a blocking rule: the sublease start must fall on or after the master lease start, and the sublease end must fall on or before the master lease end, or it will not let you generate the document.
No. The sublessor (the original tenant) remains fully liable to the landlord under the master lease for rent, damage, and lease violations — including those caused by the sublessee. A sublease does not transfer your obligations or release you; it just adds an occupant who pays you. If the sublessee stops paying or damages the unit, the landlord can still come after you. The agreement makes the sublessee responsible to you and bound by the master lease, but your name stays on the original lease.
It depends on the state. California (effective July 1, 2024) and New York (2025) generally cap residential security deposits at one month's rent, and both require the deposit to be returned within 21 days of move-out. Other states range roughly from 14 to 60 days for return and may or may not cap the amount. This tool warns — but does not block — when your deposit exceeds the known cap for California or New York; it treats its state table as a dated convenience, not legal authority, because the law changes and some small-landlord exceptions apply.
It is 100% free, runs entirely in your browser, and requires no email to build the agreement — nothing you type is uploaded. It is NOT legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. It produces a self-help document template; subleasing law is state-specific and rent-control, just-cause, and short-term-rental ordinances can override it, so have a licensed attorney in the property's state review the agreement before signing, and attach a copy of your master lease.
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