Rent Agreement Generator — Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Chittagong rents are significantly lower than Dhaka. Premium areas include Agrabad, Nasirabad, and Halishahar. The city growing commercial sector and port expansion are driving rental demand. Residen...
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Chittagong rents are significantly lower than Dhaka. Premium areas include Agrabad, Nasirabad, and Halishahar. The city growing commercial sector and port expansion are driving rental demand.
Residential tenancies in Chittagong are governed by the same national framework as the rest of Bangladesh: the Transfer of Property Act 1882 and the House Rent Control Act 1991. The 1991 Act entitles a tenant to a written agreement and a rent receipt, empowers the Rent Controller to fix a fair rent where the amount is disputed, and forbids a landlord from demanding any premium or salami over and above the agreed monthly rent. Advance rent is limited by law to one month, although two to three months is commonly requested in practice for sought-after flats.
For any lease exceeding one year, registration under the Registration Act 1908 is required to make the agreement enforceable, and stamp duty is payable, though in Chittagong both the duty and the underlying rents are markedly lower than in Dhaka. A sound Chittagong rent agreement therefore records the fair monthly rent, the one-month advance, each party's responsibility for utilities and service charges, the notice period for vacating, and a clear inventory of fittings, so that either side can rely on the House Rent Control Act if a dispute reaches the Rent Controller.
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Chittagong rents are typically 40-60% lower than equivalent Dhaka properties. Premium areas like Agrabad and Nasirabad range from BDT 15,000-50,000/month for 3-bed apartments. Khulshi and Panchlaish areas range BDT 12,000-35,000. More affordable areas like Halishahar and Bayezid offer BDT 6,000-15,000. The ship-breaking yard area (Sitakunda) and EPZ vicinity have specific rental markets for workers. Chittagong rental agreements follow the same legal framework as Dhaka but with lower stamp duty due to lower property values.
The Act gives every tenant the right to a written tenancy and a receipt for each payment, and it lets either party ask the Rent Controller to determine a fair rent where the amount is disputed. A landlord cannot demand a premium, key money or 'salami' beyond the agreed rent, cannot raise the rent arbitrarily during the term, and cannot evict a tenant except on the grounds listed in the Act, such as bona fide personal need or non-payment. These protections apply in Chittagong exactly as they do in Dhaka.
The House Rent Control Act limits advance rent to a single month, and any advance taken must be adjusted against future rent rather than kept as an extra charge. In practice many Chittagong landlords ask for two to three months upfront, particularly for sought-after flats in Agrabad, Nasirabad and Khulshi, but a tenant is within their rights to point to the statutory one-month limit. Recording the exact advance in the written agreement, and obtaining a receipt for it, protects the tenant if the landlord later disputes what was paid.
A lease for a term of more than one year must be registered under the Registration Act 1908 to be legally enforceable, and stamp duty is payable on it; agreements of one year or less are commonly made on non-judicial stamp paper without registration. Because property values in Chittagong are lower than in Dhaka, both stamp duty and registration costs are correspondingly smaller. For any longer or higher-value tenancy, registering the agreement is worthwhile because it gives the document full evidentiary weight before the Rent Controller or the courts.