Welcome to Giano Properties!

By paying rent to Giano Properties, you are agreeing to and accepting the Terms and Conditions of this rental agreement and community rules.

Please ensure that everyone you have listed on the mailbox receives a copy of this agreement. You are responsibility for your guests when you issue them a tag via placing them on the mailbox.

These regions are to be a safe place to live and play; no harassment, stalking, loitering or other antisocial behavior.

Giano Estates is a family friendly, suburban neighborhood set in Rhode Island. Guns, Sexual Violence, Overly Aggressive RP, Age Play, Hate, Bigotry and Drama are not tolerated here. This goes for group chat as well. If you are found guilty of harassment, hatred acts or drama your chat, ability to rez or entry rights may be removed temporarily or permanently… with or without warning.

►►► Renting Policy ◄◄◄

• All units are on a “first come, first serve”

• All items must remain within your parcel boundary. All exterior items and landscaping should fit with the style of the sim. (ie. No Castles, Tiki huts, gor’ish structures

• Giano Properties reserves the right to delete or return any objects, evict or ban anyone who is in violation of these rules or the SIM covenant without refund. Giano Properties is not responsible for any loss or damage of personal properties occurred anywhere within the Estate due to vandals, theft, object returns, greifers, technical “glitches” or Linden Lab issues.

• All resident placed objects should be removed upon termination of the lease.

• To renew your rental, click the rental box (mailbox). Should you have any trouble, please contact one of the Giano Estate Managers.

• If you choose “Not renewing” on your rental box and/or remove your items from the rental space it will be considered abandoned and subject to immediate reclaim with no refund on unspent time.

• In residential areas no commercial signs or buildings are to be rezzed on the property.

• Rental moves must be pre approved. We will only move rent if it is same value or greater. We will not downgrade rentals. We will not transfer rent to another person.

• Payments are expected to be paid on time before your box expires we do allow 24 hour grace period to make the payment. Once the 24 hours is up the box will boot you and return your prims. We will NOT allow more then 24 hours unless you speak directly to Ikonn or Sarah Giano.

►►► HOME POLICY ◄◄◄

• We do not allow adding on or modifying of the rental homes.

• We do offer to swap out houses or find a spot to rez a model you like. This does require a minimum of 3 weeks paid up front.

• We do offer rez your own home on specific spots. This does require 4 weeks or more paid up front. We will also add a max of 100 prim credit. NO modifying the outside of the home.

• We do offer to tint / paint the inside of our mesh homes.

►►► YOUR PRIMS ◄◄◄

• The “prim limit” is the number of prims allocated to the unit. You, the registered tenants, are solely responsible for keeping within your prim limits.

• To view your current prim count, touch the rental box. It should tell you how many prims you are using.

• You may be able purchase more prims. Send a notecard to Ikonn Giano with your request. He will notify you if they are available and the addition cost. We do prorate existing time.

• You will be given an automated warning when you are over your limit. After the warning you will have 24 hours to fix the prim issue or your prim limit will be adjusted to compensate for the prim usage. Once you lower the prim count you can request we lower the limit back down.

IT IS A VIOLATION OF YOUR LEASE TO EXCEED YOUR PRIM LIMIT, AND YOU ARE SUBJECT TO EVICTION ON THIS GROUND.

• The house/apartment/landscaping rezzed by management do not count toward your allotment – Unless you are on a “rez your own home plot”

Help keep Giano low lag. If we find that you are using objects that cause a strain on the servers or disrupt neighbors we will ask you to remove them or in some cases remove them immediately. (ie… items emitting noise, particles, temp rezzers… this can also be prim children, pets and vehicles running and excessive amount of scripts on the server.

►►► GROUP MEMBERSHIP ◄◄◄

• Tenants will need to remain in the Giano Properties group for rezzing privileges. Enrollment is free, but by invite only. Once you have paid the rental box, you will be sent an invitation via automated avatar (bot) within 2 minutes. Please let Ikonn Giano or a member of management know if you have not received your group invitation.

You will also be able to add 5 additional people (1 partner and 4 Guests) This option is on the mailbox. The guest tag is the same but lets management know who is a guest and who is a resident. Exception to this policy is the small 200 and 300 prims town homes these are limited to 2 names on the box you and 1 additional person.

Please note you are responsible for anyone you add to your box. You need to make sure they get a copy of the this card and that they follow the rules.

Anyone who adds prims to your location will also need to remain on the box. If they are not listed on the box there items are subject to return without warning.

►►► BANNING ◄◄◄

Any type of sim griefing is an automatic ban.

Any harm to a child AV or attempt to harm a child AV is an automatic ban.
This will result in immediate banning. We are child safe zone.

►►► REFUND POLICY ◄◄◄

Unfortunately, we do not provide refunds.
All rentals are final when the purchase is complete. There are no expectations.

►►► SECURITY ◄◄◄

• If you have a problem with greifers, please let us know immediately.

• No security, monitoring or spy devices are allowed. If you are having a problem with the security system provided to you, please inform Ikonn Giano immediately.

►►► LANDSCAPING ◄◄◄

You are allowed to add landscaping within the parcel as long as it fits the theme. This includes fencing and anything addition will count against your prim limit. We will not add trees and addition fencing to your property.
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Fencing policy front fence along the sidewalk are to be no more than 1.5 meter high. Fencing on the side or back no more than 3 meters high. Parcels are allowed 3 meter all the way around.

Trees must be of the New England Theme. No tropical landscaping. Trees or any landscape should not overhang in your neighbor’s yard this will cause them to be returned.

Particle effects should be turned off if they cause prims outside your parcel they will be returned. No glow effects!

Pools are allowed with the exception of water sims. Due to the seawalls above ground pools only will be allowed in these areas.

►►► ZOOBY BABIES, ANIMALS AND BREEDABLES ◄◄◄

Giano Properties residents who rent 500 prims are allowed TWO “Zooby type” Interactive or physically dynamic babies, pets, or TWO breedables, (Cats or Dogs Only) to remain on the parcel when the owner is not present. Due to their scripting and permanent physical collisions, these animals can cause heavy lag for the sim and thus, for your neighbors.

Rent 800 or more prims are allowed 4 Zoobies or breedables. Any more then 4 must be pre approved by Ikonn. Due to their scripting and permanent physical collisions, these babies can cause heavy lag for the sim and thus, for your neighbors.

If we discover more than the allotted limit of these pets on a parcel they will be subject to returned without prior notice. Due to the nature of some of these pets or items, Giano Properties or any members of its Management team are not responsible for any damaged caused by their return.

This policy is subject to change if the sim is lagging.

►►► CHILD AVATARS ◄◄◄

We have welcomed child avatars in Giano Estates for a long time, and will continue to do so.

However, if you’re going to RP a child avi please act, sound, dress and behave like one.

Children and vehicles — Children can’t drive in RL and so they can’t drive here. If your child has a “Power Wheels” type vehicle, they can use it in your yard or on community sidewalks.

Teens must be 16 years of age (RP-wise) to obtain a driver’s license in Giano Properties.

►►► Skybox Rental Policy ◄◄◄

• The skyboxes are for 1 person these boxes will not allow you to add anyone to the box.
• There is no place to leave a car. If you rez one to drive you must pick it up when done driving.
• There is to be no radios. This is a shared stream and cannot be changed.
• There is to be no deeded TV’s. This is a shared parcel and cannot be changed.
• There is to no breedables, animals or prim babies.

These skyboxes are meant for 1 person.

►►► Fine Print ◄◄◄

This Covenant is subject to change at any time without notice. We will do our best to notify you in a timely manner about major changes to this agreement, but it is ultimately your responsibility to ensure you have the most up to date information. If you are unsure, please request an updated copy.

Giano Properties reserves the rights to change rental pricing, prim limits, and/or any other terms in this contract at any time, without notice.

If you have any questions please feel free to IM Ikonn Giano.

Giano Estate Owner – Ikonn Giano
Giano Assistant Manager – Azreral Adamczyk

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Last Updated
2/19/2019
Version 1.61