TENANTS

Our aim is to find you the perfect property to suit your requirements with the minimum of hassle.

Finding a property

The first step is to contact us to provide brief details about yourself and about the accommodation you require. We then search our database for suitable properties for you to view. If not urgent, we log your details so that we can contact you as suitable properties become available. It is wise to start looking about a month before you wish to move, as the nicer properties are viewed and reserved quickly. Our tenancies are granted for a minimum term of 6 months, which may be renewed if all parties are in agreement.

• To view our selection of available properties to let please use the Property Search boxes on the right
• To register your requirements please click on the Register tab above.

Please note that for your safety and peace of mind -

• All of our managed properties are Gas Safe certificated, and furniture fire safety
• All Tenancy Deposits (bonds) are held in accordance with the Deposit Protection Regulations.

Viewings

Viewings will be arranged at times to suit you, including evenings and weekends, and you will invariably be accompanied by a member of staff, who can give advice and answer any questions you may have.

Holding Deposit

A holding deposit of one week’s rent is required prior to commencing the full referencing / credit checks of all parties wishing to proceed. The holding deposit will then be deducted from the first months rent upon commencement of tenancy. This holding deposit can be retained if the applicant(s) provides false or misleading information, fails Right To Rent Checks, withdraws from the property or fails to take reasonable steps to enter into a tenancy within the agreed timescale.’

Schedule 2 of the Tenant Fee Bill 2019 – Treatment of holding deposit – governs how we deal with your holding deposit. This schedule applies where a holding deposit is paid to a Landlord or agent in respect of a proposed tenancy of housing in England. In this schedule, ‘the deadline’ for the agreement’ means the fifteenth day of the period beginning with the day on which the landlord or agent receives the holding deposit – unless both parties agree otherwise, this deposit must be returned and if it is decided by the Landlord or letting agent not to proceed with referencing after a holding deposit is paid, this fee must be returned by the deadline no later than 7 days after a decision is made not to proceed.

References

As a minimum we will require satisfactory references from your employer (or college), a previous or current landlord, and a credit reference report.

We may also require a personal reference, and sometimes a guarantor. We may use the services of an independent referencing company to obtain and evaluate these references.

Rents

Rents are normally quoted calendar monthly, and payable monthly in advance. The tenant is usually also responsible for Council Tax, Water Rates, Gas, Electricity and Telephone costs. All rents are payable by bank standing order to our company bank account or your landlord's bank account.

Deposit

A maximum deposit amount equivalent to x5 weeks rent will be requested and treated in accordance with the Tenancy Deposit Protection regulations, and you will be provided with the appropriate prescribed information and receive details regarding the scheme used. The deposit is held to cover damage, breakages, and any other liabilities under the terms of your tenancy agreement. Please note that under no circumstances can the deposit be used by the tenant to cover rent.