Tenancy Agreements in London
For those of you who are new to London, here are the most common types of tenancy agreements that are used here: Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement (AST) – Most common, most flexible. All the...
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Tenancy Application Form
Our Better Safe Than Sorry series are officially on! The Tenancy Application Form is the 2nd most important document for the landlord after the tenancy agreement. The Landlord Zone lists reasons why...
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Tenant: Where Is My Written Agreement?
Q: My landlord did not think a written tenancy agreement is necessary, and in the haste of moving into a new place I did not care so much. But now, 3 weeks after moving in, I wish I had something...
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ARLA Warns Agents & Landlords
ARLA released a special statement today, saying that as the demand for housing in the Private Rented Sector is likely to soar due to the credit crunch, they are warning agents and landlords not to...
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Inventory Providers Team Up
(c) The Conran Shop ARLA is setting up a new organization from June this year – the Association of Professional Inventory Providers (APIP): The aim is to offer practicing inventory providers an...
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Inventory Providers are professionals, who’s job is to document the full description of the property and everything in it. The service is intended for landlords, agents or even tenants, who do not have...
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Have You Seen The Gas Safety Certificate?
An anguishing story ran through the newspapers last week. About a negligent landlord from Richmond, who has been found guilty for a young girl’s death of carbon monoxide poisoning following a gas leak...
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All Eyes On Tenants From New EU Member States
We noticed an interesting point in ARLA’s latest letting agents survey. Among the usual questions asked from the letting agents, there was one that draws attention to certain nationality tenants. The...
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Companies That Run Tenancy Deposit Protection Schemes
There are 3 companies that the Government has awarded contracts to run tenancy deposit protection schemes: The Tenancy Protection Service DPS The DPS is the only custodial deposit protection scheme,...
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Learn From Deposit Disputes
The TDS tenancy deposit scheme company has posted a couple of interesting case studies on their website. A few notes with takeouts from the disputes: 1. Make sure to always compose the Check In Report...
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Having Problems With Your Rent Payments?
Image from Daily Mail As soon as you know you might be getting into arrears – contact your landlord or agent, and let them know that you are having difficulties! Write a letter, and explain why you...
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Key Elements Of Tenancy In England & Wales
The annual Buy-To-Let guide published on Monday by the Association of Residential Letting Agents ARLA contains a lot of valuable information for not only landlords but tenants as well. Click here to...
View ArticleThe Hottest Rentals In London Revealed!
We are proud to present you some important numbers from the popular property portal FindaProperty.com. Here are the top 20 of most viewed London rental properties in January 2009: No. Location Area...
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Out Of The Box
So, when was the last time you looked at the estate agent’s window? Hunters estate agents has 24 branches from Andover to Harrogate and is now recruiting 750 people. But these new staff members will...
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Eviction Business Is Booming
“You can’t tell who’s going to be a bad tenant from how they come across in person; two of the worst tenants I’ve come across were a trainee barrister and an English teacher,” says Paul Shamplina from...
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Getting Repairs Done (With Shelter’s Help)
UK’s leading housing and homelessness charity Shelter acknowledges the fact that it is often very difficult to get the landlord to do the repairs. A very useful step by step guide (with sample...
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Cancelling NatWest Standing Order
Don’t forget to cancel your NatWest standing order* at least 3 days before the payment due date or you could end up losing money! There’s a good example in The Observer‘s “Your Problems” series, where...
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