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Checks and Payments

What are my obligations as a landlord regarding Water & Sewage (Wales)

Taps
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What are the Breathing Space Regulations?

debt relief breathing space regulations
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Awad v Hooley [2021]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Goldsbrough v CA Property Management Ltd [2019]

County court
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Ficarra & Ors v James [2021]

County court
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What is the fair rent system?

rent
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Rakusen v Jepsen [2023]

The Supreme Court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: HMO Licensing, rent repayment order, rent to rent

Chan v Bilkhu [2020]

County court
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Tyler v. Paul Carr Estate Agents [2020]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Credit checks, Housing Benefit

What records do I need to keep?

record keeping
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Can I charge tenants for cleaning at the end of the tenancy?

cleaning things
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The Secretary of State for the Home Department v R (on the application of) Joint Council for The Welfare of Immigrants

High Court
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Tenant Information Form

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Ryanair Ltd v Secretary of State for Home Department [2016]

County court
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Hounslow LBC v Waaler [2017]

High Court
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What are prohibited payments and what are the penalties? Wales

Prohibited payment
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What payments and fees am I entitled to charge my tenant? Wales

Permitted payments
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Can I make a charge if my tenant has not paid rent?

payment

In the past, it has been common for landlords to provide in their tenancy agreements for penalty payments in the event of tenants failing to pay their rent. Sometimes landlords and agents have also made a charge for sending letters. In Wales the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 has prohibited most fees but […]

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What charges can I make if my tenant has lost or does not return the keys? Wales

Keys

It is always annoying when a tenant reports that keys have been lost or when they are not returned at the end of the tenancy. Can you make a charge for this? Unlike the English Tennat Fees legislation, the Welsh legislation does not deal specifically with lost keys but provides that ‘default fees’ can be […]

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What occupation types does the Welsh Tenant Fees legislation apply to?

What is?
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Tenant Fees – what are the differences between England and Wales?

England-Wales
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Holding Deposit Documentation

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Are inspections necessary and if so, how often should I do them?

Property inspection
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How does the Tenant Fees Act affect Company Lets?

Company Let
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What are the rules for charging a holding deposit?

Holding deposit
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What charges can I make if my tenant has lost or does not return the keys?

Keys
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Can I make a charge if my tenant has not paid rent?

payment
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Meter Reading Notifications

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Schedules of permitted fees chargeable under the Tenant Fees Act 2019

Fees

Make sure you and your tenants are clear on what fees can and cannot be charged with our Schedule of permitted fees form.

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The Tenant Fees Act 2019

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Schedules of Permitted Fees

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What is Ground Rent?

Flats
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Occupation Types Tagged With: Long leases, Rent

The New Rent Arrears Schedule Form

Example

Discussing the new self-calculating rent arrears schedules (pdf and excel spreadsheet versions).

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The Rent Arrears Schedule

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Right to Rent Content

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Right to Rent Check Checklists

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The Rent Arrears Action Plan

Rent Arrears Action Plan
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What documents do I need to get from the seller when buying a property with sitting tenants?

Buying property
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When buying a property with sitting tenants, what is the situation regarding deposits?

deposit question
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What is betterment? (Or how much can I charge a tenant for damaged items?)

Betterment
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Can the tenancy deposit be used as rent?

Deposit money
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What if the value of the damage to the property exceeds the deposit money?

Damaged property
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I have a CCJ for rent arrears but the DPS are refusing to pay the deposit to me as the judgment does not name them – what can I do?

Refusal
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My tenant never pays his rent. Can I get him put on a blacklist?

Blacklist
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How can I arrange for my tenants benefit payments to be paid direct to me?

payment
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Are Housing Benefit entitled to insist on paying tenants rent in arrears when under the tenancy agreement it is payable in advance

Unpaid rent
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Doncaster v Coventry City Council [2009]

County court
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Do I need to provide a rent book?

Rent Book
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Does the landlords address have to go on the tenancy agreement?

Tenancy agreement
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Guidance on Right to Rent Checks

Right to Rent
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