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What should I do if my tenants are a couple who have split up?

arguing couple
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies, Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: Changing tenants

What are my obligations regarding assistance dogs and ’emotional support animals’?

Assistance dog
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Filed Under: Consumer Law Tagged With: assistance dogs, Disabled tenant, Pets

Will a minor mistake make my possession notice invalid?

Making a mistake
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Filed Under: Court Proceedings, Ending Tenancies Tagged With: Eviction, Section 8 Notice, Service of Notice

How many people can you have on a joint tenancy agreement?

Joint tenants
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: England only, Joint tenants

Should children be added to the tenancy as household members?

children
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Filed Under: Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: children, Tenancy Agreements

What are prohibited payments and what are the penalties? Wales

Prohibited payment
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: old Wales, Tenant Fees Wales, wales checks rental payments topic, Wales only

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

Permitted payments
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: Council tax, old Wales, Tenant Fees Wales, wales checks rental payments topic, Wales only

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 […]

Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: old Wales, Rent arrears, Tenant Fees Wales, Wales only

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 […]

Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: keys, old Wales, Tenant Fees Wales, Wales only

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

What is?
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: old Wales, permitted payments, Tenant Fees Wales, Wales only

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

England-Wales
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Tenancy Agreements, Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: permitted payments, Tenant Fees Act, Tenant Fees Wales

How do I work out how many households are in my property?

Why?
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Filed Under: Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: HMO Rules

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

Property inspection
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Inspections

How does the Tenant Fees Act affect Company Lets?

Company Let
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Company Lets, England only, permitted payments, Tenant Fees Act

What are the rules for charging a holding deposit?

Holding deposit
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: holding deposit, permitted payments, Tenant Fees Act, Tenant Fees Wales, Wales - contract deposit topic

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

Keys
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: keys, permitted payments, Tenant Fees Act

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

payment
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: England only, permitted payments, Rent, Rent arrears, Tenant Fees Act

How much money can I take as a deposit from tenants?

Question
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Filed Under: Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: England only, permitted payments, Tenancy Deposits

What does ‘fit for human habitation’ actually mean? (England)

Checking a property
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Filed Under: The Property Condition Tagged With: England only, Fitness for Habitation

What is Ground Rent?

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

What can the landlord do if the tenant is not looking after the property properly?

Tenant
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Filed Under: The Property Condition Tagged With: Inventories, Repairing obligations, RRA-property-condition-topic

What are landlords repairing responsibilities?

Workman for repairs
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Filed Under: The Property Condition Tagged With: England only, Fitness for Habitation, Landlords repairing obligations

What are the differences between joint and several tenancies and renting individual rooms in a shared house?

What is the difference?
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Shared Properties & HMOs, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: Council tax, England only, Joint tenants, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, RRA-Shared-Properties-HMOs-Topic, shared property comparision faq, Tenancy Agreements

Do I need to get a license for my HMO? Wales

HMO Application
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Filed Under: Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: HMO Licensing, HMO Rules, old Wales, Wales only

What are the HMO Minimum Bedroom Sizes

Measuring rooms
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Filed Under: Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: eng, HMO Licensing

What about letting agent accreditation?

Letting agents
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents

Will it be more difficult for me to evict a tenant if they are disabled?

Disabled tenant
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Filed Under: Consumer Law Tagged With: Disability, Disabled tenant, RRA-consumer-law-topic

Do I have to pay for adapting a property if it is occupied by a disabled person?

Stair lift
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Filed Under: Consumer Law Tagged With: Disabled tenant

What procedures should you follow when a tenant makes a complaint?

Procedures
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies, The Property Condition Tagged With: Complaints, England only, Tenant's rights

We are a limited company, does this affect how we sign documents?

Signing Documents
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Filed Under: Consumer Law, Court Proceedings, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: company landlords, Company Lets, Signing documents

What can tenants do, if landlords do not keep their properties in repair?

tenant on the phone
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Filed Under: The Property Condition Tagged With: Disrepair liability, Tenant's rights

Do I need to serve notice after I have bought a property?

Section 3 letter
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Filed Under: Consumer Law Tagged With: Buying property, Sitting tenants

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

Buying property
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Buying property, RRA-checks-rental-payments-topic, Sitting tenants

What rules do agents have to follow regarding their fees (England)

Fees

On 27 May 2015, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (section 83 onwards) came into force (in England only) to bring in rules regarding letting agents fees. These are intended to create full transparency – so landlords and tenants know exactly how much they will be required to pay before they enter into any form of […]

Filed Under: About Letting Agents Tagged With: Consumer, England only, Letting agent fees

What if the tenancy agreement gives the agents name as the landlord rather than the real landlord?

Tenancy agreement
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: Tenancy Agreements

Where can I find the legislation about Redress Schemes?

Law books
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents Tagged With: Property Redress Schemes

What should I do if I have a complaint about my letting agent?

Complaints
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents Tagged With: Consumer, Letting agent liability, Property Redress Schemes

How can I be sure that the agent will do all the proper checks and chose a reliable tenant?

Letting agent
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents Tagged With: checking tenants, Credit checks

What should I look out for in the Agent’s contract and terms of trading?

Checking the contract
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents Tagged With: Letting Agent Agreement

Do I need to have a written contract with my letting agent?

signed contract
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents Tagged With: Letting Agent Agreement

What about the letting agents fees?

Making payment
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents Tagged With: Letting agent fees

What should I look for in an agent?

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Filed Under: About Letting Agents

When should I use a letting agent?

Letting agent
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents

What happens when a tenant dies?

Graves
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies Tagged With: Death, England only, Public Trustee

What should be done with the tenants’ post after they have left?

Dealing with the post
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies Tagged With: ending tenancies, Post

What if the tenant wants to go but has a lodger or someone else living at the property with them?

secret lodger
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies Tagged With: Lodgers, Subletting

What happens if the tenant leaves things behind after he goes?

Items left beind
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies Tagged With: England only, Items left behind

When a tenant leaves should there be a ‘hand-over’ meeting?

Property inspection
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies Tagged With: Tenancy Deposits

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

deposit question
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: Buying property, Sitting tenants, Tenancy Deposits

Do I have to use the arbitration service provided by the tenancy deposit scheme?

Adjudication
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Filed Under: Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: Tenancy Deposit Adjudications

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