Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect Rental Property: Essential Tips for First-Time Tenants
Part 2
Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect Rental Property: Essential Tips for First-Time Tenants Part 2 – You are now happily settled in? If you’ve been in a week or so you should have had a chance to look at the inventory and schedule of condition and if there’s anything you don’t agree with let the Agent know so they can note it down. The inventory and schedule of condition is a record of what the property looks like when you start the tenancy and will have photos embedded in it and notes about wear and tear etc.
It’s up to you to make sure it’s accurate as it will be used as a reference when you check out. If you want to make improvements to the property you will need to contact the Agent who will ask the Landlord. They will normally permit reasonable requests but sometimes they will ask you to de-personalise your improvements and return the property back to where it was when you moved in.
You should also have a letter from the Agent telling you where your bond has been insured (Redrose use mydeposits) and it will tell you what your legal rights are. If your Landlord manages your property you should have been sent information from them about where your bond is held and who insures it.
Your agent will tell you who to pay your rent to each month. If the Agent manages the property, you will pay it to the Agent’s client bank account and if the Landlord manages the property, you will pay it directly to the Landlord. The rent is due a month in advance and must be paid on the same date you checked each month.
Normally, through your Tenancy, the Agent or the Landlord will want to inspect the property. At Redrose we arrange an inspection after you’ve been in for 3 months then as long as everything is acceptable, we will inspect it every 6 months after that.
So, you’ve woken up this morning and the heating won’t work. What do you do? Before calling the Agent make sure it’s not something simple like a boiler setting or you’ve had a power cut. If you can’t get it to work, call the Agent and they will appoint a tradesman to attend.
They will normally call you to make an appointment to visit so make sure you answer your phone and check your texts. Sometimes the Agent will have to contact the Landlord to ask permission to appoint a tradesman. This can delay the repair but if the Landlord can’t be contacted and the heating is necessary ie it’s cold, the Agent will normally authorise the repair.
So, you’ve been in a year and you’re wondering if your rent will go up? At Redrose we review the rent on the property every year and after discussing it with the Landlord, if it’s agreed that more rent could be achieved if the property was vacant then a rent increase will be imposed. Of course, if the going rate for the property is the same or lower, then there would be no increase. Some Landlords are happy with their tenants and will not want to increase the rent at all.
Well, you’ve been in the property a couple of years and you’ve managed to get a new job in another area, or you’re moving in with your girlfriend or you buying a house and you need to give notice to leave. Always do this in writing to the Agent or Landlord and on a rent payment date. You have to give 1 month’s notice. If you’re buying a house wait until you are sure the purchase is going to go ahead by asking your solicitor to tell you 1 month before completion.
In your last month in the property, you will need to give access to the Agent to conduct more viewings for the next tenancy. Find your inventory and so you can get your full bond returned make good any issues you have created during the tenancy.
If you have left marks on the walls which can’t be wiped off, don’t touch up unless you have the exact colour paint. If you don’t have the actual colour paint, paint the whole wall to be sure in a colour as near as possible to the original. It’s a good idea to get the carpets professionally cleaned. Check with the Agent if you’re not sure and they will advise on best practice.
When you’ve checked out, as long as everything with the property is as you found it with allowance for some wear and tear, the Agent or Landlord will return your bond.
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Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect Rental Property: Essential Tips for First-Time Tenants