Residential Letting & Property Management
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Do you accept tenancy applications from housing benefit claimants?
Read more: Do you accept tenancy applications from housing benefit claimants?Yes – Jungle Property does not discriminate on the grounds of: age disability gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief sex Whilst our clients do not discriminate for any of the above characteristics, they accept or reject an offer or tenancy application based on their perception of how likely it is that the offeror or applicant will perform the covenants within the tenancy agreement. A person’s entitlement to housing benefit, and level of any entitlement, is based on that person’s situation at the time a housing benefit claim is made. Nobody can say if…
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The water supplied into my property smells funny – what should I do?
Read more: The water supplied into my property smells funny – what should I do?In the first instance check this Wessex Water resource for ideas on possible causes here If this information does not answer your question, please contact Wessex Water (or your water supplier if in a different supply area) on 0345 600 4 600 and explain the symptoms to them. If it has been diagnosed that the root cause of the problem is something supplied by the landlord, please raise a repair request via our online repair request system here or via the ‘Request Repair’ image in the RH sidebar of our home page here Still not answered your question? We love…
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My electrical report is less than 10 years old and says it is valid for 10 years do I need a new one?
Read more: My electrical report is less than 10 years old and says it is valid for 10 years do I need a new one?Was the electrical installation inspected and tested no more than 5 years ago or where the most recent inspection and test report requires inspection and testing to be at intervals of less than 5 years, within the interval specified in that report? Was the electrical installation inspected and tested against the 18th edition wiring regulations (as amended 2018)? If the answer to both questions is yes, you do not need to have the installation inspected and tested yet. If the answer to either question is no, you will need to have the electrical installation inspected and tested before any tenancy…
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Are you saying that the tenant no longer needs to get the property cleaned at the end of the tenancy?
Read more: Are you saying that the tenant no longer needs to get the property cleaned at the end of the tenancy?Under the terms of our tenancy agreements, tenants agree at the end of the tenancy to (amongst other things): Clean to a good standard, the property, its fixtures and fittings and contents (if any), including the cleaning of any carpets, curtains (including net curtains), blankets, bedding, upholstery etc. which have become soiled, stained or marked during the tenancy. Deliver up the property to the landlord at the end of the tenancy in the same good and clean state of repair condition and decoration as they were in at the commencement of the tenancy, fair wear and tear and accidental damage…
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Who makes the decision to accept or reject an offer?
Read more: Who makes the decision to accept or reject an offer?The decision to accept or reject an offer rests with the landlord – Jungle Property do not make this decision. Still not answered your question? We love questions so fire it at us using the contact details here Please rate this article so we know how well it answered your question…
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How much is the Holding Deposit?
Read more: How much is the Holding Deposit?The Holding Deposit is equivalent to one weeks’ rent and is calculated by multiplying the rent per calendar month (PCM) by 12 and dividing the result by 52. The amount of the Holding Deposit for a property is shown on the listing for the property under ‘Tenant Will Need’. Still not answered your question? We love questions so fire it at us using the contact details here Please rate this article so we know how well it answered your question…
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What does a reasonable expedition mean?
Read more: What does a reasonable expedition mean?Legal speak for ‘quickly’ 🙂 Still not answered your question? We love questions so fire it at us using the contact details here Please rate this article so we know how well it answered your question…
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Does the notice period for my notice to quit need to the end on the last day of a period of my tenancy?
Read more: Does the notice period for my notice to quit need to the end on the last day of a period of my tenancy?Yes – For the notice to quit to be valid the notice period must end on the last day of a period of the tenancy. Further Reading Assured Shorthold Tenancy Tenants’ Notice to Quit – Is it valid? {Jungle Property Blog article} Do I need to pay the whole of the rent for the last month if I am leaving mid-period? {Jungle Property Knowledgebase Article} Still not answered your question? We love questions so fire it at us using the contact details here Please rate this article so we know how well it answered your question…
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Are landlords responsible for protecting tenants from COVID-19?
Read more: Are landlords responsible for protecting tenants from COVID-19?Neither Public Health England nor the Department of Health have issued instructions to landlords. It is not a landlord’s responsibility, nor is it advisable, to give tenants advice on personal hygiene or medical advice. Also a landlord does not need to know (nor has a right to know) a tenant’s medical details. If a landlord or his agent or appointed contractor needs to visit the property for some “essential” reason, the landlord, agent or contractor would need to know whether the house is under self-isolation (not why or by whom it was started) and when isolation either started or is…
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Can I (landlord) cancel a Section 21?
Read more: Can I (landlord) cancel a Section 21?*** Effective 1st May 2026 Section 21 notices are no longer legal *** No – once issued a Section 21 notice cannot be withdrawn or cancelled. However for a Section 21 to remain valid for an Assured Shorthold Tenancy granted or renewed on or after 1 October 2015 possession proceedings must be commenced within: A Section 21 does not end a tenancy so if the landlord is happy for the tenancy to continue he need take no further action other than inform the tenant he does not wish to seek possession of the property at this time. The landlord’s right…