Residential Letting & Property Management
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Can I paint my side of my neighbour’s fence?
Read more: Can I paint my side of my neighbour’s fence?Only if your neighbour gives you permission to do so. Leaning things against your neighbour’s fence, hanging things on your neighbour’s fence, even using your neighbour’s fence as a makeshift retaining wall, will place a much heavier burden on the fence panels and supporting posts than they were designed to bear. The consequences of such actions are easy enough to predict and you will be liable for the cost of any repairs. On top of that you will still have to do, and pay for, the work that you did incorrectly and which resulted in the damage to your neighbour’s…
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Can you tell me how much the bills are for a property?
Read more: Can you tell me how much the bills are for a property?No sorry. The additional charges will typically include some or all of the following: • Council Tax • Telephone • Broadband • Satellite television • Terrestrial television • Electricity • Water & Sewerage • Oil The actual level of these charges will be dependant on many factors specific to an individual e.g. how often they have the heating on. 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 the rent amount shown on your listing include?
Read more: What does the rent amount shown on your listing include?The rent shown on all our property listings refers to the amount of asking rent per calendar month (PCM) only. If anything else is included in this amount e.g. a gardening service, it will be explicitly detailed towards the top of the listing. Some property portals may automatically convert this figure to rent per week but this is made clear on the portal and the same rule as above applies. 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…
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Who is liable for Council Tax after a tenant vacates the dwelling before the end of the tenancy?
Read more: Who is liable for Council Tax after a tenant vacates the dwelling before the end of the tenancy?Liability for Council Tax is defined in law (statute and case law) not by contract (Tenancy Agreement). The answer to the question is dependant on the situation when the tenant vacated: The tenancy agreement was for an initial period of six months or more and the initial period has not yet ended The ‘non-resident’ tenant remains the owner of the dwelling for Council Tax purposes and remains liable for the Council Tax until the end of the tenancy. The tenancy agreement was for an initial period of six months or more and the initial period has ended and the tenancy…
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Why has the engineer not left me a gas safety certificate after the gas safety check?
Read more: Why has the engineer not left me a gas safety certificate after the gas safety check?If the Gas Safe engineer uses paper Gas Safety Records they should leave a copy for the tenants. However many engineers now complete records of gas safety checks on a tablet and e-mail a copy to the landlord or agent later who will then issue a copy to the tenant. Landlords have a statutory obligation to ensure a copy of the record is given to each existing tenant of premises to which the record relates within 28 days of the date of the check and we routinely send a copy of records to all tenants using their preferred method of…
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When would you recommend the frequency of periodic inspection are relaxed from a lesser frquency than every 3 months?
Read more: When would you recommend the frequency of periodic inspection are relaxed from a lesser frquency than every 3 months?Any recommendation to a landlord to relax the frequency of periodic inspections from every three months to a frquency of every six or twelve months would be based on our assessment of the tenant’s level of compliance with the terms of the tenancy agreement but most notably the tenant’s compliance with the following covenants: To keep the interior of the Property during the term in as good and clean state of repair condition and decoration as the Property was in at the commencement of the tenancy; To notify the Landlord or his Agent as immediately as is practicable of any…
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What is the Jungle Property Registration Number for the NRL scheme?
Read more: What is the Jungle Property Registration Number for the NRL scheme?904/NA 049443 (If the number doesn’t work please just enter 049443. If you still have further problems please call HMRC on 03000 516 644 (UK) OR +44 3000 516 644 (Outside UK)) Further Reading Can Jungle Property apply for me to have UK rental income without deduction of tax on my behalf? {Jungle Property Knoweledgebase 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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Is there a way to check my credit report and score for free before I reserve a property?
Read more: Is there a way to check my credit report and score for free before I reserve a property?Yes – See link below on how to check your credit report for free. Please note that credit references will fail if any Applicant’s Equifax credit score is less than 380, Experian credit score is less than 721 or TransUnion credit score is below 566. Further Reading MoneySavingExpert – How to check your credit report for free Barclaycard – What is a good or average credit score 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 long after the Check-Out will it be before I hear about my deposit?
Read more: How long after the Check-Out will it be before I hear about my deposit?The DEALING WITH THE TENANCY DEPOSIT AFTER THE END OF THE TENANCY section of your tenancy agreement covers how we deal with your deposit. The clerk will prepare a Check-Out Report which we will review before we pass it to the landlord. We give the landlord 72 hours to review and respond to the report. The landlord will then inform us if they wish to claim compensation for anything raised at the Check-Out. If the landlord wishes to claim compensation, we will contact you immediately with details of what it is the landlord wishes to claim for, and how much.…
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Is blackened sealant around the bath fair wear and tear or damage?
Read more: Is blackened sealant around the bath fair wear and tear or damage?Dirt is not fair wear and tear. Deterioration of the sealant over time is fair wear and tear – regardless of how often it is cleaned, the sealant will over time dry out, rot and crack. The Association of Independant Inventory Clerks (AIIC) guidelines on this topic are as follows: Bath sealants will also discolour and blacken. Depending on the length of the tenancy this will be a wear and tear issue and for any tenancy longer than one year it is considered to be the landlord’s responsibility to renew bath sealant periodically… If bath sealant and grouting is blackened…