Step 1 · Need
Size, area, budget and timing.
What we do, in detail
Letting our own property, right to rent checks, safety and energy, deposits and payments.
Program 01 · Landlord, not agent
Letting our property
We let what we own or hold on lease, so you deal with the landlord rather than with an agent acting for someone else. That cuts out a layer, and it also means the agent protections do not apply here, which we say up front rather than letting anyone assume otherwise. There are no fees for viewing, referencing, an inventory or drawing up the agreement, because those are prohibited payments and we do not request them.
Step 2 · Viewing
The actual property, not a lookalike.
Step 3 · Checks
Right to rent, for every adult.
Step 4 · Keys
Once the paperwork is complete.
Step 1 · Who
Everyone aged 18 or over moving in.
Step 2 · How
Whichever permitted route suits you.
Step 3 · Record
Dated copies, stored securely.
Step 4 · Follow-up
Diarised where permission expires.
Program 02 · Everyone, the same way
Right to rent checks
The check covers every adult who will live there as their main home, not only whoever signs, and it happens before move-in. We accept any route the law allows: original documents seen in person, a Home Office online check with a share code, or a certified digital identity provider. We will not insist on one particular document when the law permits another, and we do not treat time-limited permission as a reason to refuse. Copies are dated and kept, which is what creates the statutory excuse.
Program 03 · Before, not after
Safety and energy
A gas safety record before you move in and every year after it. An electrical installation condition report at intervals of no more than five years, handed to you rather than mentioned. Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms fitted and tested. And an energy certificate of band E or better, because letting below E is prohibited and that prohibition applies to continuing a tenancy, not just starting one. If any of it is outstanding, the start date moves. The keys do not.
Step 1 · Gas
Record issued and handed over.
Step 2 · Electrical
Report within five years.
Step 3 · Alarms
Fitted and tested on day one.
Step 4 · Energy
Band E or better, or no let.
Step 1 · Holding
One week's rent, maximum.
Step 2 · Deposit
Five weeks, into a scheme.
Step 3 · Information
Prescribed details served.
Step 4 · Return
Settled against the inventory.
Program 04 · Capped by statute
Deposits and payments
A holding deposit is capped at one week's rent and can only be kept on the narrow grounds the law allows, with written reasons within seven days if it is. A tenancy deposit is capped at five weeks' rent where the annual rent is under fifty thousand pounds, and it goes into an approved scheme with the prescribed information served. Everything else people have been charged over the years, for viewings, referencing, inventories or drafting the agreement, is a prohibited payment and we do not ask for it.
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