YOUR GUIDE TO LETTING YOUR PROPERTY
Your property is probably your most valuable asset, and you need to be sure it is in safe hands when you come to let it.
We pride ourselves on building strong working relationships with our landlords – many of whom have been with us since we started and they continue to recommend us to family and friends – so when you come to Cavendish Rentals, you can be sure you will be working with a trustworthy, capable organisation.
Don’t just take our word for it though – one of the ways that we prove our trustworthiness and capabilities is by membership of professional bodies. To date, there is no Government licensing of letting agents. For this reason, it is advisable to work with an agent who has chosen voluntarily to join the relevant professional associations.
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01. Choosing the Right Tenant
Tenant selection is one of the most critical steps in ensuring a successful let; get it wrong and you can be in for a long period of stress and worry and even financial loss.
Not only do we ensure that a prospective tenant is financially viable, legally entitled to rent and has no history of defaults or bad behaviour, we are also mindful of an owner’s preferences in our selection process. All potential tenants complete a detailed application form either on paper or online and must provide photo ID as well.
References provided for previous landlords, employers and friends are all followed up and confirmed and credit checks are also done as part of this process. We will provide you with the information we have gathered and we will give you our recommendation based on our experience and knowledge.
- We use Let Alliance Referencing Service to fully reference all applicants; this shows up any discrepancies in the tenant’s application, and also ensures that the tenant is financially able to rent the property.
- We use viewing appointments as a valuable opportunity to get to know the applicants and make sure they are right for your property. The majority of our viewings take place at weekends and we have staff available to cater for this.
- Once a prospective tenant puts in an offer we will contact you and communicate the full details of the offer, along with as much information as possible in order to help you to decide whether or not to accept the offer.
- Following successful referencing, we draw up a Tenancy Agreement, and collect cleared funds for the first month’s rent and the deposit prior to the tenant moving in.
02. Your Tenant’s Deposit
We are members of the Deposit Protection Service and all deposit monies are held by the DPS, who offer a free arbitration service should we not be able to successfully negotiate the end of the tenancy and use of the deposit.
The most common cause for concern at the end of a tenancy is not damage, it is the standard of cleanliness – this is where our Inventory/Schedule of Condition comes in.
By clearly outlining the standard of cleanliness at the beginning of the tenancy and combined with our thorough Tenancy Agreement, we usually have sufficient grounds to have the property cleaned at the outgoing tenant’s expense, thus facilitating a speedy re-let.
For more details, visit the Deposit Protection Service
Our job here at Cavendish Rentals is to make your job as Landlord as stress free as possible!
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