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Renting from a distance without being defrauded
Rental fraud works because applicants are asked to commit money before they can verify anything. The defence is sequencing.
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Tenancies, deposits, notice and the rights on both sides of a lease.
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Viewing a rental property in the fifteen minutes you get
Rental viewings are short, crowded and rushed on purpose. A short list of checks in a fixed order beats wandering around admiring…
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Guarantors: what signing for someone else commits you to
A guarantor is not a character reference. It is a financial commitment that can outlast the tenancy and the friendship behind it.
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Renting with pets, and how that negotiation works
Most refusals are about risk rather than animals. The tenants who succeed are the ones who make the risk look small and documented.
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Renewing, rolling on or leaving at the end of a fixed term
A fixed term ending is a decision point with three outcomes, and doing nothing is one of them. The default is not always the…
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Furnished, part-furnished and unfurnished, costed
The furnishing level changes the rent, the deposit risk and how easily you can move. It is a financial choice, not a lifestyle one.
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What a letting agent does, and who pays for it
Letting agents sell three different services under one name. Knowing which one you are buying explains almost every complaint about…
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Becoming a landlord because you could not sell
Letting a property you meant to sell is a different business from owning it. The obligations arrive whether or not you intended to…
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Bills, meters and who pays what in a tenancy
Utility responsibility is decided by the agreement and by who is named on the account. Confusion between the two produces most of…