Tag Archives: Short Assured Tenancy
Short Assured Tenancy – are your pre-tenancy charges legal?
The question of whether charges commonly imposed on tenants by landlords/agents, and whether or not are unlawful premiums under the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984, is a long-running debate within the private rented sector. Many landlords/agents charge a variety of fees to a tenant prior to sign-up, including “administration charge”, “holding deposit” and “referencing fee”. We’ve
LANDLORDS; Are you prepared for Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011?
PARTS OF THE ACT ARE COMING INTO FORCE SOON! The Scottish Parliament doesn’t like to make life easy for us by just bringing a whole Act into force at the same time. Instead, they like to test a lawyer’s ability to keep up to speed, by bringing certain parts into force in dribs and drabs…
Landlords – How to Ensure a Tenant Pays their Rent?
LANDLORDS – HOW TO ENSURE YOUR TENANT PAYS THE RENT? Well, in a nutshell, you can’t! But you can try to protect yourself by taking some basic steps before you hand over the keys to the property. Credit checks What is your prospective tenant’s financial position? Have they got multiple debts to other creditors? Are there
The Case of the Disappearing Tenant – What to do when they vanish without a trace
Picture the scene…… You notice that your tenant is behind in their rental payments. You go to the property to speak with them however nobody is home. You have a look through the letterbox, only to see a pile of unopened mail and a house that appears to have been abandoned. You reach the conclusion
