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Site Index - The PIMS Guide to Letting

Starting a Tenancy

Tenancy Agreeements
New Tenancy & Move in
Sourcing & Vetting
Tenancy Deposits
Lodgers / Resident Landlord
Sharers HMO & Planning
Local Housing Allowance
Managing the Tenancy
 
Health and Safety
Inspections & Visits
Complaints and Breach
Property Care & Maintenance
Rent Arrears
 
Lettings Legislation
Ending a Tenancy

Regaining Possession
Landlord Notices
Section 21 Notices
Section 8 Notices
Recovery of Debt
 
Lettings Agents

Starting a Tenancy

 
  • New Tenant Wants To Rent What Next?
  • Taking Deposits
  • Preparation To Let
  • Pricing Rent And Reducing Void Periods
  • Letting Rooms Vs House Share
  • Furnished Accommodation
  • Furnished Or Unfurnished
  • Advertising For Tenants
  • Renting to three or more - Planning Laws - Shared Houses
  • Rent In Advance- Can I accept more than One Months rent
  • Standing Order
  • Sureties And Guarantors Viewings
  • Warning Creating A Tenancy By Conduct
  • The Tenancy Lifecycle flowchart
  • Tenants Deposits
  • Authority And Permissions Prior To Let
  • Section 48 Landlord Address
  • Use An Agent Or Not
  • Payment Of Council Tax
  • When Should An Ast Be Used
  • Witnessing Signing of Tenancy Agreeement An Ast
  • Why Serve A Section 21 Notice?

Documents Starting a Tenancy

  • Prospective Tenant Moving Guidance Sheet
  • Guide To Drug Abuse In Rented Properties
  • Receipt For Monies Received
  • Standing Order Form
  • Water Supplier Notification New Tenant
  • New Tenancy Viewing Appointment Sheet For Property
  • EPC
  • Sample Epc
  • Certificate
  • EPC Members Offer  

New Tenancy

  • New Tenancy - Reservation Holding Deposit Form
  • Selecting The Tenant
  • New Tenant Wants To Rent What Next?

Documents Granting Tenancy

  • Tenancy Application Form For Tenant Or Guarantor
  • New Tenancy - Reservation Holding Deposit Form
  • New Tenancy Acceptance Letter Of Confirmation

Sourcing and Vetting Tenants

  • Advertising For Tenants
  • Check List
  • Checking Bank Statements
  • Credit Checking Tenants
  • Deposit Paid By The Council
  • Eligibility For Housing Benefits
  • Referencing
  • Vetting
  • The Classic Deception
Documents for Vetting
  • Tenant Vetting Bank Reference Request Tenant Must Sign
  • Tenant Vetting Employer Reference Request
  • Tenant Vetting Personal Reference Tenant Vetting Previous-Current Landlord
  • Sample advert Shop Window Property To Let

Move in Check List

  • Move In Check List
  • Cleared Funds Bounced Cheque
  • Inventory
  • Insuring Property & Liabilities
  • EPC & GAS Checks
  • Members EPC
  • Find Gas Check supplier
  • Documents To Be Issued
  • Payment Of Council Tax
  • People To Inform
  • Locks And Keys
  • Landlords Guide To Epcs
  • Issuing Keys And Handover To The Tenant

Documents move in process

  • New Tenancy - Essential Contact Information For The Tenant
  • Council Tax Notification New Tenants At The Address
  • Electricity Supplier Utility Notification Of New Tenant
  • Gas Supplier Notification Of New Tenant
  • Inventory Of Household Items And Condition Of Property
  • If Taking a Deposit you MUST provide the Prescribed Information
  • Section 21 1 B Notice when at the beginning of the Tenancy

Tenancy Deposit

Tenants Deposits menu

  • Taking Deposits
  • Benefits Of Taking Deposits
  • Check Out And Deposits
  • Deposit Disputes
  • Deposit Paid By The Council
  • Deposit Return
  • Deposit Schemes - The Dps
  • Deposit Schemes Compare
  • Information To Be Supplied To The Tenant
  • Penalties Failing To Comply
  • Prescribed Information
  • Relevant Person

Residential Landord Lodgers

  • Resident Landlord
  • Lodger
  • Occupier With Basic Protection
Documents
  • Lodger Agreement
  • Letting Rooms In Your Home Residential Landlord

Landlord Notices

  • Section 8 Notice
  • Section 11 Repairs
  • Section 20 Notice
  • Section 21 Notice
  • Section 21 1 B Notice when served in the fixed term
  • Section 21 4 A when served after fixed term being in the Periodic Tenancy
  • Section 47
  • Section 48 Landlord Address
  • Why Serve A Section 21 Notice?

Lettings Agents

  • Letting Agents  
  • Rent Collection
  • Agent-Liability
  • Agents & Inventories
  • Bringing A Claim Against Your Letting Agent
  • Data Protection Act 1998
  • How To Select A Letting Agent
  • Let Only Basis
  • The Accidental Landlord
  • The Accommodation Agencies Act 1953
  • Management Agreement
  • Managing Your Agent.
  • Financial Services Authority
  • Full Management
  • Scope Of Authority
  • Use An Agent Or Not
  • Vetting The Landlord And Due Diligence
  • Inform Tenant Agent Has Changed
 

Health and Safety

  • Asbestos
  • Gas Safety Overview
  • Health Safety Excutive Guidance Gas
  • Gas Health Safety Excutive Guidance
  • Gas Safety Penalities for non compliance
  • Health And Safety Menu
  • Housing Fitness Standard
  • HHSRS - Landlords’ Responsibilities
  • Background And Definition
  • HHSRS
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Defective Premises
  • Fire Alarms
  • Fire Safety
  • HHSRS Inspection By Council
  • Over Crowding
  • Plugs And Sockets.

Documents Health and Safety

  • Electrics And Fire Safety Guidance
  • Fire Risk Assessment Form
  • Housing Health & Safety Rating System - Hhsrs
 
The Tenancy Lifecycle Flowchart

Managing the Tenancy

Menu Managing A Tenancy

  • Managing Your Agent.
  • How To Increase The Rent
  • Landlord Repair Obligations
  • If the Landlord moves during the tenancy issue Section 48 Landlords Contact Address
  • Over Crowding
  • Proof Of Service Of Notice
  • Periodic-Tenancies
  • Rent Related Topics
  • Renewing A Tenancy
  • Rent Book
  • Tenant Leaving Early
  • Rent Voids
  • Smoking In Rented Property
  • Tenant Harassment
  • Tenant's Duties Gas Safety
  • Unlawful Eviction
  • Why Serve Notice?

    Documents Managing a Tenancy

  • Managing The Tenancy Expiry Renew Or Not
  • Not Renewing The Tenancy Agreement Confirmation
  • Maintenance
  • Landlord Repair Obligations Guide 20 Pages
  • Rent Increase Notice

Tenancy Agreeements

HOME PAGE Tenancy Agreement
  • Ast In Detail
  • Ast Ceiling Raised To £100,000
  • Break Clauses
  • Clauses In The Pims Tenancy Agreement
  • Company Let
  • How To Complete Our Tenancy Agreement
  • Joint And Several
  • Licenses & Tenancies
  • Legal Frame Work Of Tenancies
  • Long Tenancies Or Leases
  • Many Agreements are unLawful
  • No Signed Ast
  • Signing The Tenancy Agreement
  • Periodic-Tenancies
  • Tenancy Agreements In Detail
  • Tenancy Length

Documents Tenancy Related

  • Tenancy Agreement with Prescribed Information for Deposit
  • Master Tenancy Agreement Pack
  • If using other Tenancy Agreement - Prescribed Information
  • Deed Of Guarantee Tenancy Agreement
  • Company Let Agreement
  • Guide To Regulated Tenancies
  • Renting Ast And Assured Tenancy

Sharers HMO & Planning

  • Letting Rooms Vs House Share
  • Hmo And Licensing
  • Hmo Definition
  • Housing And
  • Rent Repayment Orders
  • Selective Licensing
  • Planning Laws - Shared Houses
  • Hmo And Licensing
  • Hmo Definition  
  •  Over Payments

    Documents shared property

  • HMO Licencing
  • Planning Laws For Renting To Sharers 3 Or More
  • Housing And Planning Key Facts England
     
     
     
     

Inspections & Visits

  • Inspections By Landlord
  • Agent Inspections
  • HHSRS Inspection By Council
  • Landlord Right Of Entry Vs Tenant Refusal
Documents Inspection & Access
  • Periodic Inspection Letter
  • Tenant Notification Gas Safety You Have Keys
  • Maintenance - Gas Safety Inspection - Tenant Not Required
  • Emergency Access To The Property
  • End Of Tenancy - New Tenant Viewing
  • Emergency Access To The Property
  • Notification Of Repairs Maintenance Tenant Attendance Not Required
  • Notification Of Repairs Maintenance Tenant Attendance Required
  • Recharge Invoice

Complaints and Breach of Tenancy

  • Dealing With Complaints
  • Litigation Against Landlord
  • Damage Nuisance Breach Complaints
  • Can I Change The Locks?
  • Smoking In Rented Property
  • Grounds For Possession
  • Ending A Tenancy

Documents

  • Damage To Property Unauthorised Erection Of Satellite Dish
  • Complaint About Noisy First Letter To Tenants
  • Noise Complaint Second Letter Or Breach Of Tenancy Excessive Noise
  • Notification Of Repairs Maintenance Tenant Attendance Not Required
  • Tenant Breach Smoking In Premises Not Shared
  • Unauthorised Occupiers
  • Antisocial Behaviour First Letter
  • Car Parking In Unallocated Bays In Flats
  • Smoking In Shared Houses
  • Untidy Garden
  • Guide To Drug Abuse In Rented Properties
  • N119 Possession Application For Breach
  • N119a Possession
  • Tenant Has Changed The Locks

Legislation

  • Main Menu - Letting Legislation, Rules And Regulations
  • The Housing Acts
  • Decent Homes Standard
  • Housing Fitness Standard
  • Discrimination
  • Housing Fitness Standard
  • Overseas Landlords
  • Rent Assessment Committees
  • Rent Book
  • Serving Notice Delivery Days
  • Squatters Or Permitted Occupier
  • Succession Rights
  • Landlord Tax
Free Landlords Guide - 90 Page
 
 

Property Care and Maintenance

  • Landlord Right Of Entry Vs Tenant Refusal
  • Maintenance And Repair Obligations
  • Electric, Gas, Water
  • Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations
  • Electrical Installations Part P
  • Electrical Safety And Electrical Goods
  • General Product Safety
  • Landlord Repair Obligations
  • Section 11 Repairs
  • Applying For Grants
  • The 29 Hazards- Hhsrs
  • Duty Of Care
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    Documents Care & Repair
    • Maintenance Repair To Property Tenant Liable To Pay
    • Electricity In The Home - Guide To Fire Safety
    • Health Safety Excutive Guidance Gas
    • Landlord Repair Obligations Guide 20 Pages

    Ending a Tenancy

    Menu Ending A Tenancy
    • Check Out Process
    • Tenant Leaving Early
    • Tenant Leaves Possessions Behind
    • Possession Eviction Related
    • Eviction Notices
    • Eviction Time Frames
    • Tenant In Rent Arrears
    • Rent In Advance I accepted more than one months rent in advance  
    • Tenants Defence Delaying Tactics
    • Types Of Tenancie to end
    • Why Serve Notice?
    • Letter Asking The Tenant To Leave
    • Break Clauses
    • Can I Change The Locks?
    • Cutting Your Losses  
    • The Tenancy Lifecycle flowchart

    Ending a Tenancy Flowchart (click)

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    Documents Ending a Tenancy

    • Handing Back The Property To The Landlord
    • Not Renewing The Tenancy Agreement Confirmation
    • Check Out Schedule Cleaning Of The Property
    • Deed Of Assignment Surrender In Part
    • End Of Tenancy Statement Of Final Account
    • End Of Tenancy Tenant Forwarding Address
    • Section 21 1 B Notice when served in the fixed term
    • Section 21 4 A when served after fixed term being in the Periodic Tenancy

    Regaining Possession

    • Applying For Possession Options
    • Applying For Possession On-Line
    • Appeal And Setting Aside Possession
    • Confirmation Of Possession Order Landlord
    • Grounds For Possession
    • Landlord Repossession Statistics
    • Tenant Breach N5 Non Rent Arrears
    • Suspended Orders
    • How To Apply For A Bailiff
    • Court Hearing Section 21
    • Court Hearing
    • Landlords Evidence
    • The Judges Decision
    • Find Local Court
    • Why Serve A Section 21 Notice?
    Documents
    • Document to request Bailiff
    • Court Form N5
    • N119 Possession Application For Breach
    • N119a Possession
    • N5b Accelerated Possession Procedure Assured Shorthold Tenancy. Ast
    • N5b Guidance Notes
    • Guide To Removing Squatters
    • Tenant Defence Accelerated Possession
    • N215 Certificate Of Service Witness
    • Diary Of Events
     

    Rent Arrears

    • Tenant In Rent Arrears
    • Rent Arrears Letters
    • Rent Related Topics
    • Arrears Letters Protocol
    • Completing A Section 8 Notice
    • Cutting Your Losses
    • Issue A Section 8 For Rent Arrears
    • Issue A Section 8 Notice Wizard
    • Why Serve Notice?
    Tenant on Benefits and in Arrears
    • Rent Arrears Benefits Claimant
    • Benefits Tenant In Rent Arrears
    • Direct Payment To The Landlord
    • Vetting Benefits Tenants  
    •   Find Council Offices

      Documents dealing with Rent Arrears

      • First Rent Arrears Letter
      • Rent Arrears Second Letter 3 Weeks Over Due
      • Rent Arrears Third Letter 7 Days After Second Missed Payment
      • Rent Arrears You Have Applied For Possession With Pcol
      • Diary Of Events
      • Pcol Practice Directions For Rent Arrears
      • Rent Arrears Final Demand Before Court Application
      • Witness With Landlord
      • Guarantor Final Warning For Overdue Rent Second Letter
      • Guarantor Warning Tenant In Rent
      • Arrears Request For Overdue Rent
      •   Section 21 1 B Notice when served in the fixed term  
      • Section 21 4 A when served after fixed term being in the Periodic Tenancy

    Section 21 Notices

    Section 21 Notice Guide
    • Section 21 Notice
    • FAQs Answered
    • Expiry Date Of A Section 21 Notice
    • Court Application Evidence Check List
    • How To Complete Section 21 Notice
    • Proof Of Service Of Notice
    • Restrictions On Use
    • Why Serve A Section 21 Notice?
    • Section 21 N5b Court Application
    • Possession By Post
    • Section 21 Wizard
    • Section 21 1 B Notice when served in the fixed term
    • Section 21 4 A when served after fixed term being in the Periodic Tenancy

    Section 8 Notices

    • FAQs Answered
    • Section 8 Notice
    • Why Section 8s Fail
    • Produce a rent arrears Notice - Section 8  
    • Grounds For Possession

    Local Housing Allowance LHA

    • Housing Benefit Lha Dss
    • Changes Lha April 2011 And October 2011
    • LHA Rent Allowances For Housing Benefit Claimants
    • What Are Lha Rates

      Documents

    • Lha Payment To Landlord Or Permission
    • Tenant Permission To Pay Housing Direct To The Landlord

     

     

     

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