A Tenant's guide to renting

Jay83

Hi everyone, a total newbie when it comes to renting. Can i ask a very simple question, when you look at listing of renting properties, the amount they advertise is that without bills? so if its £250pw in total £1,000 pcm thats without add bills included, is that correct? Thanks for anyone who replies.

tbs624

It could be either - always check with the LA/LL and get the total expenditure confirmed in writing.

Note that if the rent is given as a weekly figure then you can multiply that by 52 (weeks) and divide by 12 (months) to get your pcm figure Calendar monthly rentals are more than 4 straight weeks and some Ts can find themselves overstretched if they fail to budget for this.

There are a few tenancies which will be done as "lunar monthly" rentals and these are a straight 4 weeks so the trent due date will fall on a different day each month.

tbs624

There is earlier guidance, within this thread, on tenancy deposit and scheme registration.

Updates being brought in in April 2012, courtesy of the Localism Act, are summarised in a link here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3827997

lemontart

good post but what is AST in english please

thinkingoutsidethebox

Help please.
As a prospective new tenant, I put a holding fee of £300 cash on a property. I then changed my mind within the allowed 24 hours. The property is in Sussex and I live in Manchester. I was told I can have a full refund but I have to collect it as it is cash. I wasn't told that this would happen as, obviously, I wouldn't have left for home first if I had known. What is my position here? Any thoughts please?

tbs624

lemontart wrote: »

good post but what is AST in english please

Assured Shorthold Tenancy

tbs624

thinkingoutsidethebox wrote: »

Help please.
As a prospective new tenant, I put a holding fee of £300 cash on a property. I then changed my mind within the allowed 24 hours. The property is in Sussex and I live in Manchester. I was told I can have a full refund but I have to collect it as it is cash. I wasn't told that this would happen as, obviously, I wouldn't have left for home first if I had known. What is my position here? Any thoughts please?

Hi - welcome as a newbie. If you go onto the main House Buying Board and look up at top left there is a "new thread" button which will enable you to repost your query where it will get more responses.:)

himalayas

Hi,
You have post a really helpful information about the tenant, I have just read out your editorial and I have found some decent point there which really helpful for me.Specially you have point out this utility bill - Gas/electricity/water/council tax etc.

JoeA81

lemontart wrote: »

good post but what is AST in english please

Good point! Explanation added in 1st para.

Yorkie1

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