England Landlord Guidance
Deposits and Tenancy Deposit Schemes
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When you're about to sign a tenancy agreement, it can be difficult to know whether it should be witnessed, made as ...
The decision of Northwood (Solihull) Ltd v Fearn & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 40 has been handed down, and it's good ...
Where a deposit has not been protected within 30 days of being received, the only way a section 21 can then be ...
An interesting case has been published on the Nearlylegal blog about tenancy deposit prescribed information ...
Please note, this checklist applies to ENGLAND. For Wales, please see here.
The vast majority of problems with ...
As previously reported the Deregulation Bill became the Deregulation Act 2015 on 26 March 2015 and has now been ...
The below guidance deals with the situation where a landlord wishes to no longer retain a deposit under a scheme ...
When the tenancy has ended, the following should be considered:
The notice to quit from tenant
Ensure the notice to quit provided by the tenant is valid. As a quick guide, the notice may not expire during the fixed term and their notice must be at least 4 weeks in length (one calendar month where the rent is monthly) and expire either the day before the rent is due or on the day the rent is due. No other date is acceptable.
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Forms
Notice to Tenant Before DPS Single Claim Made
Product Code: F049
Under Schedule 10, Paragraph 4A(4)(a) Housing Act 2004 (as amended by The Housing (Tenancy ...
Tenancy Deposit Prescribed Information
When a landlord receives a deposit in connection with an assured shorthold tenancy, prescribed information must be ...
Confirmation Certificate for Deposit Protection Service
Product Code: F033
If a person pays a deposit on behalf of a tenant (for example a parent), they are known as a ...
Agreement to Return Deposit with Deductions
Product Code: F053
If a deposit was taken after 6 April 2007, it must be protected. After 6 April 2012, where a ...
Return Deposit With Deductions
Product Code LT091
After a tenancy has ended, sometimes the tenant may have caused damage or left with some ...
Return Deposit in Full Without Deductions
Product Code LT090
This letter template is for when a landlord is returning a deposit to a tenant in full ...
Letter to DPS After Single Claim Application Refused – Court Order
Product Code LT099
With the custodial tenancy deposit scheme run by the Deposit Protection Service (DPS) it is ...
Questions and Answers (for this topic and country)
If there is a fixed term summer letting, to end by a fixed date in September, does a deposit have to be protected by the DPS ? Maybe there are rules for the duration of a letting, but I guess ...
As regards a DPS custodial deposit, if there is a change of agent what are the obligations upon the new agent when the deposit is transferred to them? This is on the basis that the deposit is ...
I have various tenancies which began 4 to 5 years ago. I took deposits and registered them with the DPS. However, it would appear that I have not given sufficient 'prescribed information' to the ...
Last year I used an agency to find a tenant. The AST started on 11th December 2015 and ended on 10th December 2016, so is now periodic. (more…)
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Coming to the end of a first 12 month AST. The tenant wishes to remain and I'm content for her to do so. Will be issuing a new 12 month AST (rather than slipping into a periodic tenancy). In ...
The deposit has been protected within 30 days, but, although not detailed as such upon the Tenancy Deposit Certificate, which shows agent details, on the DPS system the landlord is detailed as ...