PROCEDURE WHEN LEAVING A STUDENT HOUSE MID TENANCY
OR PARTIALLY RESERVING A HOUSE AND YOU NEED TO FIND SUBSTITUTE TENANTS
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Leaving Pre-Tenancy Before Arrival
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Leaving Mid Tenancy After Arrival |
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THERE ARE TWO PROCEDURES BELOW DEPENDING ON YOUR SITUATION WITH MANY OVERLAPS
Start at the top left or right and follow the branches according to your criteria.
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A Student has not yet moved into a Leydon Lettings House
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Unable to Move in during the Fixed Term Contract
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A Student has already moved into a Leydon Lettings House
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Leave Before the End of the Fixed Term Contract
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A Student, is unable to move in. |
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A student has moved into a Leydon Lettings house, but needs to leave mid- tenancy. |
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Notify Leydon Lettings and your future housemates immediately. |
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Advertise your bedroom and ensure your housemates do to |
Ask your network of student friends to tell others and to inform you of anyone looking to share a student house
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We will advertise your house on
Leydon Lettings website. |
Use websites such as : www.accommodationforstudents.com
Leydon Lettings will list your house so you only have to point to it!
try also www.easyroommate.com
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Advertise for student housemates only.
This will ensure you do not have to pay Council Tax
It will also encourage compatibility |
Put up posters around your university where permissable and on electronic notice boards.
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Ask any prospective tenants to contact Leydon Lettings on info@leydonlettings.co.uk. with their: name, email address, contact number and a date and time at which they would like to view the house (this must be at least 24 hours in advance of the appointment they would like) |
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When you are contacted by a prospective replacement, ensure you explain the costs involved and the set up of the house. Remember what attracted you to the house and try to convey this to the prospective tenant. |
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Leydon Lettings arrange an appointment to show the prospective tenant around the house |
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Tenants arrange an appointment to show the prospective tenant around the house |
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Prior to viewing Leydon Lettings ensure the house is clean. |
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Tenants ensure the house is clean. People are very reluctant to move into a house unless it is clean and tidy. |
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For compatibility housemates should ideally meet prospective tenants. However, during vacations this may not be practical due to distance and time and the need to secure substitutes without delay. |
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For compatibility all housemates should ideally meet prospective tenants. Preferably before signing a contract |
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Leydon Lettings will show the prospective tenant around the house. |
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Tenants show the prospective tenant around the house. |
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If student wants to move into the house continue to the next step
If student tenant does not wish to proceed return to step 3 and begin the procedure again until a replacement is found |
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If student wants to move into the house continue to the next step
If student tenant does not wish to proceed return to step 3 and begin the procedure again until a replacement is found |
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Leydon Lettings will email the prospective tenants decision to the original and departing tenants. |
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Inform Leydon Lettings providing contact details of the new housemate. Ask new housemate to email Leydon Lettings to confirm their decision and contact details. |
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Leydon Lettings will email a copy of the contract for the prospective tenant to read. |
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Prospective tenant will need to pay an administration fee of £125 and advanced rent of £325 in order to book the house |
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Prospective tenant to email pre-tenancy questionnaire to Leydon Lettings |
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Leydon Lettings organise a time to sign a new contract with the prospective tenant |
If required in the absence of original housemates with their approval. |
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Students remaining suggust a date to sign a new contract with the new tenant & leydonlettings |
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All remaining housemates and new tenant sign a joint contract (subject to vacation availability). |
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Leydon Lettings will sign a replacement tenant contract with the replacement and all housemates |
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New tenant moves into the house |
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