Tenant Find Service
Finding a tenant can be time-consuming and costly when your rental property becomes vacant.
Are you struggling to find tenants for your rental property?
Are you confident your candidates will respect your property and adhere to the tenancy agreement?
With our tenant finder service, the whole process can be pain free and your vacancy will be quickly filled.
Our Tenant Find Service includes:
Property Appraisal
Marketing and Viewings
References
Right to Rent
Moving In
Step 1: Appraisal
Your initial consultation is entirely free and without obligation. This is our opportunity to collect all the information we need to give you a full appraisal of your property and realistic rental return, in line with the current market conditions.
We will advise you on all aspects of renting your property, from presentation of the property and legal compliance, to how the tenancy process will work and what we can do for you to make renting your property an easy and stress free process.
We value developing strong, professional relationships not just with our landlords, but with our tenants too, which is key to our model for successfully letting your property.
Step 2: Marketing and Viewings
Having collected all the information we need about your property we can start the process of maximising your income and reducing the time it remains vacant.
We will promote your property on our website, Rightmove, and On The Market so the property will have maximum exposure straight away. We also have a database of individuals and corporate clients looking for properties just like yours to rent in and around Milton Keynes, Bedford and Rushden. We initially screen applicants for suitability and then arrange a viewing. All of our viewings are accompanied by an experienced member of the team.
Step 3: Referencing and Right to Rent
Our tenant application process enables us to screen applicants for suitability before they start a formal referencing process, enabling us to select the best possible applicants for your property.
We use a professional independent referencing company to verify the applicants references and confirm that they are able to pay your rent reliably. This will include:
Employment status
Credit checks
Previous/Current landlord reference
Employment reference including income.
Before a tenant can rent a property in England they have to prove they have the right to rent. We will deal with the identification of the tenant and their right to rent status, which for non UK and Irish citizens, will include their current immigration status and whether they have a permanent right to reside or a time limited right to reside.
If we already know of a suitable tenant, this process will often have been completed in advance, speeding things up.
Step 4: Moving in
We will negotiate the terms of the tenancy on your behalf and make sure they are mutually acceptable.
The tenancy agreement will be signed electronically on your behalf.
We will serve the legal compliance documents on your tenant prior to the tenancy starting.
If your tenant is using the traditional deposit scheme we will secure the deposit. If they are using the Nil Deposit scheme (further information here), we will set this up and ensure it is completed prior to the tenancy starting.
If required, we can arrange for a comprehensive inventory to be prepared by an independent inventory clerk, Your tenants will be met at the property by the clerk, to be shown the safety features, operation of the heating system and be present when meter readings are taken. We can inform the council and utility companies that you are no longer responsible and that the tenant has moved in.
We can also manage the deposit on your behalf through the Deposit Protection Service.
Once the process is complete, we’ll hand the reins back to you.
Peace of mind
Using a reputable agency like Letting Genie can often reduce the amount of time your property is empty and improve the suitability of tenant candidates.
We can also to help you with our ongoing rent collection service or our popular full management service.
