Its three-pronged.

1. We screen applicants before viewings, so we know their occupation, income and some other basic details.
2. We meet them in-person on the viewing. This is the human side of referencing. What where they like? Where they on time? How did they present?
3. Once you have chosen who to proceed with, their application goes into full referencing which is done by a 3rd party referencing company. This is very thorough and includes employment checks, credit checks, right to rent and guarantor setup if needed.

We secure the deposit on your behalf. We also serve the deposits prescribed information on the tenant which is legally required. If you have your own deposit scheme then we can transfer the deposit from our scheme into yours.

For let-only, we just find and setup tenants. We don’t get involved in any tenancy management or maintenance.

If you need support with compliance or repairs then you may be best going for our full management service.

We pre-screen applicants at point of enquiry, so we only arrange viewings with those that are suitable. We usually then arrange blocks of viewings over 2-3 days for all the approved applicants.

Once some applicants have committed, we can decide who to proceed with. You get the final say but we’ll be there to assist you with recommendations.

We outsource tenant referencing to a professional referencing company. They will check right-to-rent, employment, credit check, affordability, previous landlord reference.

If a guarantor is needed then we can also reference the guarantor.

We recommend advertising 3-4 weeks before your property is available, so that we can have a tenant lined up to move straight in.

There may be a few days void period in this scenario but that’s usually helpful as we have some time then to check the property and arrange cleaning or maintenance as required.

Finding a tenant can really depend on how accurately the property is priced. Some Landlords like to go for higher rents and accept that they may take longer to let. Others just want minimal void periods and so will make the rent fair and competitive.

Competitively-priced properties will find good tenants within a week whereas higher priced properties can take longer.

Referencing and onboarding takes 4-7 days. Keep in mind that many tenants will have a notice period on their current rental so they may want to delay their move in date.

Yes. Lots of landlords start with let-only and move to full management once they see how we work.

Full management clients also get a significant discount on the tenant set-up fee. Take a look at our full property management service.