Renting with us - Professionals

Step-by-step guide to renting with us;
The procedure for renting a professional property with Lets Direct is as follows:

1. Find a property that you like through our website or other advertising tools such as Gumtree.

2. Contact us via the contact form, by e-mail at letsdirect@outlook.com or on 07969 475035, to arrange a viewing.

3. Then contact us to advise us that you would like to reserve the property.

4. Each tenant will need to pay a £250.00 non-refundable admin fee (bank details will be provided). Once these are all received, the house is reserved. NB this is the only admin fee that is charged by us, and covers the cost of advertising, referencing, guarantor checks etc.

5. We will then send you a tenancy application form, and a guarantor form (if required). Both of these need to be completed - the application by yourselves and the guarantor form by your guarantor (usually a parent/guardian), and returned to us.

6. We will then run a basic landlord check through Experian. This will give us a result based on things like satisfactory employment checks, previous landlord checks and affordability.

7.This is all we need from you until just before you move in. At that point we will need you to pay between four and six weeks rent as a deposit (dependent on property, and fully refundable provided there are no deductions resulting from the tenancy), and one month's rent in advance. NB we are unable to release keys to any tenants unless all payments are cleared into our bank prior to the moving-in date.

8. We will arrange a convenient time on the moving-in date to meet, sign the tenancy agreement, hand over keys, take meter readings and undertake an inventory.

9. You are officially moved in!

Some additional points:

- We take rules and regulations seriously. Your deposit will be secured under the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (www.tenancydepositscheme.com), which is essentially an insurance policy against the funds. You will be issued a certificate confirming this.

- We also like to help out where we can. Advice can be provided on council tax registration, where to find the best energy deals, how to set up a broadband account - just ask!

- A draft copy of the tenancy agreement will be e-mailed you prior to moving in, so that you can peruse should you wish - we want you to be comfortable with it's content and liability.