Information for Tenants

Rent your dream home through Hornsby Properties. Please call our office to arrange a viewing for any of our available properties - 01455 202050.

Application forms will be processed after a viewing has been undertaken and upon receipt of a holding deposit. Application forms are available after viewings and can also be requested electronically. Photographic identification is also required when you submit your application form(s), preferably your passport.

It is a condition of our tenancy agreements that you have insurance cover in place to cover both your own possessions and any fixtures and fittings belonging to the landlord. You must obtain your own insurance; written proof may be requested.

Charges

Security deposits - Five weeks’ rent. This covers damages or defaults on the part of the tenant during the tenancy. Rent over £50,000 per year - Six weeks’ rent security deposit.

Holding deposits - This is to reserve a property. Please Note: This will be withheld if any relevant person (including any guarantor(s) withdraw from the tenancy, fail a Right to-Rent check, provide materially significant false or misleading information, or fail to sign their tenancy agreement (and/or Deed of Guarantee) within 15 calendar days (or other Deadline for Agreement as mutually agreed in writing).

Default fees- Replacement keys Tenants are liable to the actual cost of replacing any lost key(s) or other security device(s). If the loss results in locks needing to be changed, the actual costs of a locksmith, new lock and replacement keys for the tenant, landlord any other persons requiring keys will be charged to the tenant. 

- Charge for late payment. Interest at 3% above the Bank of England Base Rate from Rent Due Date until paid in order to pursue nonpayment of rent. Please Note: This will not be levied until the rent is more than 14 days in arrears.

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Utilities and council tax

Alteration to tenancy agreement (Tenants request)- Variation of contract : £50 (inc. VAT) per agreed variation. To cover the costs associated with taking landlord’s instructions as well as the preparation and execution of new legal documents.

-Change of sharer : £50 (inc. VAT) per replacement tenant or any reasonable costs incurred if higher. To cover the costs associated with taking landlord’s instructions, new tenant referencing and Right-to-Rent checks, deposit registration as well as the preparation and execution of new legal documents.

- Early termination : Should the tenant wish to leave their contract early, they shall be liable to the landlord’s costs in re-letting the property as well as all rent due under the tenancy until the start date of the replacement tenancy. These costs will be no more than the maximum amount of rent outstanding on the tenancy.