On 21/01/2012 00:33, Phian wrote:
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:24:22 -0000
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What certificates must a landlord provide a tenant with please. ?

I suggest joining the National Landlords Association. They can provide
you with enough information to make you reconsider property letting.

I use a letting agent and he sees to all that sort of thing, the cost is
well worth the lack of hassle. A friend rented his house to someone and had
no end of trouble, the tenant even tried to get him to co-operate in some
kind of benefits fraud.

Well YMMV but personally I think agents are hugely expensive for what
they do; plus, as the whole area is unregulated your chances of finding
a bad one are extremely high. By far the single biggest feature of
successful landlording is in selection and vetting of decent tenants,
which I do personally, and I really get very little hassle from my
tenants (he says, having just been called out to look at a boiler - see
other thread! - but that's the first time in ages).

The other occasion when I'd go with using an agent would be when you
live a long way from the let property.

And truth be told, for a first-time landlord it's probably worth using a
*good* agent (and ARLA affiliated) as there's a fair amount to take on
board at the outset.

David