Consumer Property Guides
Renting a property
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A useful RICS guide on how to deal with renting a property and where you can go for advice - what every tenant should know. The guide explains the basic legal and practical issues involved in renting a flat or house:
- The process
- Moving in
- Finding a property to rent
- Energy Performance Certificate
- Role of the letting agent
- Tenant's checklist
- Agreeing the let
It gives a checklist of the process you will need to go through, it also explains how RICS members can help if you need any professional advice.
Whether you have rented before or this is your first time, when you rent a home there is a lot to think about.
The advantages of using an RICS member are:
- They give you clear, impartial and expert advice
- They act in your interest
- They are tightly regulated and have strict codes of conduct to protect you - including proper insurance
- RICS members have to update their skills and knowledge throughout their careers, so you can rely on their expertise
- You are further protected by a complaints service
For more information
For an unrivalled selection of the latest books covering property, construction and land issues please visit www.ricsbooks.com.
- Find a Surveyor
- Tenancy Deposit Scheme
- Tenancy Deposit Scheme - overview film
- Department for Communities and Local Government
If you want to find independent, impartial advice from a qualified professional with good local knowledge, contact us.
t +44 (0) 870 333 1600
e contactrics@rics.org
Pages in Consumer Property Guides
- 1. Available guides
- 2. Art and antiques
- 3. Boundary disputes
- 4. Buying a home
- 5. Compulsory purchase
- 6. Extending your home
- 7. Flooding
- 8. Letting a property
- 9. Party Walls
- 10. Property auctions
- 11. Property surveys
- 12. You are here Renting a property
- 13. Right to light advice
- 14. Selling your home
- 15. Subsidence advice
