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#AskTDS: "How does TDS engage with landlords and agents?"
TDS’ #AskTDS blog series answers a tenant, landlord or agent’s question. This week, John King, Head of Member Services at Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) answers an agent’s question:
"How does TDS engage with landlords and agents?"
#ExpertView: John King, Head of Member Services at TDS discusses The Christmas Clean-up
This week on #ExpertView, our Head of Member Services, John King, considers a seasonal case that TDS have seen involving pine needles left over from a tenant’s Christmas tree and how a decision was reached by the adjudicator.
#AskTDS: "I paid a deposit to my agent last week and didn't receive a receipt. Is my deposit protected?"
This article has been written in response to a tenant's query: “I paid a deposit to my agent last week and didn't receive a receipt. Is my deposit protected?”
#ExpertView: Sheraz Dar, CEO of CreditLadder discusses 'How rent reporting is improving future prospects for tenants'
Tenancy and technology go hand-in-hand these days. It seems a long time ago that rental properties were only listed in estate agent windows.
#AskTDS: "Tenancy Deposit protection - tips for tenants - Tenant Fees Act 2019 (England) & Renting Homes (Fees Etc.) (Wales) Act 2019"
The requirement on landlords to protect tenancy deposits in England & Wales has been in existence since 6 April 2007 and along the way there have been some tweaks and changes to the Tenancy Deposit Protection legislation, there is also new legalisation which makes it vitally important for tenants to know their rights and responsibilities when it comes to tenancy deposits. Being clued up from the start will help avoid problems for everyone at the end of the tenancy; so here is some tips for guidance on what to do when renting your home.
#ExpertView: John King, Head of Member Services at TDS discusses ‘Guidance on issuing Prescribed Information for ASTs'
In this week's TDS #ExpertView we speak to John King, Head of Member Services. We explore guidance on issuing Prescribed Information for ASTs.
TDS often get enquiries about the correct way to protect a tenancy deposit, landlords and letting agent must register a tenancy deposit with one of the approved schemes correctly to comply with the Tenancy Deposit Protection legislation. S just to make sure we have detailed some guidance to assist with the Prescribed Information documents which must also be served on the tenants.
#ExpertView: John King, Head of Member Services at TDS discusses ‘Guidance on issuing Prescribed Information for ASTs'
In this week's TDS #ExpertView we speak to John King, Head of Member Services. We explore guidance on issuing Prescribed Information for ASTs.
Press Release: Tenancy Deposit Scheme urges students to ‘take control’ of their tenancy agreements
Students are being urged to be “methodical and thorough” when it comes to dealing with landlords and tenancy agreements.
#ExpertView: Why we launched DepositGuard Custodial
In this week’s #ExpertView, Alan Ward, Chair of the RLA, explains why we launched DepositGuard Custodial.
#AskTDS: "Horror stories - where have landlords lost claims from a tenant’s deposit?"
In our first tale, a landlord prepared their own check-in report, referring to a new Bosch washing machine. A near new Bosch washing machine was present at the end of the tenancy. The problem? The landlord said the machine left was a different, cheaper model. The adjudicator could not accept the landlord’s claim. Without evidence to show what model was at the property at the start of the tenancy, the adjudicator could not conclude whether or not the same model was left at its end.