Category: Tenants
Understanding Landlord and Tenant Responsibilities for Broken Appliances
Written byHome Sales & Lettings: 17 December, 2024Rental appliances – like ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, or washing machines – come with shared responsibilities between landlords and tenants. A well-drafted rental agreement often helps clarify expectations. Below is an overview of responsibilities for both parties and what happens when issues arise. Landlord Responsibilities Landlords have a legal obligation to…
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Stay Warm This Winter: A Tenant’s Guide to Boiler Breakdowns and Emergency Heating Solutions
Written byHome Sales & Lettings: 26 November, 2024Winter brings its own challenges, and a boiler breakdown can quickly turn your home from cosy to chilly. Knowing what to do and how to report the issue can make all the difference in getting it resolved swiftly. At Home Sales and Lettings, we’re committed to providing professional, caring, and…
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Mould - The Basics
Written bylettings: 19 November, 2024Condensation The key to managing condensation and mould in your home is about getting the right balance between moisture in the air and heating and ventilating your home so that you can keep condensation to a minimum. Changes in temperature, lots of moisture and no ventilation will cause more condensation…
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Rent increase statistics 2024
Written byHome Sales & Lettings: 18 August, 2024Rent Service Scotland (RSS) is the body which oversees rent setting in Scotland. It has historically been responsible for setting rents on old regulated tenancies (these are tenancies which commenced before January 1989, a few of which are still in existence). More recently it has taken on the task of…
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Change to EPC proposals announced
Written bylianne: 04 November, 2021The Scottish Government has announced updated proposals for introducing a minimum EPC standard in the private rented sector (PRS). Previous proposals to require a standard of D from 2022 will now not be taken forward in recognition of the significant impact on the sector caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead,…
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January 2021 lockdown guidance for moving house
Written bylianne: 05 January, 2021Looking to move house, under the latest restrictions the government has said: You can leave home "for activities in connection with moving home (including viewing a property), or for activities in connection with the maintenance, purchase, sale, letting, or rental of residential property that the person owns or is otherwise…
Read moreUpdate on minimum EPC requirement
Written bylianne: 31 December, 2020The Scottish Government has advised SAL that it plans to have minimum EPC regulations (which were postponed due to covid) re-laid before parliament in the spring to come into force on 1 April 2021. The regulations will be amended to remove the “E” standard and require private rented sector…
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Covid - 19 Restrictions - Moving Home
Written bylianne: 21 December, 2020Covid-19 restrictions With recent changes to the Covid-19 local protection levels for many areas and most of Scotland moving to Level 4 from Boxing Day, the Scottish Government guidance for landlords and letting agents are as follows: Offices – businesses can remain open but working from home should be the…
Read moreCOVID 19 - Keeping you safe moving home
Written bylianne: 24 August, 2020Where you are moving to or from a rented property the local authority, housing association, letting agent or landlord will be able to give you advice. Specific advice in relation to renting is set out below but the following still applies. This guidance contains advice to ensure that moving home in…
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Court Rules - Blanket bans on renting properties to people on housing benefit are unlawful and discriminatory
Written bylianne: 25 July, 2020In the first court case of its kind, a judge has ruled that a letting agent unlawfully discriminated against a single mother by refusing to consider a tenancy application from her because she was in receipt of benefit. The judge concluded that “the defendant’s former policy of rejecting tenancy applications…
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