Landlord assistance offered in Northampton

Our letting team will give an assessment of the realistic rental figure for each property and an indication as to the type of tenant we are likely to attract after carrying out an initial inspection. These figures are based upon comparable properties that have been let in that locale and as such are not generally negotiable. However, there will occasionally be a need to negotiate on higher rent properties.

Private Tenants - Rent is payable monthly in advance from the start of the tenancy. Tenants are instructed to make payment by standing order into our clients account on a date such that we have cleared funds in that account on the due rent date. If payment is to be made by cheque we again request that payment is received in sufficient time for funds to clear by the due rent date, but in any instance this payment must clear in our account before payment is made to the landlord.

Housing Benefit Tenants - Those tenants in receipt of housing benefit have their payments made directly to us from the local authority. There is an initial delay in processing a tenant's application and this will cause a delay in the initial payment. The timescale involved varies between different authorities but is generally 6 to 8 weeks minimum. Payment is made four weekly in arrears and after the initial payment covering the period from start of tenancy to payment date all payments will follow this cycle. Any contribution required from the tenant towards the rent is collected four weekly in advance and is shown separately on your rent statement.

It should be noted that the local authority has the right to reclaim monies for a given period should they believe the tenant was not entitled to benefit for that period. We will do our utmost to ensure this does not occur and appeal any such request considered unreasonable but in the event that repayment is enforced we will be entitled to reclaim such sums from the Landlord.