deposit

If you're about to sign a house with us on a group contract and have had a look through your tenancy agreement you should have noticed the line after the list of tenants that reads, "Who shall be jointly and severally liable". So what does this mean? Put simply, as you are signing a single contract as a group, you are sharing responsibility to be bound by its terms. We will always try our best...

Once you've come to the end of your tenancy we offer you a check out service. This usually consists of one or two meetings at the house to check through the inventory and make sure everything is in order. This should help you and your group get all of your deposit back. Before booking in a check out meeting you should: Work out when everyone will be leaving and who the last person to leave will...

When letting a house in the UK that demands payment of a deposit that deposit has to be protected with a government endorsed deposit protection system. We will sometimes ask for a holding deposit (of no more than 1 week's rent) to secure a house. This will then be added to your full deposit (of no more than 5 week's rent) which is due at the time of signing the contracts. At Champion Property...

The end of a tenancy is a busy time; whether it's thinking about your next home or all the tasks involved in leaving your current one, it's easy to overlook the key things that need to happen to ensure that you get your full tenancy deposit back. Where tenancies are 'Jointly and severally liable', usually in shared and student houses, this can be even more complicated, as people can be leaving at...