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Tenants

OUR LETTINGS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT BUSINESS IS FULLY OVERSEEN BY OUR SISTER COMPANY EADON, LOCWOOD AND RIDDLE (a subsiduary of Robinson Hornsby)

As an ELR  potential tenant, your first point of contact with ELR is through one of our experienced local experts. Our local expert will ask you a series of questions to ascertain what it is you are looking for, how much you can afford to pay, where you want to live and what house would be the right match for your situation.

When you find a home that you believe suits you, you will need speak to an ELR agent who will arrange a property viewing at a convenient time to you.

Once you and your new landlord have agreed to the terms and conditions of the proposed let, ELR will handle your tenancy, and your agent will become your point of contact for maintenance requests and overseeing of the property.

Upon successful completion of your references and tenancy agreement, a proposed move-in date is discussed and agreed upon ELR tenancies are agreed on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy basis.

Tenancy information

Permitted payments and tenant protection information

Permitted payments

For properties in England, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 means that in addition to rent, lettings agents can only charge tenants (or anyone acting on the tenant's behalf) the following permitted payments:

  • Holding deposits (a maximum of 1 week's rent);
  • Deposits (a maximum deposit of 5 weeks' rent for annual rent below £50,000, or 6 weeks' rent for annual rental of £50,000 and above);
  • Payments to change a tenancy agreement eg. change of sharer (capped at £50 or, if higher, any reasonable costs);
  • Payments associated with early termination of a tenancy (capped at the landlord's loss or the agent's reasonably incurred costs);
  • Utilities, communication services (eg. telephone, broadband), TV licence and council tax;
  • Interest payments for the late payment of rent (up to 3% above Bank of England's annual percentage rate);
  • Reasonable costs for replacement of lost keys or other security devices;
  • Contractual damages in the event of the tenant's default of a tenancy agreement; and
  • Any other permitted payments under the Tenant Fees Act 2019.
  • For properties in Wales, the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill, once enacted, means that in addition to rent, lettings agents can only charge tenants (or anyone acting on the tenant's behalf) the following permitted payments:
  • Holding deposits (a maximum of 1 week's rent);
  • Deposits;
  • Utilities, communication services (eg. telephone, broadband), TV licence and council tax;
  • Payments for the late payment of rent;
  • A breach of a term of the contract;
  • Any other permitted payments under the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill and regulations once enacted.

Please note that lettings agents are required by law to publish on their websites information for potential tenants about relevant fees, redress schemes and client money protection schemes (including the names of those schemes). Relevant fees must also be published on third party websites, such as Rightmove. For properties to rent in England and Wales, details of the agent's membership of any redress scheme and client money protection scheme must also be published with their fees on Rightmove. It is the agent's responsibility to ensure that all relevant information is provided to Rightmove and is up to date and accurate. If the relevant information does not appear here, the agent may have included it within the property description

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