A local authority in Kent has revealed that it stepped in to help resolve a private rental dispute over an electrical inspection. Ashford council said that a letting agent had approached its accommodation manager after a tenant had continuously prevented the safety check from taking place. This story may ring true with many property owners and agents who need to know how to gain access to carry out a gas or electrical inspection for landlords. In the case in Ashford, the lett

The coronavirus pandemic has dented many people’s finances, leaving landlords and letting agents needing to be as cautious as possible when taking on new tenants. Without being able to charge for referencing, credit checks, preparing the tenancy and many other aspects of letting, as dictated by the Tenant Fees Act, onboarding new renters can be an expensive task and, if they then fail to pay their rent, you could be severely out of pocket. So, what rental charges can landlord