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Belvoir
10 New Street
Basingstoke,Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 7DE
01256274062
Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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Sales | 83% | 100% | £225,000 | £1,275,000 |
From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | Other | |||||
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9 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Tenant Charges
In addition to paying the rent, you may also be required to make the following payments permitted under the Tenant Fees Act 2019.
Before the tenancy starts
Holding Deposit: 1 week’s rent
Deposit: Usually 5 weeks' rent. 6 weeks' where the annual rent exceeds £50,000
During the tenancy
Payment for the late payment of rent. Interest at 3% over Bank of England base rate once rent is 14 days overdue.
Payment for a breach of the tenancy agreement up to the prescribed limit
During the tenancy if permitted and applicable
Utilities – gas, electricity, water and sewerage
Communications – telephone and broadband
Installation of cable/satellite
Subscription to cable/satellite supplier
Television licence
Council Tax
Other permitted payments
Any other permitted payments, not included above, for breaches of contract or under the relevant legislation including contractual damages. These may include reasonable costs or losses incurred for loss of keys, security devices and changes
I have taken the time to investigate the issues you have raised and would comment in response:
We have the sheet you signed and initialled when you moved in and it clearly shows an electricity meter reading. In addition, the meter reading appeared on the inventory anyway. It is read at check-in in order to double-check. To claim otherwise is simply incorrect.
The water meter, however, was not read. This is because at this development, all water meters are housed in a large man-hole, protected by a heavy cast-iron cover. In this particular block, we simply inform the water board of a change in tenant and they deal with reading the meter. If it is actually this meter reading to which you are referring, then I hope this will clear matters up.
Parking permits are dealt with by the management company and not us. Despite our intervention, we are always in the lap of the gods when it comes to this sort of thing.
The second external door key to which you refer is a specially cut security key. The obtaining of a copy requires the consent of the management company and needs to be arranged through a specialist supplier. Despite regular chasing of this, we were unable to obtain a key within an acceptable time-frame. This process began before you applied for the property.
In fact, you both stated that you weren't concerned about cleaning and replacement of mattresses and a variety of other issues. It was at Belvoir's insistence that this was carried out. The 3 weeks to which you refer is the period of time we needed to ensure all the various issues were dealt with before you were able to move in.
In good faith, we attempted to accommodate your desire to move in quickly, despite a number of relatively minor issues remaining somewhat up in the air. It’s unlikely that, in similar circumstances, we will adopt this stance in future.
I hope that this explains matters, but feel free to call me if you would like to discuss these matters further.