Morning, we are just finishing renovations on a BTL property and hope to let it out shortly via a letting agent.
As landlords, do we have any say over who can rent the property from us? I’m a bit concerned about letting to someone on furlough, in case they are made redundant at the end of the furlough scheme and are then unable to pay the rent.
Or do we need to hold back from putting the property on the rental market until the end of the furlough scheme if we *really* want to avoid this possibility?
Furlough issues aside - do landlords have any rights to see proof of income & bank statements (to asses both income level & bank account performance) before accepting someone as a tenant? I get that the letting agent should be making the necessary checks on tenants to make sure they are suitable but, for my own peace of mind, I would quite like to see for myself the tenants level of income and the way they run their bank account. Hoping this doesn’t make me sound too much of a control freak!
As landlords, do we have any say over who can rent the property from us? I’m a bit concerned about letting to someone on furlough, in case they are made redundant at the end of the furlough scheme and are then unable to pay the rent.
Or do we need to hold back from putting the property on the rental market until the end of the furlough scheme if we *really* want to avoid this possibility?
Furlough issues aside - do landlords have any rights to see proof of income & bank statements (to asses both income level & bank account performance) before accepting someone as a tenant? I get that the letting agent should be making the necessary checks on tenants to make sure they are suitable but, for my own peace of mind, I would quite like to see for myself the tenants level of income and the way they run their bank account. Hoping this doesn’t make me sound too much of a control freak!
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