• Once you decide to rent through Stephensons branch, our friendly and experienced team will be on hand to guide you through the process

Stephensons have a clear and concise fee structure with no hidden costs while you are a tenant, we do not charge for providing references, check out inventories etc.

We pride ourselves on the presentation of our properties and where possible will have professional photographs and floor plans to help assist you the search for your home.

Stephensons are regulated by the RICS, NAEA & deposits registered with The Tenancy Deposit Scheme

REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS

All tenants will be referenced by Homelet, an independent referencing agency. It is a Homelet requirement that a tenant's gross monthly income is a minimum of 2½ x the monthly rent and that tenants should have been permanently employed in the UK for the previous 6 months.If you do not meet these requirements a guarantor may be required. A Guarantor's monthly income should be 3 x the monthly rent.

Each applicant aged over 18 must complete the application/referencing forms.

Applicants who cannot provide the required documents will not be accepted.

Applicants who cannot provide the required documents will not be accepted.

We will require copies of the following documents to prove current address and identity:

Driver's licence showing current address

Council Tax bill

Utility bill dated within the last 3 months (not mobile phone)

Bank or credit card statement (dated within last 3 months) or current mortgage statement

Confirmation letter from employer (on company headed paper)

The Immigration Act 2014 requires us to check the right to rent. Each applicant must, in person at the office, provide a copy of one of the below.

Passport

National Identity Card

Biometric Residence Permit

If the applicant does not possess these, other documents may be acceptable. Contact the office for details.

We require a holding deposit of 1 weeks rent. Following receipt of the deposit, we will proceed with references & credit checks. The parties have 14 days from receipt of the deposit to enter into a tenancy agreement unless an alternative timescale is agreed.

If the Landlord decides to proceed with the tenancy the holding deposit will be held towards the tenancy deposit.

Where the landlord / agent decides not to proceed with the tenancy, the deposit will be refunded to the applicant unless:-

1) The tenant fails a Right to Rent check regardless of when the deposit was accepted.

2) The tenant provides false or misleading information to the Landlord or letting agent, which the Landlord is reasonably entitled to consider in deciding whether to grant the tenancy because this materially affects their suitability to rent the property.

3) The tenant notifies the Landlord or letting agent before the deadline for agreement that they have decided not to enter into a tenancy agreement.

4) The tenant fails to take all reasonable steps to enter into a tenancy agreement.

On receipt of satisfactory references each adult will be required to sign the Tenancy Agreement. We will require payment of the initial month's rent & the Tenancy deposit (5 weeks rent less the holding deposit). Payment can be made by bank transfer, debit card, bankers draft or Building Society cashiers cheque. We do not accept credit cards.

NOTE

All applications for tenancy are discussed with the Landlord. The submission of a completed application form does not guarantee the offer of a tenancy.