Tenant Referencing for Landlords and Letting Agents
A crucial process and service in the UK rental market helping landlords find their preferred tenants, involving background checks to ensure tenant reliability and suitability.
- Right to rent checks
- Company credit checks
- Guarantor checks
Landlords can find the perfect property, in the best location and at a good price, but with the wrong tenant(s), your investment can become a time consuming and expensive worry. A wrongly placed tenant could cause issues such as unpaid rent, disturbing neighbours and mistreating your property, including illegal activities such as cultivation of drugs.
Tenant referencing in detail
With properties requiring a substantial outlay, tenant referencing is essential. Alan Boswell Group have partnered with a range of referencing providers who can meet your specific needs, so whether your priorities are price, speed, service or product range, our partners have an option that will best meet your requirements.
Services include:
Right to rent checks
Employment references
Open banking
Tenant onboarding
Contract free
Credit checks
Company credit checks
Guarantor checks
Landlord references
Please be aware though, that finding a good tenant is not always a guarantee that you will not incur issues in the future as even the best tenant’s circumstances can change through redundancy and ill health. So, we recommend protecting all tenancies with legal expenses or rent guarantee insurance.
Landlords who wish to purchase rent guarantee insurance must reference their tenant in order to purchase a policy.
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