Rent & Legal Protection
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At Turner Scott we take our job as your letting agent very seriously, so it is as important to us to make sure your property is properly looked after. To that end, we partner with The Lettings Hub to screen potential tenants, and we’re confident that this helps secure good tenants for you from the outset. However, anyone can have a change of circumstances and we’ve all heard about examples of redundancy, relationship breakdowns, ill health or bankruptcy, leaving tenants:
- unable to pay the rent
- unwilling to move out at the end of the tenancy
- causing a delay in you regaining possession of your property
As a letting agent that cares, we have a Rent and Legal Protection insurance policy and as an exclusive benefit of partnering with us, our landlords have the advantage of opting for an interest in our policy. This simply means that we can add your interest to our policy and, should the worst then happen, you can leave everything up to us to deal with. You won’t have to deal with unreliable tenants, we will instruct specialist legal experts to work on your behalf, and you’ll also have the help and support of us as your letting agent. This protection is available for the duration of the tenancy where we collect the rent or actively manage the tenancy.
Where we have arranged, but do not manage the tenancy, protection is initially available for up to 12 months from the tenancy start date, but may be extended where we have carried out an annual rent and market review. The process is simple; we can add your interest to our policy and should the need arise we can make a claim against our policy and will pay you any claims money owing minus any management fees owed to us, so you get all the benefits with none of the hassle. In the event that we need to make a claim, our policy will:
- make rental payments until vacant possession of your property is obtained
- pay the legal costs to regain possession of your property
- cover any breach of tenancy (including anti-social behaviour)
If you are interested in adding this service to your current package, please talk to us.
Turner Scott 35 Finkle St, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4AB
Tel: 01539 736999
Email: lettings@turnerscott.co.uk