A few questions about Open Rent

[RosieLeaLovesTea]

Hi All

i am a private Landlord. I used open rent for the first time last year to find tenants. It will be coming up to the renewal of the tenancy in September.

I already had a text reminder about gas safety certificate-but I have my contacts re trades to sorted that myself.

I am not sure what happens if the tenants want to stay in the property for another year? Do I have to do it through open rent or can I just give them a tenancy agreement myself for another 12 months?

the deposit was taken by open rent and deposited into the tenancy deposit scheme so I am sure they would probably want to give it back to them and then I would need to take another deposit directly and deposit into a scheme?

Bump.

Read your T&C's with Openrent

It will roll over into a periodic tenancy if you do nothing. Or you can reissue a contract for another set period.

Doesn't make a difference really because tenants can leave anyway by giving you 1 month's notice either way.

@RosieLeaLovesTea you should joining NRLA

https://www.nrla.org.uk/

It’s about £100 ( which you can claim as a revenue cost) and you will get expert advice. There are more than 150 laws and regulations that affect landlords and ignorance is not a defence if you do something wrong.

This isn't true. If you sign a new fixed term the tenants can't simply serve 1 month's notice. That's the whole point of renewing a contract.

The OpenRent guidance for renewing a contract is here: https://help.openrent.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/360018696171-How-to-Renew-a-Rent-Now-Tenancy-for-Free

And Re: the NRLA, why would you pay £100 when it's free on OpenRent?