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Tenant find

The first forty days decide the tenancy

A well-found tenant, properly referenced and moved in on time, is the best predictor of a tenancy that runs. Here is how we produce exactly that.

Tenant find is the purest test of an agent's craft: find the right person, prove they can pay and will care for the home, and get the paperwork right the first time. Everything in this service exists because we have seen what happens when any one of those steps is rushed.

Marketing starts with a valuation you can interrogate: the comparables we used, why yours sits where it does, and what presentation changes could lift it. Listings are written from the room, not from a template; the photographs are taken on a day the light works; and the description is honest about the third bedroom, because overselling costs everyone the tenancy.

Viewings are accompanied, because agents who hand keys to strangers collect problems. Enquirers are qualified before they walk in: budget confirmed, move date real, right-to-rent status established. Referencing runs to five working days from a complete application, with a named contact chasing employers and previous landlords so nothing sits in an inbox.

Move-in is coordinated like a project: inventory with timestamped photos, deposit registered within 30 days with prescribed information issued, utilities noted, keys counted, and a welcome document that tells tenants exactly how to report the first wobbly shelf.

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Prospective tenant viewing a sunny room

The process

Five steps, all in writing

Valuation & preparation

Comparables shown in full, compliance checked, presentation advice given where it genuinely lifts rent. No inflated figures to win the instruction.

Marketing live in 48 hours

Photography, floorplan and honest copy on the portals, with accompanied viewings bookable in two taps, evenings and Saturdays included.

Qualified viewings

Every viewer pre-qualified: budget, timing and right-to-rent established before the door opens. You get feedback after every viewing, not a weekly shrug.

Referencing in five working days

Credit, affordability, employment and previous landlord verified by a named contact. Complicated income, like freelance or overseas, is handled with evidence we specify up front.

Move-in, coordinated

Inventory with photos, deposit registered within 30 days, prescribed information issued, keys counted, utilities noted and a written welcome pack. The tenancy starts on the day it said it would.

Holding deposits. We take a holding deposit capped at one week's rent, with the exact terms in writing before payment: when it is refundable, when it can be retained, and when it converts to rent. Tenant Fees Act rules apply, and we do not keep holding deposits on technicalities.

Have a property to let?

Book the valuation first. It is free, and you will leave with a number you can check and a plan you can hold us to.