Moving in
Demystifying rent payments, utilities, Inspection Reports and ongoing inspections so you know exactly what to expect.
We hope you are now enjoying your new home. There’s still a wee bit of business to take care of though. Firstly, you will be responsible for getting the power, gas, telephone and any other utilities connected, in your name.
You will also be required to set up a regular automatic payment to come out weekly or fortnightly with your rent. We request just one payment per property, so sort out other tenants to pay their share to you directly, so that one total payment can be made to us. If, for any reason, your payment is not going to go through as scheduled, please let us know so that we can discuss when you will be able to catch up.
At the start of your tenancy you will be given an Initial Inspection Report, showing the state of the property at the time of moving in. You will have a week to read this over, check that you are happy with everything and advise us if you think that there is anything that needs to be added in. Then, just send it back to us and we’ll keep it on file until you move out again, at which time, it will be used at your final inspection.
We will be doing property inspections on an ongoing basis: once 3 months after you move in and then every 6 months. You will be sent a letter before each inspection and given 48 hours notice. The inspections take place between 9am and 5pm and we have keys at our office, so you don’t need to be at home. This inspection is to check the condition of the house, but is also an opportunity for you to point out any problems that you have encountered since last time.