Details of the Proposed Occupants / Tenants:
For the purposes of this application, all occupants who will be aged 18 or over within 5 months of the proposed tenancy start date should be added as "Tenants".
For example, if you are a family of 4 people, with 2 adults aged over 18 and 2 children aged below 18, you would select 2 tenants when filling in this form. However, if one of your children is 17 and 10 months old, you will select 3 tenants, and add their details as a tenant later in this application. Anyone who will spend more than 2 days or nights per week at the property will be considered an occupant and legally should be listed on the tenancy agreement.
Please explain in detail. Are you a family of blood relatives? Are you a couple? Are you a couple with a friend? Or a couple with a blood relative of one of the couple? We need this information to explain to the landlord as very few houses may be let to a "group" of unrelated people. Sometimes landlords want to know if tenant 1 and tenant 2 will be sharing the master bedroom (as a couple) and then have the 2nd bedroom as a guest room vs. if tenant 1 will stay in the master bedroom and tenant 2 will stay in the second bedroom.
If there will be any occupants (or frequent visitors) aged below 18 living in the property (staying in the property for 2 or more nights per week), then please include them here.
Head Tenant Details
The Head Tenant is the initial person who will enter into a contract with us to reserve the property (subject to the landlord accepting an offer). The Head Tenant is the only person who can send us money or deal with us in the early stages of your application. You should carefully decide who should be the Head Tenant, it is usually the person with the highest income, who is most easily contactable by phone and email.
Please enter your full name as it appears on your passport.
Adverse Credit History issues can stay on your credit file for a very long time. Even if you have long since paid the debt, CCJ, or completed the IVA. You must choose an option below that represents everything involving your credit history for the last 6 years, even if you have paid it off in full or "satisfied" a CCJ. Give Details in the box below.
We strongly advise ALL TENANTS to check their credit history before submitting this form. Visit CreditKarma.co.uk to check your credit history online now (completely free of charge)
If one tenant is not working (for instance a housewife/househusband) then you can enter £0 for that person, and £1000 (if the monthly rent is £1000) under this question for another tenant. Or you can share the rent between yourselves however you wish. Please remember that each tenant will need to prove that they earn at least 30 times their share of the monthly rent each year in provable earnings.
For students, especially international students, it is usually expected that you will pay all of your rent in advance for the entire tenancy, or annually if you are renting for more than 1 year.
Please give us as much detail as possible about your criminal history and explain any circumstances that you would like the landlord to take into account.
Select one of these options that best describes your situation. If you are a full time student with a job that pays less than £1000 per month, then select STUDENT.
Based on your answers above, this tenant will most likely require a guarantor! Please answer YES to the question below and supply details of a suitable guarantor
Based on your answers above, this tenant will most likely require a guarantor! Please answer YES to the question below and supply details of a suitable guarantor
Please carefully read our Referencing Criteria to understand whether or not each tenant will require a guarantor. Usually if a tenant earns at least 30 times the monthly rent each year, and has a good credit history, then they would not usually require a guarantor.
Landlords will use this information to judge whether or not they think the tenant can afford the rent if they have any unexpected issues come up like car troubles or a family emergency. Even if this tenant intends to use these savings to help pay the deposit and first month's rent for the property, the savings they have should be declared here.
If tenants do not earn at least 30 times their share of the monthly rent per year, sometimes savings can be taken into account to reduce the amount of income the tenant is required to earn.
Employed
If employment situation will be changing within 1 month of the tenancy start date, then enter the details of the NEW EMPLOYMENT.
Most self-employed tenants also draw a salary from their business, so please answer these questions as fully as possible - for example "Employment Dates" would be the time the tenant has been self employed for.
Please be descriptive, for example: Accounts Manager
If employment is due to change, enter the details of the NEW employment
Write 0 if no commissions, additional income, or bonuses apply.
Self Employed (or Employed by Family Business or Business that you own 10% or more shares in)
WARNING: If you are receiving income through Self-Employment you will need to show completed tax returns (SA302 document from HMRC) for at least the previous year to prove your income. State the income received by you (as shown on your most recent tax return). If you have been self-employed for fewer than 18 months or you do not complete Self-Assessment Tax Returns each year, then you will most likely have trouble proving your income, please contact us before submitting your offer.
If tenant owns multiple businesses, please answer question for the company that provides the bulk of the tenant's salary and dividend income.
Student Tenant
Guarantor Details
Student Tenants who are not paying ALL of their rent up front, Employed or Self Employed Tenants who do not meet the Let Me Properties referencing criteria, and Retired Tenants may require a Guarantor.
Guarantors must be UK Citizens, Resident in the UK, and must pass the Let Me Properties referencing process (therefore they must meet the referencing criteria).
This must match exactly with the passport/ID document we will obtain from them later in the process. Please make sure you enter this correctly.
They must have an email address and be able to use online services in order to act as a guarantor. Please make sure you enter this email address correctly - our system will automatically use this email address for their referencing later in the process.
Please make sure you enter this mobile telephone number correctly - our system will automatically use this mobile telephone number for their referencing later in the process.
Guarantors must earn at least 3 times their share of the monthly rent each month.
If yes, they will require a copy of their SA302 Tax Document. Contact them now, before submitting this offer, to confirm that they already have a copy of their latest SA302 for the most recent completed tax year. Do not submit this offer until after they have a copy of their most recent SA302 showing that they earned at least 30x the monthly rent share for this tenant in the past year.
Click here for more information on how this guarantor can obtain the SA302 document.Guarantors must be UK Citizens and must be permanently resident in England or Wales.
Tenant's Current Property Details
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They will need to provide Proof of their current address in the form of one of these documents:
- Council Tax Bill from the last 2 months
- Utility Bill from the last 2 months
- TV Licence from the last 2 months
- Current Tenancy Agreement from the last 12 months
- Photocard Driving Licence (or provisional licence) with your current home address on it
Please read these options carefully, they should cover all situations. If unsure, pick the most correct option you can see.
Must be proven with the provision of a UK Passport, UK Birth Certificate and Photo ID, with an EU ID Card, EU Passport, or Non-EU Passport (and visa).
All Tenants will need to attend our offices in St Albans in person for a Right to Rent Check appointment where the original copies of their passport (and visa documents if required) will need to be checked and copied in their presence BEFORE the tenancy agreement can be sent.
Non-UK Citizen
Time limited permission is a visa that expires, unlimited permission is where a tenant has permanent permission to live in the UK, such as Indefinite Leave to Remain, or a Certificate of Naturalisation.
Until further clarification on Brexit, EU citizens should select "Unlimited Permission to Live in the UK".
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Details of Occupants Aged Below 18
Please explain here how old the occupant is, how often they might be staying at the property with you, and what your relationship to them is.
Please explain here how old the occupant is, how often they might be staying at the property with you, and what your relationship to them is.
Please explain here how old the occupant is, how often they might be staying at the property with you, and what your relationship to them is.
Please explain here how old the occupant is, how often they might be staying at the property with you, and what your relationship to them is.
Please explain here how old the remaining occupants are, how often they might be staying at the property with you, and what your relationship to them is.
