Letting with Graphite Homes
• Info for Landlords
• Info for Tenants
Info For Landlords
At Graphite Homes, we pride ourselves on offering a professional service to our existing and new landlords. We offer 4 packages:
• Full Management
• Let and Rent Collection
• Tenant Find Only
• Advertising Service
Full Management
• Free Consultation
• Accompanied viewing Service
• Full marketing on Graphite Homes and various blue chip websites including Rightmove
• Full credit check on tenant
• Rigorous tenant referencing
• Regular inspection of property
• Monthly invoice/statement
• Rent collection; we will chase and collect rent and forward it straight to your bank account
• Management of all maintenance issues during the tenancy
• Management of all repairs using qualified trades people
If you have any further queries please contact an agent on 01920 872 604, email info@graphitehomes.co.uk or click here.
Let and Rent Collection
• Free Consultation
• Accompanied viewing Service
• Full marketing on Graphite Homes and various blue chip websites including Rightmove
• Full credit check on tenant
• Rigorous tenant referencing
• Monthly invoice/statement
• Rent collection; we will chase and collect rent andforward it straight to your bank account
If you have any further queries please contact an agent on 01920 872 604, email info@graphitehomes.co.uk or click here.
Tenant Find Only
• Free Consultation
• Full marketing on Graphite Homes and various blue chip websites including Rightmove
• Accompanied viewing Service
• Full credit check on tenant
• Rigorous tenant referencing
If you have any further queries please contact an agent on 01920 872 604, email info@graphitehomes.co.uk or click here.
Advertising Service
• Full marketing on Graphite Homes and various blue chip websites including Rightmove
• Full marketing on our property lists
• Details sent to registered applicants
If you have any further queries please contact an agent on 01920 872 604, email info@graphitehomes.co.uk or click here.
Information for Tenants
Letting a property through Graphite Homes could not be easier. The following information has been put together to assist you and answer any questions you may have about letting one of our properties in Hertfordshire or Essex.
If you have any further queries please contact an agent on 01920 872 604 or email: info@graphitehomes.co.uk. Alternatively you can register your details to enquire and we will get back to you.
To view our properties click here.
• Confirm a date for moving
• Start looking for a property
• Define your choices:
1. Where do you want to live?
2. Furnished or unfurnished property?
3. Do you need parking?
4. How many bedrooms?
5. What price?
• Do you have sufficient funds to cover the first month's rent plus the security deposit and administration fee?
• Find a property!!
1. How do I make an appointment to view a property?
2. What will I have to pay in order to rent one of Graphite Homes properties?
3. Can I still rent one of your properties if I am a student?
4. What is the minimum lease I can take?
5. How long does it take to move into a property?
6. When do I get my deposit back?
7. What happens if something goes wrong with the property?
1. Making an appointment to view one of our properties is easy; either phone, email or register your details and query and an agent will get back to you. (back to FAQs)
2. When renting a Graphite Homes property all you pay is the first month's rent, a security deposit which equals to one and a half a month's rent and an administration fee. The administration fee covers credit checks, administration, inventories, reference checks and contract check in and out. (back to FAQs)
The following table gives examples of what you will be required to pay:
| Monthly Rent | Security Deposit | First Months Rent | Total to pay for first month |
| £600pcm | £900 | £600 | £1500* |
| £800pcm | £1200 | £800 | £2000* |
| £1000pcm | £1500 | £1000 | £2500* |
| * This does not include the Administration fee | |||
3. You can still rent one of our properties if you are a student. All we require is a guarantor and a letter from your college or university confirming your place of study. (back to FAQs)
4. The minimum lease available is 6 months. The landlord cannot ask you to leave within this period, however the landlord can give you at least two months written notice to leave when the minimum lease term has finished. (back to FAQs)
5. It can take 3 to 6 days to check the relevant references. Once these have been completed and all the first months monies received and cleared you will be able to move in. We will hold the property for 7 days as soon as we receive the administration fee and we will hold the property for 4 weeks, with one month's rent as a holding deposit. ((back to FAQs)
6. Your deposit will be returned when all bills have been settled and the condition of the property is classed as adequate. (back to FAQs)
7. If the property is under our management, serious problems i.e. no hot water/electricity, flood or gas leak will be dealt with within 24 hours. Less serious problems will be seen to within 48 hours. Please note that there can be exceptions with less serious repairs. In this instance we require instruction from the landlord. (back to FAQs)
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