Lettings & compliance sorted with PlanetRent
Mary-Anne Bowring 19/06/2020
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Yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling in Trecarrell v Rouncefield is an important one for landlords. In this case, a tenant appealed against a Section 21 repossession order on the grounds that a gas safety certificate hadn’t been provided before they moved into the property.
However, the Court of Appeal ruled in the landlord's favour, determining that a gas safety certificate can be provided at any time before a section 21 notice is served. This is an important case because if landlords can’t serve a Section 21 notice at any time during the tenancy, their right to repossession will be limited. While Section 21 is still available to landlords, this case means it can still be used in the way it was intended.
Of course in an ideal world landlords wouldn’t get themselves into a situation where a tenant has reason to take them to court. But we all make mistakes - and compliance is time-consuming. Not serving a gas certificate could be the result of something as silly as misfiling or forgetting to send an email. To give landlords peace of mind that they need never fall foul of the rental regulations again, we’ve developed a great new cloud-based lettings platform that takes all the hassle out of compliance.
PlanetRent has a simple dashboard to help you manage compliance for one property or a whole portfolio. Not only does it tell you what needs to be renewed but you can throw away the filing cabinet! PlanetRent will organise what is required for each property, flagging up what is safe and what is missing or expiring soon. Even better, delivering what needs to be sent to tenants is automated both as part of the lease-up and move-in tenant journeys and mid-tenancy.
Documents are renewed and are clearly visible to your tenants 24/7 on their own portal that comes FREE with PlanetRent. PlanetRent is compliance automated. And it also deals with contracts, rent collection, deposits, repairs, even marketing. Our new platform is pay-as-you-go with no monthly subscription to worry about. So why not take a closer look today - we challenge you to tell us what we’ve forgotten! www.planetrent.co.uk Why not READ our Property Blog too: www.ringleypropertyblog.co.uk
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