Index

A

Accreditation scheme: Letting agents

Advice: Where can I get advice?

Agencies: Letting agents, Virtual viewings, Get it in writing, Tenant fees, Security deposits

Agency fee: Letting agents, Negotiating with the landlord or agent, Tenant fees

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): Getting your deposit back

Average rents: Average rents 

B

Bills: Utility bills, Budgeting tips, Tenant fees, Bills

Break clause: Break clause 

Budgeting: Budgeting tips

C

Checking ownership: Checking ownership of a property

Client money protection: Letting agents

Condensation: Damp and mould

Contract: Get it in writing, Contracts, Joint tenancies vs individual tenancies, Other types of contract 

Council tax: Do I need to pay Council Tax?, Council tax exemption

Court: Getting your deposit back

D

Damp: Damp and mould

Deposit: Holding deposits, Deposits

Deposit protection: Security deposits, Deposit protection, Where can I get advice? 

Disability: Housing for students with disabilities

E

Electrical safety: Electrical safety

Eviction: Contracts, Repairs  

F

Family accommodation: Housing for students with families 

Fees: Letting agents, Negotiating with the landlord or agent, Tenant fees

Finding accommodation: Find your accommodation

Flatmates: Choosing your flatmates, Flatmate finder flowchart, Finding flatmates

G

Gas safety: Gas safety

Guarantor: Guarantors 

H

Halls of residence: Private halls of residence 

Help and advice: Where can I get advice?

HMO licensing: Does your landlord need a licence?

Holding deposit: Holding deposits

Housemates: Choosing your flatmates, Flatmate finder flowchart, Finding flatmates

I

Infestations: Infestations 

Insurance: Insurance 

Intrusive landlord: Intrusive landlords

Inventory: Inventories 

J

Joint tenancy: Joint tenancies vs individual tenancies

L

Land registry: Checking ownership of a property

Leaving early: Contracts, Leaving early

Licensing: Does your landlord need a licence?

Local authorities: Do I need to pay Council Tax?, Does your landlord need a licence?

Lodger: Living with a resident landlord, Joint tenancies vs individual tenancies

Looking for accommodation: Find your accommodation

M

Mortgage repossession: Mortgage repossessions

Mould: Damp and mould

Moving in: Moving in

Moving out: Moving out

N

Negotiating: Negotiating with the landlord or agent

Neighbours: Noise and neighbours 

Noise: Noise and neighbours 

P

Penalty payment: Getting your deposit back

Personal safety: Safety

Pests: Infestations 

R

Redress scheme: Letting agents

Reference: References 

Rents: Average rents, Negotiating with the landlord or agent

Repairs: Repairs  

Repossession: Mortgage repossessions

Resident landlord: Living with a resident landlord, Other types of contract, Resident landlords 

Right to rent check: Right to rent checks

S

Safety: Safety, Gas safety, Electrical safety

Scams: Scams, Letting agents

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms: Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors

Students with disabilities: Housing for students with disabilities

Students with families: Housing for students with families 

T

Tenancy agreements: Contracts

Transport: Getting around London

TV Licence: TV licence

U

Utilities: Budgeting tips, Bills

V

Viewings: Virtual viewings