Tenant Permitted Payments

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1. Rent

2. Security Deposit

3. Holding Deposit

4. Default Payments

5. Council Tax

6. Utilities

7. Television Licence

8. Communication Services

9. Key Replacement

10. Rental Overdue

11. Other

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Payments permitted under the Renting Homes (Fees Etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 by tenants under an assured shorthold tenancy agreement.

Rent                                          

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Payable monthly in advance (unless agreed otherwise).
 
Security deposit                      

 

Payable before the start of the tenancy and held under a government approved scheme for the duration of the agreement. It will be repaid in full provided all tenancy obligations have been fulfilled.
 
Holding deposit                 
 

A holding deposit is a small deposit which is paid by a tenant to secure a property. It allows the landlord or agent to check the suitability of a tenant and serves as a guarantee to the landlord that the tenant is committed to taking on the property, and a guarantee to the tenant that the landlord will hold the property for them, pending successful completion of their suitability tests. A holding deposit can be any amount up to a maximum of the equivalent of one week’s ren
 
Default payments

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If the tenant breaches the tenancy agreement, they will be liable to the landlord for any losses the landlord suffers.
 
Council Tax                              

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Payable to the billing authority if the tenant is liable.
 
Utilities                                      

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Including water, sewerage, gas (or other heating fuel) and electricity. Payable in respect of the dwelling, and if required in the tenancy agreement. This may be payable to the landlord or to the utility provider.
 
Television licence                    

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Payable if the contract holder is required to make a payment to the British Broadcasting Corporation under the tenancy agreement.
 
Communication services        

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Payable to a provider of: internet, cable or satellite television, telephone services other than mobile if the tenancy agreement requires the payment.
 
Scale of charges: 
 

Charges to tenants:

Key replacement                                                                       
 
Changing, adding, or removing lock or security device              Cost price

 
Rental Overdue

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Rental payments overdue by more than seven days will be subject to interest at the annual percentage rate of 3% above the Bank of England base rate to the amount of rent that remains unpaid at the end of that day.

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Other​

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Further or amended written statement after tenancy                £25 inclusive of VAT

started              

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If you fail to collect your belongings, you are                              At cost
legally responsible for the reasonable costs
your landlord incurs.

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Not to anything which might cause the landlord                       At cost
policy of insurance on the premises or on the
fixtures and fittings to become void or voidable
or causes the rate of premium on any such policy
to be increased . The contract holder will
indemnify the landlord for any loss incurred by
the landlord as a result of the contract-holders
break of the provision.

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The contract holder shall not have a key meter                         At cost
installed at the premises without the prior
written consent. To indemnify the landlord for
any costs reasonably incurred by the landlord in
reinstating the facilities for the supply.

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In the event of any supply of water, gas,                                     At cost
electricity, telephone or internet services to the
Premises being disconnected in consequence of
the non-payment by the Contract-Holder of the
whole or any part of the charge relating to the
same or as a result of any other act or omission
on the part of the Contract-Holder, then the
Contract Holder shall indemnify the Landlord for
any costs reasonably incurred in reconnecting or
resuming those services.

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To indemnify the Landlord for any loss incurred                      At cost
by the Landlord or their Agent resulting from the
dishonouring of any cheque issued by the
Contract-Holder or by a third party on the
Contract-Holder’s behalf or for any loss arising
from the cancellation or non-completion of a
standing order payment by the Contract-Holder
or the Contract-Holder’s bankers.

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The Contract-Holder shall indemnify the                                  At cost
Landlord for any loss arising from the failure of
the Contract to keep a mutually agreed
appointment to complete the check-out
procedures at the termination or sooner ending
of the Contract which, for the avoidance of
doubt, shall include indemnifying the Landlord
for any costs incurred in arranging a second
check-out appointment. If neither the Contract-
Holder nor their Agent shall keep the second
appointment any assessment made by the
Landlord or the Landlord's Agent shall be final
and binding on the Contract-Holder. Should the
Landlord or their Agent fail to attend such
appointment the Contract-Holder’s reasonable

costs incurred in attending the Premises will be
met by the Landlord.

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Where the Landlord is entitled to do anything at                   At cost
the cost or expense of the Contract-Holder and
thereby incurs a loss, then the Contract-Holder
shall pay by way of damages the loss so suffered
by the Landlord promptly when requested so to
do failing which the Landlord may treat their loss
as a deductible sum from the Deposit in
accordance with Clause 9 at the end of the
Contract.

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