Applications

All Applicants must be 18 years of age or over

All applications must be submitted with full identification as detailed below together with the Tenancy Application Fee which is shown on the Application Form.

Application Forms

Terms of Letting

ORIGINALS OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED

In order to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations one of the following combinations of identification must be submitted with the application.

• Full Passport and Full Driving Licence
• Full Driving Licence plus one form of Secondary Identification
• Full Passport plus one form of Secondary Identification
• Birth Certificate plus one form of Secondary identification
• National Identity Card (for Foreign Nationals) plus Driving Licence
• National Identity Card plus one form of Secondary Identification

Secondary Identification Includes:

• Recent Credit Card Statement
• Recent Bank Account Statement
• Recent Official Correspondence (i.e. Utility Bill)
• Recent Mortgage Statement (From Recognised Lender)

Plus one of the following:

• Signed, completed Bank Authorisation Form included with the Application Form
• Social Security Payment Book
• Bank or Building Society Pass Book

Where applications are submitted by post, please ensure that they are sent via a form of guaranteed delivery, for your own security. Should the application procedure, as detailed, not be adhered to, or should identification not be satisfactorily established, the application cannot proceed further.

Once identification has been established, as outlined above, references will be sought from your Bank, current Landlord where applicable, Employer (or Accountant in the case of Self-employed Applicants) and a check with a Credit Reference Agency will be undertaken.

RENT PAYMENTS

The rent is to be paid either weekly or calendar monthly units (frequency to be determined by Wilkins Hammond) in advance. At the start of the tenancy, the following are to be paid upon signing the Tenancy Agreement:

• Four weeks or once calendar months rent IN ADVANCE
• Security bond against tenancy obligations, as specified

IF YOUR RENT IS PAID EITHER IN FULL OR PART BY HOUSING BENEFIT

Your payment of four weeks rent in advance will be held until the rent account shows a credit balance or the tenancy expires Housing Benefit payments should be made directly from the Local Authority to Wilkins Hammond Property Management All benefits are paid in arrears and there may be a delay in refunding the advance at the end of the tenancy.