A tenant's guide - your obligations
All Rettie & Co tenants have obligations to both their landlord and neighbours, which we have outlined here. These include prompt payment of rent, disposing of rubbish and recycling, looking after your rental home and being a good neighbour.
If you have any questions, or would like to find out more about renting a property through Rettie & Co, please get in touch with our team.
Rent payment
You must set up a standing order for your rent payments. Rent payments should be made as one single payment on or before the due date. It is your responsibility to ensure that your standing order is set up correctly and that rent reaches us in time every month.
Rubbish & recycling
You are responsible for disposing of your rubbish appropriately. You will either have your own wheelie bins, communal street bins or you will have specific allocated days on which to put bin bags out on the street to be uplifted. You may also have recycling facilities.Visit your Council’s website for more information. Details for Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Borders can be found at:
Upkeep
We want you to enjoy living in your new rental home and treat it as your own, however we do expect our tenants to maintain the property in a clean and orderly state that is returned to us in a similar condition at the end of your tenancy. It is the tenant’s responsibility to upkeep the garden if there is one, or any external area which is part of the property, unless there is an agreement in place where the owner organises this. Prior to you vacating the property it must be cleaned to our satisfaction, with the exception of fair wear and tear.
Neighbours
It is important that you get on with and respect your neighbours and that you do not become a nuisance neighbour. If you live in a tenement you must contribute to the stair cleaning and do your part to ensure the communal areas are kept tidy. You must not cause excessive noise or do anything that would cause a disturbance to the people who live around you. You will also be held directly responsible for your visitor’s behaviour. Your neighbours have the right to call the police and report you, with may result in the Environmental Health Officers fining you on the spot.
If you have any questions, or would like to find out more about renting a property through Rettie & Co, please get in touch with our team.
