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Belvoir! Liverpool Prescot residential Sales and Lettings are centrally Located on the corner of High Street in Prescot Town Centre.  We are your local source for all your Sales, Lettings &amp; Management needs.   If you are looking to sell your property, give our Prescot office a call and you may be surprised at what we have to offer!Pop in and see us!

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Belvoir - Liverpool Prescot

Permitted paymentsFor properties in England, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 means that in addition to rent, lettings agents can only charge tenants (or anyone acting on the tenant&#39;s behalf) the following permitted payments:<ul><li>Holding deposits (a maximum of 1 week&#39;s rent);</li><li>Deposits (a maximum deposit of 5 weeks&#39; rent for annual rent below £50,000, or 6 weeks&#39; rent for annual rental of £50,000 and above);</li><li>Payments to change a tenancy agreement eg. change of sharer (capped at £50 or, if higher, any reasonable costs);</li><li>Payments associated with early termination of a tenancy (capped at the landlord&#39;s loss or the agent&#39;s reasonably incurred costs);</li><li>Utilities, communication services (eg. telephone, broadband), TV licence and council tax;</li><li>Interest payments for the late payment of rent (up to 3% above Bank of England&#39;s annual percentage rate);</li><li>Reasonable costs for replacement of lost keys or other security devices;</li><li>Contractual damages in the event of the tenant&#39;s default of a tenancy agreement; and</li><li>Any other permitted payments under the Tenant Fees Act 2019.</li></ul> For properties in Wales, the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill , once enacted, means that in addition to rent, lettings agents can only charge tenants (or anyone acting on the tenant&#39;s behalf) the following permitted payments:<ul><li>Holding deposits (a maximum of 1 week&#39;s rent);</li><li>Deposits;</li><li>Utilities, communication services (eg. telephone, broadband), TV licence and council tax;</li><li>Payments for the late payment of rent;</li><li>A breach of a term of the contract;</li><li>Any other permitted payments under the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill and regulations once enacted.</li></ul> Tenant protectionIn addition to publishing relevant fees, lettings agents are also required to publish details of:<ul><li>the redress scheme they are a member of; and</li><li>the name of the approved or designated Client Money Protection scheme they are a member of (if any).</li></ul>We are a member of The Property Ombudsmen Scheme for Residential Lettings (TPOS). Membership Number N01823

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