Tenants Guide

Searching for a property to let in Stone? Look no further

As a tenant looking for a property in Stone and surrounding areas, we can assist you in finding an ideal property.

We can offer expert advice and provide a step by step guide on how to rent a property with us, also do not miss your ideal home by registering with us below for property alerts.

Register for Property Alerts

Home sweet home

Register with us

Feel free to visit our offices and meet our specialist lettings team who can assist in any queries you may have. Alternatively, you can register online, and we will contact you to help in any way we can.

Viewings

If a property that you fancy is available to let why not arrange a viewing via our office or website, we are open six days a week and can arrange evening viewings, so we have more time available to arrange a viewing that is convenient for you and the landlord.

Wanting to View a Property

Do not hesitate to contact our dedicated and personable team who handle excellent relationships with our portfolio of landlords.

If the landlord would like to proceed with your application, it is at this time that an Application Fee becomes payable. Our Tenant Fees include all the information you require that relate to these fees.

We will also require you to bring in to our office your passport or photo id (such as photo driving licence), most recent utility bill or bank statement and your three most recent payslips.

As part of the qualifying process, we need to liaise with a company called Blinc Tenancy Referencing who will perform credit checks and referencing. You will also receive our full terms and conditions accompanied by an offer letter. We will support you with understandable queries you may have during this part of the process. It's worth noting that it can take up to 72 hours to receive a response from the referencing and credit check process.

Dog

Preparing to move in

We will require your first payment for rent, deposit and other applicable fees five days before the proposed key collection date. We do this to ensure there is enough time for the banks to process the necessary transactions. You will have received the tenancy agreement in advance so you can digest all the information related to the move, so feel free to ask us any questions at this point.

By law, there are criteria we have to abide by and information which we have to provide to you on the day you move in. These include the Government How to Rent leaflet, Tenancy Deposit Scheme leaflets, Energy Performance Certificate and gas certificate (if required).

All Tenants (and Guarantors) will need to be present to sign the tenancy agreement before key collection.

We will provide you your property managers contact details upon move in, if the property is being managed by ourselves.

We can assist with any insurance queries you may have by calling upon our resources and knowledge of the industry. We can even guide you on if you wish to switch energy provider to installing broadband whilst residing in the property. We can't emphasise enough, we are here to help so do not hesitate to ask us any questions and we guide you accordingly.

Reassurances

We are members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and The Ombudsman's Services: Property.

Our Client Money Protection is through The Dispute Service as our Tenancy Deposit Scheme unless your Landlord has specified otherwise.

Moving home
ARLA NAEA Ombudsman TSI TDS Rightmove

"Fantastic service, professional, friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. Everything was discussed with us, they kept us up to date with what was happening throughout our house sale; no messing or faffing around just an excellent service and results. Highly recommended."

Kim Allan-Smith

"Great service - friendly and helpful at all times. Helpful, knowledgable staff who go that extra mile to provide a great service, with a personal feeling. If you are looking to buy, sell or rent in this area then look no further than Austin & Roe."

Matt R

"Exceptional customer service. I would reccomend Austin and Roe to anyone. They cannot do enough for you. The team are outstanding nothing is to much trouble. You are treated so well all the way through your new adventure. I would use this company again and again. I looked at my property on a Sunday and had the keys on Thursday this is exceptional service. I would like to Thank each and everyone of the team."

Hazel R

"You won't find a more professional experienced team than those at Austin & Rowe. Sam, Maggie and the team have always gone above and beyond what you would expect from an estate agent. Offering honest advice with a friendly service. I wouldn't use anyone else!"

Joe Evans

"I have, in the past used other estate agents to provide a let only service for my properties however I have to say that the professionalism shown by Sam and her colleagues has been far superior to anything experienced in the past."

Simon Fox, landlord

VIEW ALL REVIEWS