To many questions

purejuice

I am going to be moving into a new house soon with my partner and it is a private rent, now the problem is the landlady is asking for a lot of questions on the lease that surely is not relevent or is it:

1. PPS Number
2: Occupation and place of work
3: Emergency telephone number if anything happens to us.

We have rented through estate agents before and never got asked these questions.

liger

Sounds like the landlord wants to be able to find you incase you destroy the property and you go missing. Seems reasonable.

Max Power1

PPS number is standard for tax purposes. The contact number would also be normal.

The work details are a bit OTT imo

odds_on

Max Power1 wrote: »

PPS number is standard for tax purposes. The contact number would also be normal.

The work details are a bit OTT imo

Work details are very important to a LL as regards vetting a new tenant. LL need to confirm where you work so he can check that tenant is not pulling a fast one by saying he is gainfully employed but infact is not. It does happen, and all too frequently.
A long term employment in the same company would be seen as the tenant is a responsible person where as someone flitting from job to job over several years may indicate that the person may not want to stay long term in the tenancy. Good LLs will check out with the tenant's employer that he does actually work there and for how long - keeping in mind the Data Protection Act.

Of course, the tenant could be made reduntant the following week - but that is an unforeseen event over which neither tenant nor LL has any control.

Graces7

odds_on wrote: »

Work details are very important to a LL as regards vetting a new tenant. LL need to confirm where you work so he can check that tenant is not pulling a fast one by saying he is gainfully employed but infact is not. It does happen, and all too frequently.
A long term employment in the same company would be seen as the tenant is a responsible person where as someone flitting from job to job over several years may indicate that the person may not want to stay long term in the tenancy. Good LLs will check out with the tenant's employer that he does actually work there and for how long - keeping in mind the Data Protection Act.

Of course, the tenant could be made reduntant the following week - but that is an unforeseen event over which neither tenant nor LL has any control.

None of their business, frankly. References need to be asked for as such not in a roundabout way. We would refuse. I once enquired re a rental and the woman asked why we were moving. And what was the job; we are pensioners.

Emerged that she had never seen the house herself so we ditched that agent.

Pkiernan

purejuice wrote: »

I am going to be moving into a new house soon with my partner and it is a private rent, now the problem is the landlady is asking for a lot of questions on the lease that surely is not relevent or is it:

1. PPS Number
2: Occupation and place of work
3: Emergency telephone number if anything happens to us.

We have rented through estate agents before and never got asked these questions.

1. PPS number - required by law to allow the LL to register the tenancy with the PRTB. This is a sign that you have a good LL.

2. Occupation and place of work: to verify if you have the money to pay the rent - LL perfectly entitled to this.

3. Emergency Contact: obvious as to why this info is needed. If you don't want to give it just politely refuse or make up a number.

So to answer you post the information is relevant.

Remember to ask for a BER Cert - the LL has obligations to you too.

Pkiernan

Graces7 wrote: »

None of their business, frankly.

So if you were renting out a property you wouldn't care if the tenant was going to be able to pay the rent or not?

You should be asking if and where the tenant has a job or if the tenant is on social welfare. A LL has a right to rent paid in time and in full.

Graces7

Pkiernan wrote: »

So if you were renting out a property you wouldn't care if the tenant was going to be able to pay the rent or not?

You should be asking if and where the tenant has a job or if the tenant is on social welfare. A LL has a right to rent paid in time and in full.

HUH.. having a job is no guarantee of integrity. Or of prompt payment

You need to watch your wording as it might seem that you were implying that those on social welfare default.. oh surely not.. my misreading clearly;)

Pkiernan

Graces7 wrote: »

HUH.. having a job is no guarantee of integrity. Or of prompt payment

You need to watch your wording as it might seem that you were implying that those on social welfare default.. oh surely not.. my misreading clearly;)

The LL has a right to know how and if he will be paid. If the tenant is on Social Welfare then the LL will be most likely be paid rent on time and regularly.

If the tenant is working then hopefully the same will be true.