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Posted by Affectionate-Win3436 3 weeks ago
What information do landlords get from letting agents about tenants

If a tenant rents a property that is fully managed by a letting agency, what information does the landlord get about the tenant from the agency?

Is the landlord given the phone number / email address? Or is the landlord just given the name of the tenant / a copy of the tenancy agreement?

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Posted by Dependent_Phone_8941 3 weeks ago

The LL can request the info at any point, but most agents won’t give over the tel number and email unless asked as it’s not really needed.

I would more worry about why you are asking the question, it’s a little weird.

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Posted by SchoolForSedition 3 weeks ago

An agent has to do what the principal says. Anything else is more weird.

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Posted by Dependent_Phone_8941 3 weeks ago

Not sure how that goes against what I have said?

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Posted by Acrobatic-Rice-9373 2 weeks ago

my sub-double digit agent fees still give it automatically on the agreement.

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Posted by krishpat09 3 weeks ago

The landlord has to have a copy of the tenancy agreement and copy of their IDs (by law). Not necessarily will get email or phone number.

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Posted by Mental_Body_5496 3 weeks ago

As the landlord we have no contact details only their name(s).

Thats what we pay the agency for.

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Posted by Acrobatic-Rice-9373 2 weeks ago

Weird, I had it through all the tenants.

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Posted by Mental_Body_5496 2 weeks ago

I'm sure that i could ask the agency for their number but that means they could call me and what's the point of that when we have an agency charging 10%!

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Posted by Accomplished-Act7821 2 weeks ago

I am at landlord with a management company and get pretty much everything. Phone number, passport, drivers licence, previous landlord details addresses. Salary, work detail etc. It's covered by GDPR though.

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Posted by Acrobatic-Rice-9373 2 weeks ago

That's even more than me ;)

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Posted by Accomplished-Act7821 2 weeks ago

I have a good agency and they give me all the details so I can make a fully informed decision about if I want to rent to them or not.

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Posted by phpadam 3 weeks ago

It depends on the level of service, if its managed they may get the tenants names, on a copy of the tenancy agreement.

However the landlord can ask for more. What the agency is willing to give them is more down to company policy thereafter.

If its unmanaged, the landlord needs to have everything (and would nee their own data protection licence).

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Posted by Ok-Assistant1958 3 weeks ago

I reviewed the full application form of all the tenants who applied for the house. I presume this has some contact info. Once tenancy was agreed, I got a copy of the lease.

That has been my experience with two properties that were fully managed by different firms in different parts of the country.

For IG reasons, I didn't personally hold copies of documents with the tenants' personal info, and once tenancy commenced, I didn't have the tenants' details saved anywhere or any way to contact them directly, apart from by post obviously.

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Posted by Acrobatic-Rice-9373 2 weeks ago

Yes, I get their work/background, contact, name. Last tenant was really good and we are still in touch (albeit rarely now).

Currently doing the background check for the new tenant to move inside a month. (in 24 hours I already got 2 views (and 1 the following week). Pretty high demand.

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Posted by Full_Atmosphere2969 3 weeks ago

Typically very little. Most landlords have no idea about day to day things unless the agent wants approval to replace something or such.

That's the way agents work, not what landlords want

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Posted by Acrobatic-Rice-9373 2 weeks ago

I get all updates. There was a leak and I got it to immediately fix it (temp since it was a friday, but still).

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