Rent Now: Landlord Guides
Rent Now is our tenancy creation service. It makes it easier than ever for tenants and landlords to create a legal, safe and secure tenancy agreement. Find out more about the steps involved. Select a section below, or perform a search!
General Questions
- Why Rent Now?
- Can I use Rent Now without advertising?
- How can I move a tenancy onto OpenRent?
- What are the steps involved in Rent Now?
- How quickly can Rent Now be completed?
- Can I use my own contract or payment handling as part of Rent Now?
Holding Deposit: Beginning Rent Now
- How can I use Rent Now if the tenant has already paid the holding deposit to me directly?
- I've found a tenant: how can they initiate Rent Now?
- What happens when I accept a holding deposit?
- What happens to my advertising when a holding deposit is placed?
- What is the difference between a holding deposit and a security deposit?
- Can I request a larger holding deposit?
Referencing
- Guide to referencing
- How do I add a guarantor to my tenant's referencing application?
- Can I skip to contract signing if I don't need your referencing service?
- How do I reference a proposed guarantor?
- I need to change the status of a tenant to a guarantor, or vice versa
- What happens with referencing if I skip to contract signing?
Contract-signing
- How do I make changes to the contract?
- What is the break clause in the OpenRent contract?
- Can my tenant pay multiple months' rent in advance?
- I don't want to use your contract - what do I do?
- Can I change the contract after it's signed?
- Why there is a £12,000 limit on Rent in Advance?
Payment of Deposit and Rent
- What should I do if a tenant has paid me deposit or rent money directly?
- How OpenRent protects the deposit for you
- When do tenants need to pay the rent and deposit?
- When will I receive the first month's rent when using Rent Now?
- Do you serve tenants the prescribed information relating to the deposit?
- Can tenants pay the rent and the deposit separately?
Rent Collection
- How does Rent Collection work?
- Is Rent Collection Optional?
- I have an existing Rent Now tenancy, can I use your Rent Collection service?
- Can the start date and payment date be different when using Rent Now?
- I've opted for rent collection in Rent Now. What happens if my tenant does not pay rent to OpenRent?
- How can I update the balance when using rent collection?
During the Tenancy
- Changing a Tenant or Guarantor in a Tenancy
- How to Renew a Rent Now Tenancy for Free
- What happens at the end of my contract's fixed term?
- How Do I Upload Tenancy Documents?
- How Do I Update, or Remove Tenancy Documents?
- Managing a deposit that has been protected in OpenRent's account with mydeposits during a renewal
Ending the Tenancy
- How do I end my tenancy on OpenRent?
- My tenancy has ended, how do I return the deposit to my tenants?
- Does the OpenRent AST cover issuing a section 8 notice of seeking possession?
- How do I access the documents I need for Reposit when the tenancy has ended?
- Advice for landlords making a deduction from the tenancy deposit
- How can I make a claim on the tenancy deposit at the end of the tenancy?