Updated advice for tenants on our web site

Published: 16 December 2020

Exeter City Council’s Private Tenants’ Handbook has been updated.

The handbook covers many aspects of renting from finding a home, to what health and safety issues to consider all the way through to ending a tenancy. Exeter’s private tenants can use it as a reference to help avoid problems when renting and where to find help and advice when it’s needed.

• Finding somewhere to rent
• What letting agents do
• What documents will I need
• Information on deposits and rent
• Different types of tenancies
• Damage and repairs
• Rogue Landlords
• Shared accommodation

There is also a new Private Tenant Checklist available to sit alongside the handbook that can be used as a reference to the basic and responsibilities and obligations that need to be considered when entering in to a new assured shorthold tenancy (AST).

Handbook: www.exeter.gov.uk/privatetenanthandbook

Checklist: https://exeter.gov.uk/housing/private-tenants/private-tenants-checklist/