Reference checks

OpenRent Chat
1

My new tenants to be have provided me with references from their recent employers, and can also provide me with personal references.

Their employers emailed me the information. Is this enough? I notice that you can pay a fee of £20 on open rent for a reference check. Should I do this?

2

Absolutely use referencing. I have just had 2 tenants show me wage slips bank statements etc however they still failed based on the fact they could not locate any address for one and the other was on a temporary contract. Had I just taken the documents they provided I potentially would have been up the creek without a paddle.

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3

I have had references on headed paper from both their employers, stating their length of employment and annual salary.

I also have a letter from the current letting agency they use. I’m thinking this should be sufficient?

4

None of it is ever sufficient enough!

5

I would suggest you do Openrent for reference check.

  1. to check the tenants reaction if that tenant has any issues or not
  2. I had an experience that one of my tenant has done fraud landlord reference
    using my name etc and got caught in her lies
  3. I would not go on any personal reference as recently one of my tenant was telling me that he will draft the references for him and telling me to sign