Short Let Question - referencing, agreement, documents to check

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Hi All,

I have an exchange student lined up to rent my home for 3 months. The student is willing to pay upfront.

I am not sure what I should be doing in terms of referencing, agreement (license or AST) and documents to check.

Thanks

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Unless you are also living there it will almost certainly be an AST and require all the usual paperwork. You can make the agreement for 3 months, but you wouldnt be able to serve a s21 notice until after 4 months to expire after 6 months, so you shouldnt count on getting the property back after 3 months just in case.

Referencing is of limited use and my guess is that there will be no UK based home-owning guarantor. You should probably do as much research on the person as you can to check out their story. You must check they have a Right to Rent first though.

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