All posts tagged "Rent Deposit"
Rent deposit: a worrying trend
(2025 May) Word of warning for tenants of new leases and on assignment and sublets. Given the choice between a rent deposit and a guarantor, many tenants prefer the former. However, currently, I am involved with two lease expiries where the landlords are withholding my clients’ rent deposits. In each case, the landlord’s reasoning is […]
Guarantor v Rent Deposit
(2013 Dec) Where a tenant is a company and the landlord requires a director as guarantor or a rent deposit, that person is exposed to both the risk of rent and all other terms and conditions of the tenancy, should the company default. But an advantage to the tenant in opting for a guarantor is […]
Guarantor v Rent Deposit
Dec 2013 – Where a tenant is a company and the landlord requires a director as guarantor or a rent deposit, that person is exposed to both the risk of rent and all other terms and conditions of the tenancy, should the company default. But an advantage to the tenant in opting for a guarantor […]