We advise students to start thinking about who they would like to live with, and where, around December time.

In December we update our website with all the properties that will be available to let for the next academic year and we start our viewings in January/ February each year.
 

See our 'Viewings' page 

No. If none of your group have viewed the property you are not making an informed decision and we will not accept deposits.

Please see our 'Viewings' page for more information.

We have to limit each group to viewing three or four properties. This is to be fair to all groups that have registered with us.

We are required to give the current tenants 24 hours notice before we visit a property. Viewings cannot be arranged with less than 24 hours notice unless another viewing, or an inspection, has been previously arranged with the tenants.

The bulk of our viewings take place on weekdays, however, staff permitting, we can conduct viewings on Saturdays.

It is very important that, wherever possible, all the members of your group attend the viewing appointments. Those groups where every member turns up for a viewing will be at a distinct advantage over those who do not.

In order to be fair to all concerned, houses are offered to a particular group based on:

• The date that group registered on our website (i.e. those who registered the earliest are given priority)
• How many of the group turned up for the viewing (i.e. a group where every member has viewed the house is given priority over a group where only some have viewed the house)
• The number of existing Sinclair Properties tenants in the group. Please state if you are an existing tenant when you register, along with the first line of your address.

Once we have received your email, we will call you within one week to let you know whether you have been successful.

The majority of our student tenancies are for a fixed period of 12 months.

Rent is collected four times per annum. Three of these coincide with student loan instalments. The first payment will be due before the tenancy commences.

Yes, all our properties are fully furnished and ready to move into.

Unfortunately not. A four bedroom house, for example, could only be let to a group of four or less.

Yes, we usually have a number of houses in which you can rent an individual room, whether you are an undergraduate or a postgraduate / masters student. The rent for an individual room includes bills such as gas, electric, water, sewerage, broadband and a TV licence.

The majority of our properties do not include bills in the rent. However, if you are looking to rent an individual room, as opposed to a property, the rent will include bills.

Yes. It is the tenants' responsibility to contact utility suppliers and arrange the payment of bills after moving into a property. We will provide details of the utility suppliers used by the previous tenants but you may wish to shop around.

Yes, although a television is provided in all our properties, it is the tenants' responsibility to purchase a TV licence. There are only one or two properties where this is not the case.

We have negotiated an exclusive partnership with ENDSLEIGH Insurance to provide FREE Contents Insurance to students in Sinclair houses where all tenants study full time.

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No, sorry.

A guarantor is someone (usually a parent or guardian) who agrees to be responsible for your rent if you fail to pay. We require all students to have a UK guarantor who earns in excess of £13,000 per annum.

Your university may be able to assist by acting as your guarantor if you meet their criteria. Alternatively, the rent can be paid in full before the start of the tenancy.

Unlike most other letting agents, the service we offer is totally FREE.

Yes. We require a deposit of £200 for all houses with 4 bedrooms or larger from each person which will be protected with a tenancy deposit scheme. Your deposit will be returned at the end of your tenancy, subject to the house being left in a satisfactory condition. For smaller houses the deposit is higher.

A tenancy deposit scheme guarantees that tenants will get their deposits back at the end of the tenancy, if they meet the terms of the tenancy agreement and do not damage the property.

We accept cash, cheque, and debit card payments. You may also pay by credit card but there is a small fee of 1.75%.

Once you have received your keys and signed a receipt, you will be given a pack containing a DVD. This DVD will provide comprehensive advice on setting up utility accounts and the proceedure for reporting any maintenance issues.

If any maintenance issues arise during your tenancy, please report them to us as soon as you can. You can submit a Maintenance Request online and it will go straight to our Maintenance Manager.

If your bedroom door is not fitted with a lock, and you would like one to be added, please contact us and we will liaise with the landlord. Please do not fit a lock without permission from Sinclair Properties.

If you lose your keys, please let us know as soon as possible. If keys to external doors are lost, we will have to change the locks for safety reasons, as stated in your tenancy agreement. The cost of fitting new locks will be passed onto the tenant.

You can move out of the property whenever you like, however the contract is for a fixed term so you are liable for the rent until the end of the tenancy.

Call us for advice and speak with your guarantor to arrange an alternative method of payment.

We will write to every property we manage several weeks before the end of the tenancy to give full instructions on key return and vacating the property.

We aim to return deposits within 30 working days of the end of the tenancy. In most cases, they will be returned a lot sooner. Delays may occur if the house is not left in a satisfactory condition.