Renting in ScotlandA Tenant’s Guide

It covers the private residential tenancy and its eviction grounds, deposits and how they must be protected, the Repairing Standard, the new damp and mould rules, rent increases and how to challenge one, notice periods, how eviction works through the Tribunal, illegal eviction, and wrongful-termination awards.

A chapter sets out the latest changes at a glance, and others cover finding a home and what you can be charged, moving in, paying the rent and getting help, privacy and access, sharing your home, energy bills, moving out well and special situations.

Includes template letters, a repairs log, property comparison and evidence worksheets, checklists, a glossary, and where to get help in Fife and across Scotland.

• Know what kind of tenancy you have
• Looking for a place and what you can be charged
• Your deposit and how it’s protected
• Moving in: protect yourself from day one
• Repairs and the Repairing Standard
• Damp and mould: the new rules
• Paying the rent and getting help
• Living there: privacy, pets and changes
• Rent increases and how to challenge them
• Ending your tenancy yourself
• If your landlord wants you to leave
• The latest changes at a glance
• Using the Housing and Property Chamber
• Template letters and your tenant toolkit
• Sharing your home: partners, lodgers and family
• Questions to ask before you sign
• Keeping warm and paying bills in a rented home
• Moving out well
• Special situations
• Where to get help, glossary and sources