263 properties to let in Kingston upon Thames

Tenancy Information

Deposit: £2,424

Other fees
Contract variation, novation, amendment or change of occupant at the tenant's request within an existing tenancy: £50.

Default fee of interest on late rent: 3% above Bank of England base rate applicable if rent is more than 14 days overdue.

Default fee for lost keys or other respective security devices: Actual cost of replacement.

Fees for non-Assured Shorthold Tenancies / non-Licences
Tenant fee: £250 per person.

This is fixed-cost fee that can cover a variety of works depending on the individual circumstances of each tenancy, including but not limited to conducting viewings, negotiating the tenancy, verifying references, undertaking Right to Rentchecks (if applicable) and drawing up contracts. It is charged on a per individual basis - not per tenancy. The charge will not exceed £250 inc VAT per individual and will only be applied to the first four individuals entering into the tenancy wherethere are more than four individuals taking occupation of the property. The charge will not exceed this sum unless yourequest or cause one of the specific additional services or fees set out elsewhere in this document.
Tenant protection
Foxtons' Client Money Protection Scheme is provided by Propertymark. Foxtons is a member of The Property Ombudsman Redress Scheme and subject to its codes of practice and redress scheme.

Please note that lettings agents are required by law to publish on their websites information for potential tenants about relevant fees, redress schemes and client money protection schemes (including the names of those schemes). Relevant fees must also be published on third party websites, such as Rightmove. For properties to rent in England and Wales, details of the agent's membership of any redress scheme and client money protection scheme must also be published with their fees on Rightmove. It is the agent's responsibility to ensure that all relevant information is provided to Rightmove and is up to date and accurate. If the relevant information does not appear here, the agent may have included it within the property description.

Please note that the material information included in this advert is provided to Knight Frank by third parties and is provided here as a guide only. Some of the information provided (such as the rent, deposit or length of tenancy) is subject to change, depending on offers received by the landlord. While Knight Frank has taken steps to verify this information, we advise you to confirm the details of any such material information prior to any offer for the tenancy being submitted. If we are informed of changes to this information by the landlord, we will use all reasonable endeavours to update this as soon as practical.

Minimum Tenancy Length

This is the minimum amount of time the property is available to let on the day the property went on to the market. For more information about the amount of time the property is available for, please speak to a member of our team.

Tenant charges

All potential tenants should be advised that, as well as rent a holding deposit will be payable which is equal to one week’s rent (if an AST) and two weeks’ rent (if not an AST), a tenancy deposit will also be payable which is equal to 6 weeks rent (if not an AST and/or the annual rent is over £50,000), or 5 weeks’ rent (if an AST and/or the annual rent is below £50,000). If the landlord agrees to you having a pet you may be required to pay a higher deposit (if not an AST) or higher weekly rent (if an AST).

You will also be required to pay the following:

Before the tenancy starts:
Deposit (usually equivalent of between five and six weeks' rent dependant on the annual rent)
Tenancy Agreement fee (£288 inclusive of VAT) (Non ASTs only)
Reference fee payable by each tenant/guarantor (£60 inclusive of VAT) (Non AST only)
Bank reference fee (refer to your bank as charges vary) (Non AST only)
Stamp Duty (on tenancies that amount to over £125,000)

During the tenancy:
Utilities (gas, electricity, water and telephone)
Council Tax
Television licence
Installation of cable/satellite (if permitted and applicable)
Subscription to cable/satellite supplier
Insurance (for your personal and own contents)
Garden maintenance

At the end of the tenancy:
Cleaning of the property
Inventory check-out (Non ASTs only)
Dilapidations (as agreed)

Knight Frank are members of the Property Redress Scheme (Consumer Redress Scheme) and RICS Dispute Resolution Service (Business Redress Scheme) and have Client Money protection with RICS Client Money Protection Scheme.

Please ask us for more information about other fees that will apply or visit our website.

Tenant charges
VAT is charged at 20%, where applicable

AST tenancies:
Holding deposit* per tenancy - equal to one week's rent
Initial rent (less holding deposit** above) - as per tenancy agreement
Tenancy deposit:
- For ASTs with annual rent under £50,000 - equivalent of 5 weeks' rent
- For ASTs with an annual rent above £50,000 - equivalent of 6 weeks' rent
Addendum:
Change or amendment to terms during tenancy, requested by tenant - £50.00 or reasonable costs
Change of sharer during a tenancy - £50.00 or reasonable costs
(this is subject to landlord agreeing and treated as a new letting)
Late rental payments
Arrears charged at 3% above Bank of England Base Rate
(levied from 14th day of arrears period but charged from 1st day of arrears period)

*Please ask to see the conditions on the holding deposit receipt form as to whether all or part of the above will be refunded should the tenancy not proceed.
**The holding deposit will be offset against the initial rental payment if the application is successful.

Non-ast tenancies:
Holding deposit* per tenancy - equal to one week's rent
Referencing charge:
Per individual applicant (including 'right to rent' check) and/or guarantor - £60.00
Per company applicant and/or guarantor - £66.00
Preparation of tenancy agreement, per tenancy - £300.00
Inventory check-in, per tenancy - £130.00
Initial rent (less holding deposit** above) - as per tenancy agreement
Tenancy deposit - as agreed between parties
Rechecking 'right to rent' id verification:
To be carried out when necessary during an initial, renewal or periodic tenancy, per tenant or adult occupant - £6.00
Addendum:
Change or amendment to terms during tenancy, requested by tenant - £120.00
Change of sharer during a tenancy:
- Referencing charge per individual applicant and/or guarantor - £60.00
- Preparation of tenancy agreement, per tenancy - £300.00
- Inventory check (if required by the landlord), per tenancy - £130.00
- Tenancy deposit protection administration, per tenancy - £60.00
Late rental payments
Arrears charged at 3% above Bank of England Base Rate
(levied from 14th day of arrears period but charged from 1st day of arrears period)

*Please ask to see the conditions on the holding deposit receipt form as to whether all or part of the above will be refunded should the tenancy not proceed.
**The holding deposit will be offset against the initial rental payment if the application is successful.

Visit our website at for further details of the above charges and of any penalties you may incur should you break the terms of your contract.

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is a member of the Propertymark Client Money Protection Scheme, and also a member of The Property Ombudsman, which is a redress scheme. More details can be found at or by contacting your local branch directly.

Security Deposit and Down Payment

In line with the Tenant Fees Act 2019, the security deposit will be the equivalent of five weeks of the agreed weekly rental amount (e.g. If the agreed weekly rent is £500, the security deposit due would be £2,500), where the annual rent is less than £50,000. If the annual rent is £50,000 (£961 per week) or more, six weeks’ rent will be required.

A sum equivalent to one week’s rent is due upon agreement of the offer as down payment. This amount will be deducted from the final statement of account.

Admin Fees for Tenants

In line with the Tenant Fees Act 2019, we do not charge our tenants any administration fees at the commencement of a tenancy.

Tenant Protection

Client Money Protection (cmp) is provided by Propertymark. The redress scheme for Marsh & Parsons is The Property Ombudsman Scheme.

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