Tenant referencing for letting agents

What you are sending them into

letassess.co.uk is the tenant’s side of the reference. They confirm who they are, where they have lived, and whether the rent on your property fits the income they can show. The pages they read are written for them, on purpose, because a confused applicant is a slow applicant. The button they press is the same one on this page. It asks them to apply for a same day reference, and the condition is spelled out on same day referencing.

Same day is for a complete file. Identity that matches, addresses that join up, income we can see. The income check is part of the reference. The tenant can show it from the account the wages go into, or with documents. You are not collecting statements on WhatsApp at 9pm.

What you get back

A reference you can read against this tenancy, not a generic “they seem fine”. It covers identity, address history, affordability against the rent, and checks that the documents are not a fiction. The detail of those parts is on what a reference includes. Affordability looks at outgoings as well as income, which is more useful than a single multiple of salary when the applicant has a car on finance and two children.

You still decide. A finished reference is not an instruction to let the property. You may want a guarantor, a higher deposit where the law allows, or a conversation with the landlord who has their own line in the sand. We do not replace your agency. We stop the reference being the part that slips.

What we will not pretend

We do not sell you rent guarantee insurance, tenant contents cover, or a utility switching deal. Other firms in this market do, and they are regulated for it. If that is what you came looking for, this is the wrong page. If you came looking for a reference your tenant can finish on their phone, send them to apply, and tell them to have their ID and the rent figure with them.

If a file needs a person, it gets one. Overseas applicants, unusual income, and very high rents are the usual reasons. Those are slower than a clean same day file, and they are slower on purpose. You can reach the team from the contact page if a case is stuck and the tenant is standing in your office.