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What Deductions Can Be Made Against Deposit?

Adeposit - also sometimes called a bond - is normally paid before offering a tenancy to protect the landlord against losses due to damage, rent arrears or other debt incurred when a tenant leaves. The deposit is normally four times the weekly rent.

Factors Need to Be Studied

Renting out a property to others can be an attractive way to earn more money, but it may not be as easy as first thought. The first thing to check is whether or not you are allowed to rent out the property in the first place.

Feeling Fruity? Try Deliciously Sweet Decor

ou might be struggling to get five-a-day in your diet, but with fruit-themed decor taking over the high street, you won't have any problems getting it into your home. A fun and colourful trend, harvest your fruity homeware according to your taste, says Homes & Bargains editor Eve Kelly.

Fall in Love with This Amazingly Historic Home

ating back to 1720, this week's featured property is jam-packed full of history, local legend and beautiful period features. The Priory, on St Chad, in Barrow-upon-Humber, is a stunning five- bedroom semi-detached house, on the market for Pounds 450,000 with DDM Residential. Built on the site of the former St Chad's Priory, the house holds particular historical importance. And any future owner, like the present ones, will spend many an hour researching the property's lengthy and extremely int...

Admirable Craftsmanship

here are some things that stand out even in a saleroom packed with interesting stuff. They ooze quality and class at twenty paces. When I returned from the Bewick summer break - short but very enjoyable, thanks for wondering - I walked straight to the late Georgian mahogany chest of drawers that had arrived in the rooms during my absence.

Deposit Protection Offers Your First Line of Defence

eports of a rise in bad landlords along with soaring rental demand and the return of buy to let investors have all led the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) to remind tenants to be careful and ensure that they protect themselves. Asking for evidence of tenancy deposit protection is a first line of defence against rogue landlords and cowboy agents.

And Plums Falling From the Trees has Been Almost Constant

t's not only been wet over the past few days, it's been quite stormy, too. There are often strong winds at this time of year and they can do a lot of damage to plants which are carrying masses of soft, sappy growth. Wind is quite a problem here close to the east coast. The winds tend to be cold and drying, rather than warm and wet like those which prevail in the west.

Now Ringing the Changes On Viewing

ancy seeing inside houses for sale and rent - all on your mobile phone? The Scunthorpe Telegraph and FindaProperty are using the very latest mobile technology to help you take a digital trip into your favourite homes for sale or to rent. Whether it's a traditional property in Scunthorpe's suburbs, or a family detached in one of the local developments, we can give you a peek through the front door.