Moving a Tenancy

Moving a Tenancy

If you have a tenant that wishes to switch rooms, you have the option to 'Change room' on COHO. Before moving the tenancy from one room to another, it is important to understand the consequences:






WARNING
  1. Legally there is no connection at all between one tenancy and the next tenancy. You cannot transfer anything at all. This is true whether they are moving room in the same house or moving to another house.
  2. You need to do all your compliance work again, including but not limited to:
  3. Re-registering the deposit certificate and that entire process
  4. Re-serving the How To Rent Guide and all compliance docuemnts (EICR/Gas Safety etc...)
  5. Carrying out a new Right to Rent check (you could have someone who is legally in a tenancy but not legally able to enter into a new tenancy)
  6. Referencing if you have an insurance policy on their tenancy. The previous references may not be acceptable by the insurance company anymore.
  7. A copy of their new inventory and getting it signed
  8. The rent book/rent schedule between one tenancy and a follow up tenancy have nothing to do with each other
  9. If there are arrears on the previous tenancy then these arrears won't count for the new tenancy and you cannot rely on them for a section 8 eviction
  10. Deposit deductions for the old tenancy cannot be charged on the new tenancy
  11. This means you should use this opportunity to charge deductions for the check-out on their current tenancy
  12. In fact, our strong recommendation is to ask the tenant to pay a new deposit for the new room and to handle the refund of their old deposit completely separately


    • Related Articles

    • How do I terminate a tenancy?

      Q. How do I terminate a tenancy? Steps to resolve: Navigate to the tenancy that you wish to terminate and click 'Set tenancy end' Move out date: Here you can enter the date the tenant intends to vacate the room. Reason: Here you can use the drop down ...

    • My account does not show my tenancy

      If you have signed up to COHO but your account doesn't show any information of your tenancy, this is usually a result of signing up for COHO without following the link propertly, or following the link but navigating away from COHO. Steps to resolve ...

    • My tenant's account does not show their tenancy

      If your tenant has signed up to COHO but their account doesn't show any information of the tenancy, this is usually a result of signing up for COHO without following the link, or following the link but navigating away from COHO. Steps to resolve 1) ...

    • Amending deposit record or adding deposit record on adding tenancy

      There may be circumstances where the deposit type needs to be changed or, when adding a tenancy to COHO in the first instance, you need to add a deposit record to the tenants rent schedule. Changing the Deposit type Navigate to the tenancy / room ...

    • I have an unassigned payment on a tenancy. What does this mean and how do I rectify this?

      Q. I have an unassigned payment on a tenancy. What does this mean and how do I rectify this? Unassigned payments occur in COHO when a payment has been logged but not assigned to a specific rent due record. Steps to resolve: Log into your account and ...