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Introducing SDS Resolution
Posted on Monday 17th of August 2020
SDS Resolution is a new service from SafeDeposits Scotland introduced to help tenants and landlords who have experienced problems with rent arrears under lockdown.
The service is designed to establish a satisfactory resolution specifically to rent arrears, without the need for further action and with the aim of helping to avoid tenants being evicted by ensuring that landlords can recover some or all of the arrears over time.
SDS Resolution is entirely separate from...Read More
COVID-19 and Scotland's PRS - An Overview
Posted on Thursday 4th of June 2020
As Scotland cautiously enters the first phase in the easing of lockdown restrictions, here we summarise developments pertinent to the country's private rented sector that have taken place over the past 10 weeks.
Tenancy Deposit Protection
We start with our own area of expertise , where there has in fact been no change during lockdown.
At the start of lockdown we addressed some frequently asked questions in a previous blog post, where the over-riding theme was...Read More
COVID-19 - TENANCY DEPOSIT PROTECTION Q&A
Posted on Wednesday 25th of March 2020
The crisis surrounding the spread of COVID-19 has - to put it bluntly - turned the world upside down, affecting every industry in just about every country to some degree. That includes Scotland. That includes the private rented sector.
We have outlined elsewhere that SafeDeposits Scotland is currently working on a remote basis, maintaining a business as usual approach with calls being answered, emails handled and dispute cases continuing.
We are aware however that the...Read More
Energy Advice for Landlords and Tenants
Posted on Thursday 16th of January 2020
Energy - and the effective use of it - is an important issue both economically and environmentally. Next week (week commencing 20th January) sees two separate events taking place that have energy efficiency as a key theme and could help landlords and tenants alike in a variety of ways.
On Thursday 23rd January Energy Action Scotland is hosting a conference - Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty and Sustaining Tenancies in the Private...Read More
What to do if you anticipate a dispute at the end of a tenancy
Posted on Friday 10th of January 2020 At SafeDeposits Scotland we pride ourselves on our customer service, and always seek to make every stage of the tenancy deposit protection process as straightforward as possible for landlords, letting agents and tenants. From lodging the deposit to repaying it and everything in between, we are here to help. And it's in that "everything in between" area that we're pleased to introduce a new extension to our service... One of our experienced advisors is...Read More
