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Your Views - Findings From Our 2018 Surveys
Posted on Wednesday 19th of December 2018 This year - as we do every year - we issued surveys to all tenants, landlords and agents to ask for their views on SafeDeposits Scotland. Customer service is of paramount importance to us, therefore we really do value the feedback of all who use our services. We're grateful for the many compliments we receive and we take on board comments where room for improvement is identified. As 2018 draws to a close and we look back on the year, we wanted to share...Read More
Paying a Deposit in Instalments
Posted on Thursday 11th of April 2019 The SafeDeposits Scotland team has been out and about across Scotland in recent months, both hosting and attending a variety of events aimed at landlords, letting agents and tenants. It is always good to meet face to face the people who use the scheme, and we're pleased to answer any questions that they may have. One query that popped up on a few occasions was whether it is possible for a tenant to pay their tenancy deposit in instalments and if so how...Read More
Private Residential Tenancy - FAQs
Posted on Wednesday 5th of June 2019 The Private Residential Tenancy (PRT) hit its 18-month anniversary on Saturday, having come into force on 1st December 2017. With information from the Scottish Government, we've rounded up some frequently asked questions about this relatively new type of tenancy in Scotland. Can a landlord put a fixed term or end date on a PRT? No. PRTs are open-ended, with no fixed-term period and no end date. Landlords are no longer able to regain possession of their...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

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