In this two-minute speed read; we look at what the new tier system means for landlords and people looking to rent in the North East.
The tier system announced by the Government this week to combat the increase in Covid-19 cases has caused some concern from landlords and people who are looking to move.
The good news is that it shouldnโt. ๐
This is because even in the highest tiered areas which the Government has said are at very high-risk, people can still move. Albeit with extra safety precautions which weโve been practising since the lockdown.
In the North East, we are currently in Tier 2 โ which is described as โhigh alertโ and imposes several restrictions including pubs and restaurants shutting at 10 pm and no households mixing indoors.
But even in high alert areas, Government guidelines say you can still move home. ๐ฆ
According to a statement on its website on Friday 16 October the Government advised:
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข. ๐๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
Our priority is your safety. And thatโs why we have the following measures in place to allow us to show people rental properties they are interested in.
Here are six of our Covid-secure steps.
- 1) We wear masks on all viewings. ๐ท
- We wear disposable gloves on each viewing โ these are only worn once then recycled. ๐งค
- We wear shoe coverings on each viewing. ๐ฅฟ
- We carry and use hand sanitiser before and after each viewing. ๐
- We will be the only people to open or touch handles or cupboards. ๐ง
- We will wipe down any surfaces touched after the viewing has finished. ๐งฝ
Everyone has a part to play in helping us all get back to normal as soon as possible, and we take our responsibility to keep you safe very seriously.
So, weโll be following the guidelines and updates daily. And weโll continue to help people move homes safely, securely, and successfully. ๐
If you are a landlord or tenant in the North East and have any questions about what the tier system might mean to you, please get in touch.