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Tenants believe landlords are fair and
helpful – but could improve on safety
New research from AXA Business
Insurance challenges the stereotype
of terrible tenants and pennypinching proprietors, but finds
there’s still room for improvement
when it comes to safety and security
in the home rental market.
AXA’s research reveals a harmonious,
friendly and respectful relationship
between landlords and tenants, with
almost one in three people surveyed (59
per cent) saying they believe they pay a
fair price in rent and almost half (48 per
cent) saying they have a good or very
good relationship with their landlord.
Only six per cent of tenants feel their
relationship with their landlord is bad
or very bad, and while the survey shows
that goodwill and acts of kindness are
common between property owners
and the people who rent from them,
it also highlights significant room for
improvement when it comes to safety
and security.
Forty-three per cent of landlords have
failed to arrange the legally required
annual gas safety check, 54 per cent
have neglected to install a fire alarm, 68
per cent have not organised an annual
electrical safety inspection, and 71
per cent have not organised a carbon
monoxide alarm.
In addition, 74 per cent of landlords
have failed to put locks on all exter