The process to rent or let a property

• Author: Ovcak Kos, Maja
• Pages: 31-35

Consum er mar ket stud y on the fun ctio ning of the r eal estate servi ces for consum ers in the EU – Coun try Fiche Sloven ia

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6. The process to rent or let a property

6.1 Main st eps in t he transact ion process to rent and let a pr oper ty

Ta ble 13: M ain step s of th e process t o r ent and le t a pr ope rt y

Ma in st ep s

Pr ocess i nvo lve d

Fin din g a nd m at ching la ndl ord s and te na nts

Part ies by th emselv es ( int ernet or new spape r ad verti sement et c.) in mo st ca ses; real esta te a gent s.

I nf orm ati on sea rch by lan dlo rds or te nant s

( e.g . a bou t sala ry, ou tst andi ng de bts)

Part ies by th emselv es ( int ernet , t he o fficial rec ords et c.) m ostl y, rea l est ate agents (when eng aged) .

I nspe ction of t he p rop ert y b y t en ant s ( in

som e ca ses w it h t he he lp of pr ofe ssio nal s)

Yes, usua lly real est ate agen t i s presen t, also landlord.

De liv ery of m and ator y i nfo rm ation t o

ten ants p rio r t o t he con clus ion of the

con tr act

If eng aged, duty of a real est ate agen t

De liv ery of en er gy pe rfo rm an ce cer tifica te

to te na nt

It is m andato ry wh en t he d urat ion of th e ren tal r elation ship is m ore than one y ear; an d it is an

obl igat ion of th e la ndlo rd.

Pr ovisio n of ad dit ion al gua ra nt ees to

la ndlor d

It is som etim es req uire d (fr om th e paren ts o f st uden ts)

Conclu sion of th e co ntra ct i n t he usua l fo rm

( e.g . o ral , w ri tt en, pr ef or m ul at e d)

It needs t o be in wr iting; t he m and ator y cont ent is set by t he Housin g Act

In practi ce, usu ally the parti es bu y a co ntr act for m i n a stat ionery shop and fill i t i n by th emsel ves, in

a n um ber of cases w ith in form al assist ance of fr iend s et c.

Re nt pay me nt and de posit ( e. g. ba nk

ac cou nt )

Dir ect debit usu ally required , cash ope rati ons a re n ot excluded. Deposi t of mont h` s rent plu s month

as secur ity. The depo sit is eq ual to one-m ont h rent plus one m ont h.

Re gist ra tio n o f t he contra ct in the la nd

re giste r ( e.g . e xcl ude d, op tio nal or

m an da to ry )

Opt ional

Ot her steps

Forecast of rent al incom e by tax aut hor ity ; Land lord

Man dato ry not ifica tion of the cont ract by The Sur veyi ng a nd Mapping Aut hori ty of t he Rep ubli c of

Slov enia; Landlor d.