Consent to Let - Gen H Requirements
All lenders have their own requirements when it comes to consent to let. This page sets out to enlighten residential conveyancing practitioners on the Gen H solicitors panel where their client intends to rent out their property. It is not a substitute for checking the CML handbook requirements for Gen H. The information on this page Is not to be read as buy-to-let legal advice but is restricted to situations where the borrower will need consent to let from Gen H.
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Gen H requirements state that if prior to completion of the conveyancing retainer, the borrower informs you of an intention to let the property you should advise the borrower that any letting of the property is prohibited without prior consent to let from Gen H. If the borrower wishes to let the property after completion then an application for consent to let should be made to Gen H by the borrower.
The application for consent to letting should be made to:
We do not normally consent to letting on residential mortgages but please make any applications as detailed in 14.2.1.
The above information is in relation to properties in England and Wales.
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