Credit Control
Creating a negative Landlord statement.
Negative landlord statements occur when there is not enough rent to pay all the expenses that have been charged to the landlord statement, or the statement contains just expenses without any rent having been receipted. One option would be to delete ...
How do I retain tax on behalf of a landlord.
When you want to retain tax at the standard rate on behalf of a landlord go into the landlord record and select, tick, the Retain Tax option in the right hand column. Save the landlord record. That is it. When you receipt rent and go to produce a ...
How do I create a tenant invoice.
From the tenancy module select Tenant invoice from the tenancy menu. The tenancy invoice form will popup. Use this form to add a one off tenant charge to a tenants’ schedule. This charge relates to money that the tenant owes to you, the agent, and ...
Changing the rent or housing benefit on a fixed term agreement.
When you change rent or housing benefit on a fixed term agreement you are in effect just changing charges on the tenants rent or housing schedule. Go into the tenancy module and double click on the tenants record then select activity / schedule. The ...
Changing the rent or housing benefit on a periodic agreement.
Go into the tenancy module and double click on the tenant record in question. Select activity / schedule. Click on the periodic button and the basic tenancy charging details will appear in the right hand column. The periodic option at the top of ...
Housing Benefit Tenancy
When you create a housing benefit tenancy there are a few things to remember. A. Make sure that you have entered your benefit suppliers, like Cumbria County Council etc, in the contact module. Tick the Benefit option in the contact record, do not ...
Credit Control
Attached is the credit control module
Owned Property
Adding an Owned Property To add a new owned property, go to the 'property' module and select 'New Property'. - Enter all relevant information such as property details & marketing (for multi company make sure that the correct company is selected ...
VAT rates
VAT Code All VAT codes are available in Decorus Essentials under PREFERENCES and under GENERAL tab select (by single click) UPDATE VAT RATES icon. To modify any of the codes, highlight it by single click and select EDIT, then after changes have ...
Backing up Decorus Essentials and sage
Backup Decorus Essentials When backing up Decorus Essentials it is ‘ESSENTIAL’ that you also create a matching sage backup, this includes every company that you are using. Starting with Sage; (you must create backups for each separate company) ...
Preferences
Preferences Click on ‘Preferences’ in the ‘Overview’ screen A new window will then appear. On this window there are a number of tabs along the bottom. Tab 1 - General Refresh Balances: This setting will allow Decorus Essentials to refresh any ...
Creating Mail Merge Templates
Creating Mail Merge Templates for Letters, Emails and SMS You will notice on the modules; Tenancy, Landlords, Suppliers, Contacts and Applicants, there is a “Communicate” button section. The communicate buttons include “Letter”, “Email” and “SMS”. ...
Overview Screen
The Overview Screen When you log into Decorus Essentials the main screen you will be presented with is the “Overview” screen. The overview tab will cover; Logout button Clicking this button will log you off the software, it will ask you if ...
Sending Individual Letters, Emails and SMS
Sending Individual Letters, Emails and SMS - Double click on the desired Contact / Tenant / Landlord you wish to send a Message / Letter / SMS to. - Once in a “Contact Record” go to the “Communicate” button, you will have the option to “Send ...
Restoring Data
Restoring Decorus Essentials - To restore from a backup click on the ‘Jigsaw Puzzle’ (Top left corner) and then click on ‘Restore Current Portfolio’. You can also do this from the login screen. Enter your login details and instead of selecting ...
Credit Control
Credit Control - If you purchase 'Credit Control' module please insure that you have correct add on. - You should be able to see add on code under company 'Preferences', 'Add on' tab. - Before you start setting up new rules in 'Credit Control', you ...
Sending Mass Letters, Emails and SMS
Sending Mass Letters, Emails and SMS You will notice on each in each of the modules (Tenancy,Landlords, Suppliers, Contacts, Applicants), there is a “Communicate” button section. The communicate buttons include “Letter”, “Email” and “SMS”. ...