The Renters Rights Bill brings the most significant shake-up in England’s private rental market since 1988. Here’s a quick overview for both landlords and tenants:
This is just the tip of the iceberg—there are also new rules on rent increases, outright bans on rental bidding wars, and stronger enforcement of property standards.
When you’re a landlord, there will come a time when you need specialist help to maintain or improve your property. To make sure your experience with trades goes well, we've put together some essential tips to help build a good working relationship and ensure you get quality work done on time and within budget.
Read MoreHaving let thousands of properties between us, we have selected some tips to screen for ideal tenants. It can certainly take much effort and potentially additional costs to correct a bad letting, so it is vital to get the right tenants in first time.
Read MoreOn a day to day basis, as an agency we spend a huge amount of our time researching, evaluating and letting properties. We have found that the better a property is presented there is more of a likelihood of it being let quicker than the competition.
Read MoreWith new legislation introduced frequently and the uncertainty of the pandemic more landlords than ever are looking to hire a property management company to look after their property. Here are some of the top 5 reasons why landlords are making the jump.
Read MoreWe are often asked by our landlords when is the best time to put a property up for let? Of course the 2 years of Covid has thrown off usual expectations somewhat. However, this period aside, we believe the lettings highs and lows can be fairly predictable.
Read MoreFrom time to time, we come across landlords who are renting or looking to rent their properties but have failed to acquire the appropriate licence. The most common rationale we hear is that they were unaware of such requirements. Whilst this may be the case, this will sadly not prevent a local authority from prosecuting a landlord for this mistake.
Read MoreMost disputes that arise at the end of tenancy are based around cleaning. Statistics available confirm that this is the most common issue that deposit providers deal with as dispute cases.
The difficulty in this situation is that everyone has a variable view of what is deemed as clean and an acceptable condition on how a property should be left.
Read MoreWinter is fast approaching ... and with that comes a list of things for landlords to watch out for in terms of property maintenance. We have compiled a short list of key items to check off to help winter (& Christmas!) go without interruption.
Read MoreOften times we have landlords approach us at property meetings for some advice on how to get the best rent as well as reducing their void periods. One of the key things we immediately look at is their (or their agent’s) property advertisements.
Read MoreWinter Is Coming. Many readers will be familiar with the famous line from the cult series Game of Thrones which has some resemblance to the lettings market.
Read MoreWhilst being a nation of animal’s lovers, where do you stand if you have a prospective tenant who wishes to let your property and have a pet? Taking into consideration that 25% of the UK population own a pet and that this 25% will be a cross selection of professional occupants.
Read MoreWe have trailed, praised and thrown out many software solutions over the years. We thought it may be useful to provide a summary of some of the software tools that we think will make a significant difference for Landlords.
Read MoreThe constant thing that worries most landlords most is a long and costly void period. Whilst most landlords acknowledge that voids can occur for a number of reasons, they are always keen to minimise this.
We discuss some pointers to help reduce void periods.
Read MoreSo you have a multi-let property (HMO), you’re doing viewings but it's no one is snatching it up? This can be puzzling (and frustrating) for many landlords and agents. However, there’s usually a bit of science behind it. Let's take a look at some ideas surrounding this. Please note, these notes are specifically for the professional market.
Read MoreWatching Nightmare Tenants/Slum landlords this week, the under-riding thread that kept cropping up, was the extensive arrears that tenants had accrued.
It is every landlord’s nightmare to have a tenant who will not or cannot pay their rent. In the hour long episode there were landlords who were owed in excess of a year’s rental!
Read MoreThere is a store in the UK that everyone loves. A store that has been serving their clients diligently for 150 years. A store that is known for its faithful ethos and its commitment to integrity. Even after all this time in operation, it is hard to find a naysayer, let alone a damaging story on them.
This is a store you go to if you are shopping on value, not on price. Have you guessed it already?
As of the 1st of June, Landlords and Agents are unable to charge the majority of fees due to the tenant fee ban. Great for tenants but not so for Landlords & Agents
We recently had a tenant who left his set of keys at his workplace and came home to realise he could not gain access. Our office was closed and he gave our out of hours line a call asking to be let in. Most of our properties have key safes (which are amazing leverage by the way) but this property did not unfortunately.
Whilst our energy bills have rocketed, landlords are also seeing rising costs of property maintenance and repairs, making the cost of running a rental property increasingly expensive. For HMO landlords, who typically include bills in their rental agreements, the cost of energy is now a cause for concern.
Read MoreYes, even we loath (the majority) of estate agents! Now to be clear, we’re putting letting agents and estate agents under the same banner. We all know the image - a slick, cocky, blue-suited, over-smiley and most certainly over-slimy agent who has more excuses than solutions up their sleeves.
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