Refurb Tips That Every Landlord Should Know
/Smart refurb decisions can make or break a buy-to-let.
Why Are London Landlords Selling Their Properties?
/In recent months, surveys and HMRC‐linked data have shown a growing trend: many landlords are deciding to sell up rather than hold onto their properties.
What This Means for You
If you’re a landlord, it’s more important than ever to review your portfolio: check your mortgages, anticipated costs, and whether your rents are keeping up.
Tightening your compliance (safety, energy efficiency, tenant licensing) can help reduce future risks.
For renters, these changes may lead to fewer places to rent and possibly rising rents in high-demand locations.
What Every Landlord (and Renter) Needs to Know about the Lettings Cycle
/The property market has its own rhythm, and understanding it can make a world of difference for both landlords and renters. That’s where the lettings cycle comes in.
In this video, Abs takes you through the highs and lows of the year in London lettings, from the quieter winter months to the busy summer season when tenant enquiries peak. He explains why these trends happen, what landlords should prepare for, and how renters can use the cycle to their advantage.
For landlords, timing can mean faster lets, fewer void periods, and higher returns. For renters, it can help you know when competition will be tougher (and when you might just snag a better deal).
What the Renters Rights Bill Could Mean for You
/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.
10 Tips When Using Trades
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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 More5 Tips for Tenant Screening
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Having 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 MoreDress it Up!
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On 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 More5 Reasons Many Landlords Use Property Management Services
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With 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 MoreWhen is The Best Time To-Let?
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We 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 MoreProperty Licensing - Just an Additional Expense?
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From 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 MoreHow Clean Is Clean?
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Most 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 Maintenance
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Winter 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 MoreDress to Impress
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Often 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
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Winter 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 MoreHappy for Lassie to Come Home?
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Whilst 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 More5 Software Platforms We Recommend
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We 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 MoreAvoid The Void
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The 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 MoreLetting Rooms Quickly
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So 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 MoreWhy Use Rental Insurance?
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Watching 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 MoreThe Store We All Love
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There 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?
