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Carbon Monoxide Regulations for Landlords
Ensuring tenant safety isn’t just good practice – it’s a legal obligation. Carbon monoxide, also known as the “silent killer,” is responsible for around 116 deaths a year across England and Wales, with thousands more treated for exposure. Understanding and complying with carbon monoxide alarm regulations is essential to [...]
Eviction Notices: Upcoming Changes to Section 21
If you have had to Google this subject, chances are things are not good with your rental property and you could do with some tips on the next steps. However, with the upcoming Renters’ Rights Bill, the process of how to legally evict someone is about to significantly change. We [...]
How to Find Good Tenants
Every landlord wants the perfect tenant – someone who pays rent on time, takes care of the property, sticks around for the long term, and only calls to wish you a happy birthday! But finding them takes more than just listing your property and hoping for the best. A solid [...]
Furnished vs Unfurnished: Which is Better?
Whether you're a tenant looking for your next home or a landlord deciding how to market your property, the question of furnished vs unfurnished rentals is an important one. Furnished homes offer convenience, especially for short-term renters or those who don’t want the hassle of buying furniture. On the [...]
The Value of a Professional Clean at Check Out
When it comes to checking out of your rental property, ensuring the property is thoroughly cleaned and returned to the same condition as it was at the beginning of the tenancy is vital. According to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, end-of-tenancy cleaning was the central cause of 65% of deposit disputes [...]
How to Get Your Tenancy Deposit Back
Getting your tenancy deposit back shouldn’t be a struggle, but deductions can occur if you don’t stay on top of looking after your rental property and stick to your tenancy agreement. The good news? We’re here to provide you with the steps you can take to protect your deposit and [...]
Understanding Tenancy Deposits
Understanding tenancy deposits and how their protection schemes work is crucial for both landlords and tenants. Landlords need to know the correct steps to take to ensure they are compliant, and we understand that the requirements can be confusing. For tenants, securing the return of your rental deposit at the [...]
Fair Wear and Tear Explained: A Guide for Landlords and Tenants
Considered by many as the million-dollar question – what is classed as damage versus fair wear and tear at check out? If only there were a straightforward answer to give to landlords, tenants and letting agents, but no. Due to properties being properties, and tenancies being tenancies, and them all [...]
Smart Tips to Stay Eco and Help Cut Costs in Your Home
Struggling to stick to that New Year’s resolution to try and keep down your bills for 2025? With growing costs of living and climate change rarely out of the news, it comes as no surprise that people are increasingly looking for eco-friendly tips and tricks to adjust their habits and [...]
Awaab’s Law & Providing Decent Homes for Tenants
Awaab Ishak was two when he died due to such poor and substandard social housing conditions in Rochdale in 2020. Despite being repeatedly told about the hazardous conditions that Awaab and his family were living in, the landlord failed to act and the family continued to live in a property [...]
Fire Safety Responsibilities: A Landlord’s Guide
As a landlord or agent, staying compliant with fire safety regulations and ensuring the safety of your tenants and property isn’t just good practice, it is a legal requirement. From understanding the latest smoke and carbon monoxide alarm regulations to identifying common causes of fires in rental properties and the [...]
The future of renting
Our predictions for the future of renting However you view the last decade; either as a period of prosperity and optimism (The Teens) or turbulent uncertainty (The Ten-sions), there were certainly good and bad factors for everybody. Change in the property sector isn’t looking set to level off and dwindle [...]
Renting on the rise. A look at the London & UK Rental Market in 2020
As we enter a new year, we are pleased to bring you our graphic round up of the London and UK rental market over the last 12 months. Our Lettings Infographic gives you all the information you need, to find out what's been going on for Landlords, Letting Agents and [...]
Top tips for letting a property
Easy property renting tips Bad relationships between tenants and landlords are no good to anyone and nobody knows more about managing these landlord/tenant relationships than letting agents. So, we decided to ask for some advice from a few London rental experts on how they help their customers avoid disputes. We [...]
Could the scrapping of Section 21 pull the plug on the rental market as we know it?
With the government’s consultation period for the proposed scrapping of section 21 coming to an end last Saturday, what would the effect of this potential new legislation mean for landlords, letting agents and the private rental sector in London and UK as a whole? Understanding Section 21: In England [...]
Prepare your rental property for winter
With summer firmly coming to a close behind us, many letting agents are breathing a sigh of relief as another peak season is done and we have lived to tell the tale…well just about anyway! As we all get a little more time to look at the broader picture, now [...]
How to evict tenants
How to legally evict a tenant If you have had to Google this subject, chances are things are not good with your rental property and you could do with some sound tips on the next steps. So, to aid you with this, we have been out there and gathered some [...]
Dispute with landlord over repairs
What to do if the landlord refuses repairs A rental should feel like a ‘home’, where a tenant feels comfortable and happy. After all, they are paying the mortgage on the place…via the rent of course! However, it seems to be a common issue that many landlords simply refuse to [...]
Is buy-to-let still a good idea?
Are buy-to-let mortgages a good idea? The whirling escalation of people jumping in to the buy to let arena as an option for short and long term gain, has definitely slowed and even begun to reverse of late. With new legislation being introduced all the time in favour of tenants, [...]
Rogue Landlords Database & how to stay off it
Being a compliant landlord As part of recent government proposals to give better protection to tenants, local authorities may soon be able to share their Rogue Landlord Database with prospective renters. This means that tenants will be able to look up not only landlords, but also letting agents by name, [...]
The Big Crush of the Private Rental Sector
It seems whichever way you turn at the moment there is a squeeze on the private rental sector, with ever bigger hands trying to decimate this much needed area of the property market. Literally on a daily basis you can read about the dire situation for private landlords, who, if [...]
Property MOT – Will it become yet another piece of legislation for the Private Rental Sector?
If you take a look at the property trade press over the last few months, they have certainly done their fair share of reporting on the subject of introducing a Property MOT. Here is just a small selection we found recently if you fancy some light reading! https://www.propertywire.com/news/uk/call-property-mot-private-rented-sector-uk/ - Sep [...]
The ‘Fitness for Human Habitation Act’
Understanding the fitness for human habitation act This week the Fitness for Human Habitation Act 2018 came into force in England. The new government legislation means that tenants now have the right to sue their landlords if their property is in such poor condition, that it is considered ‘not fit [...]
Benefits of inventory management
The question of why it is necessary to use a professional inventory company is not an uncommon one amongst Landlords and Letting Agents. For the less seasoned landlord or those lucky enough to have always been blessed with good tenants thus far, it can be hard to see why you [...]
Property management challenges
Tackling property management challenges As anyone with rental properties will know, you sometimes have to rely on external suppliers. Obviously, calling in an expert is a great way to keep on top of all the maintenance needed to keep the property in good condition but using some external suppliers out [...]
Value of landlord routine inspections
Conducting landlord periodic inspections A true tale…I remember clearly the sinking feeling of regret. I was shocked at the condition of my property and the size of my repair bill and I cursed myself for not thinking to check in on it more often. It had [...]