Full Property Management
If you decide that you want us to manage your property / properties full time, you can be assured your property is in safe hands. We will undertake the following:
- An initial viewing of your property to advise you of a realistic rental value for the type of property and the area in which it is situated and of any repairs that are needed so that it meets the required standards
- Recommend landlords’ buildings and contents insurance, rent guarantee and legal expenses cover and give advice on what action to take if the property is mortgaged or if it is a leasehold
- Market your property using To Let boards and advertising in the local press. It is planned to include the web in our marketing strategies this year.
- Accompanied viewings and vetting prospective tenants using employment references, bank references, previous landlord references (if applicable) and credit checking.
- Full detailed inventory of the property, preparation and signing of the assured short hold tenancy agreement, taking deposits as required, arranging safety checks, transferring the bills for the services into the tenant’s name.
- Collect the rent at every payment interval and, with the agents fee deducted and any other costs that may have occurred, transfer it to you by bank transfer (on the same day as receipt where at all possible).
- Produce a monthly statement for you and the tenant.
- Inspect the property on a bi-annual basis (or more regularly if required) to check it is being looked after and report back.
- Agree a limit with you for routine maintenance work to be carried out at the property, which will be deducted from the monthly rent and deal with any tenant enquiries promptly.
- Make sure the tenants are keeping up to their rent payments.
- Give advice on rent reviews and increases.
- If a tenant is due to leave the property we will check the condition against the inventory, receive all the keys in and discuss any repairs that may need doing before giving the deposit back.
Fees
- All we charge is 9% of the monthly rent as commission – that’s it!
- This fee includes the inventory and inspections – so there are no unexpected costs!
- The only other costs are advertising, any safety checks or maintenance works that may need to be carried out at the property or anything else that we pay for on behalf of you.
- Whilst our rates may be low our level of service is very high, we want the best for our clients and we want you to like both us and the job that we’d like to do for you
To Let Only
This option allows us to advertise and find a suitable tenant for your property only. We will:
- View your property so that we can advise you of a realistic rental value for the type of property and the area in which it is situated and of any repairs that are needed so that it meets the required standards
- Recommend landlords buildings and contents insurance, rent guarantee and legal expenses cover and give advice on what action to take if the property is mortgaged or if it is a leasehold
- Marketing your property using To Let boards and advertising in the local press.
- Accompanied viewings and vetting prospective tenants using employment references, bank references, previous landlord references (if applicable) and credit checking them to minimise the risk of losing rental income and damage to the property
- Full detailed inventory of the property, preparation and signing of the assured shorthold tenancy agreement, taking deposits as required, arranging safety checks, transferring the bills for the services into the tenants name
- Deduct our fee and any other costs that may occur from the first month’s rent and transfer this to you by bank transfer and produce a statement for you detailing this
Keyholding
This option is available if you want us to “hold the fort” for a short term if you won’t be available e.g. going on holiday.
We shall gladly act as agent for you by dealing with any issues, should they arise. We will keep the keys secure and, as you wish, either hold of the phone(s) that tenants usually contact you on, have your calls diverted to us or inform your tenants in advance of our contact numbers for the time that you are unavailable.
We are available to answer the phone 24/7 ensuring we can deal with any issues straight away.
If you require us to act as key holder for you, all we charge is £3 per day and £10 per hour for any necessary work. If there are more than 25 houses to be looked after, we may have to review our daily rate.
Support
Should you feel that you are able to find tenants and deal with your lettings unaided, please feel free to use our support services for a minimal cost. We will gladly prepare inventories, take photographs, await surveyors or tradesmen, take meter readings and advise the utilities or any other jobs that you just do not have time to do.
Further we will gladly recommend tradesmen to help in any property management issues.
Finally, we are in partnership with a highly qualified individual who can offer advice on planning issues, do architectural drawings and help with legal requirements for building regulations and landlord duties of care. |
All we charge is 9% of the monthly rent as commission – that’s it! This fee includes the inventory and inspections – so there are no unexpected costs! The only other costs are advertising, any safety checks or maintenance works that may need to be carried out at the property or anything else that we pay for on your behalf. |
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