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Do you Make these Mistakes when Choosing Tenants?

Tuesday, 31st January 2012

Categories: Lettings Property Management
Choosing the right tenants will make all the difference to the success of your property business. Choose well and you could let the same property to the same tenants for years without any hassle; choose badly and you could end up with rental arrears, costly repairs to the property and irate neighbours.

Kris White

The Secrets of Dealing with Difficult Tenants

Monday, 30th January 2012

Categories: Lettings Property Management
If you’ve been a landlord for a while, chances are you’ve come across difficult tenants in the past. You will no doubt have learnt from your mistakes but there’s no real way of knowing how someone is going to treat your property, or deal with rental payments, until they have actually moved in.

Kris White

Preparing a Property for Rent

Monday, 19th December 2011

Categories: Lettings Property Management
When it comes to renting out a property, it isn’t simply a case of giving the place a spring clean and taking a few nice photos: there’s whole list of legal requirements and presentation issues to deal with before you hand the keys over to your new tenants...

Kris White

The Danger of Being Friends with your Tenant

Tuesday, 22nd November 2011

Categories: Lettings Property Management
If you’re starting out on a new career as a landlord, you probably have certain criteria that you’ve set yourself in order to make the experience as stress-free as possible for yourself and your future tenants...However, there are a number of drawbacks to becoming too friendly with your tenants and when the boundaries between landlord and ‘mate’ become blurred, you could be opening up the floodgates to trouble...

Kris White

The Forgotten Costs of Being a Landlord

Monday, 14th November 2011

Categories: Lettings Property Management
Letting out a property can initially seem like a quick and easy way to capitalise on your property and to make a bit of extra cash without having to work too hard for it...However, before you go ahead and put your property on the rental market, there are a number of other costs and considerations that need to be taken into account...

Kris White

Should I Rent my Flat to Students?

Wednesday, 2nd November 2011

Categories: Lettings Property Management
The student rental market can be a real pull for property owners, and rightly so. Property in student towns and cities will always rent out and it should hold its own in the resale market, too...However, many people are still nervous about renting their properties out to students...

Kris White

Should I Allow my Tenants to Redecorate?

Thursday, 29th September 2011

Categories: Lettings Property Management
If a prospective tenant is going to respect the property and look after it, they need to feel like it’s their home.Whilst no one wants to think of a newly redecorated flat being attacked by DIY novices wielding cans of magenta paint, there has to be a certain amount of give and take on the part of both landlord and tenant...

Kris White

The Secret to Finding Reliable Tradespeople

Monday, 4th April 2011

Categories: Lettings Property Management
It’s important to remember that once your property is let it will become your tenant’s home and under the terms of the tenancy agreement as Landlord, you are responsible for maintaining your property, together with the installations and appliances provided.

Kris White

Are you showing your property at its best?

Friday, 11th February 2011

Categories: Lettings Property Management
Although the peaks and troughs of the property market continue to make headlines, the one trend that continues to rise is ‘expectation’- yours and your tenant's.

Kris White

What to do if your Tenants split up?

Friday, 3rd December 2010

Categories: Lettings Property Management
As Shakespeare once said “the path of true love never does run smooth” and unfortunately in the case of separating tenants this can become the landlord's problem.

Kris White

Can I sell my property with the Tenants in place?

Friday, 22nd October 2010

Categories: Lettings Property Management
Of course I can, it’s my property! That’s true, you can sell your property with a tenant in place, but as always there are a number of things to consider.

Kris White

What Every UK Landlord Living Overseas Should Know

Sunday, 22nd August 2010

Categories: Lettings Property Management
So you’re letting a property in the UK while you’re living abroad. In a perfect world, the property would be let to a marvellous tenant who pays their rent early, you never have to spend a penny on maintenance, and when you come back everything is exactly as you left it.

Kris White

Tenants and their Pets

Saturday, 10th July 2010

Categories: Lettings Property Management
Britain may be a nation of animal lovers but pet owners often struggle to find accommodation where the landlord is willing to accept any pets. Many landlords will not accept pets fearing they will damage furniture, fixtures and leave flea infestations when they depart.

Kris White

The risks of renting to students

Tuesday, 15th June 2010

Categories: Lettings Property Management
Renting to students can be highly profitable although there are risks. In reality they are often no greater than renting to any stranger.

Kris White

Do it Yourself Vs Professional Managing Agents – A false economy?

Friday, 14th May 2010

Categories: Lettings Property Management
Landlords looking to save money may decide to try to go it alone and manage their own properties rather than rely upon the expertise of a trained and established property management company.

Kris White

The Importance of Inventories

Tuesday, 13th April 2010

Categories: Lettings Property Management
Some Landlords question the necessity of having a comprehensive inventory and schedule of condition of their property carried out before a tenant moves in, but if you think about it would you expect a car rental company to rent you a car without first making a thorough check of the condition of the paint work, upholstery etc. how would they know what if any new damage had been caused on its return.

Kris White

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