If you’re living in rented accommodation, you’ll often have one thing on your mind and that’s moving home! So one of the most frequently asked questions is, “when is the best time of year to move home?”. The simple answer is, theres never a right time of year to do it! Any time of year [...]
Problem tenants can be the cause of a substantial amount of stress, and require further care so to avoid being accused of harassment. As a landlord you must approach a problem tenant professionally and in accordance with the law, keeping in mind that you are not in a social setting but instead working as the [...]
The Guardian Newspaper has an interesting story on their website. They’ve taken advice from prominent people involved in various areas of housing and homelessness to see what their perspective is towards how Councils and Private Landlords work together. From rent fixing to dealing with poor properties, to discussing how councils can work with the private [...]
For a lot of landlords, there seems little point in paying an expensive high streetletting agent, what with the talk of the high demand for rental properties by tenants. Often, the high street letting agents will charge higher fees for getting your properties let compared to online letting agents. This is mainly due to the [...]
This winter proofing your rental property guide is for tenants who are currently renting a property. By making sure you look after the property over the winter months, the property will be less likely to suffer from any problems during the winter months and mean you have less reason to bother the landlord or management [...]
First time buyers hoping to buy a property are increasingly dealt a blow with banks and other lenders asking for ever larger deposits. But now it seems the rental marketing could be costing renters increasingly larger sums. in facct, the average deposit required has risen sharply this year alone by an extra £125 in a [...]
It seems like a doom and gloom time to be a Tenant but great news for Landlords. PropertyWire.com have an article predicting that UK rents will rise faster than property prices. This is likely to occur due to demand out stripping supply which in the same in any sector. If there is more people wanting [...]
I read an article on HomeLet.co.uk about tenants increasingly finding it difficult to find properties to rent that are cheap enough so they’re being forced to share rather than rent somewhere by themselves. The data they collected came from the October HomeLet Rental Index which showed that the average number of tenants living in one [...]
