Category: Landlord Advice
New landlord legislation and boiler efficiency
Recent years have seen successive pieces of legislation obliging private sector landlords to improve the energy efficiency of the homes they let. The current Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) Regulations, for instance, mean that, since the 1st of April 2020, …
How to keep a tenant
Retaining a happy and responsible tenant is in your own best interests as a landlord, or course. Because that way you reduce the “voids” created by existing tenants leaving and new ones coming in – thus maintaining your rental income …
Solar panels FAQs
The escalating cost of fuel, at a time when the cost of living is rising so steeply, makes many homeowners and landlords give serious thought to alternative sources of energy. To that end, energy captured from the sun’s rays through …
Keeping your let property secure
Autumn is just around the corner, and with it comes shorter days and longer nights. When the clocks go back at the end of October, we can expect the usual spike in burglaries that customarily accompany the darker evenings. This swells …
Proposed changes to legislation of holiday lets in England
Holiday lets are booming. The number of holiday lets in England alone rose by 40% between 2018 and 2021. So, if you own a holiday home that you let to visitors or longer-term tenants, it’s clearly important to be up …
How to cut energy bills
The energy regulator Ofgem on the 25th of May 2023 released the good news that energy bills should be coming down this summer. Following recent falls in the overall price of energy, with effect from the 1st of July the …
How to handle noise complaints
Whether they are complaints about rowdiness by your own tenants or objections from the latter about the neighbours, dealing with problems of noise can become a major headache for landlords. All the parties involved, of course, might well be looking …
How to improve your property’s EPC rating
If you are a landlord, you will be aware that recent years have seen successive changes to the energy-efficiency standards the law requires you to maintain for your let property. It might have been something of a challenge to keep …
Property inspection checks: a reminder for landlords
One of your fundamental responsibilities as a private sector landlord is to keep any property you let safe and free of any kind of health hazard. Regular inspections of your property provide a way of ensuring that safety. Regular inspections …
UK property maintenance tips
As the weather begins to warm up, now is the perfect time to take care of any property maintenance tasks that may have been overlooked during the winter months. Here is our list of ideas of what to do inside …
