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Why you must inform your insurer if you renovate
Property renovation may be an attractive alternative to finding and moving into another home. If you are the owner-occupier looking for more space for your growing family, renovation, a loft conversion or an extension is likely to be a cheaper …
How social media can put your home at risk; the importance of an HMO licence; and professional Airbnb sub-letters exposed
Buy to let landlords rarely have an easy time of it running their business in a difficult private rental sector. If there is one thing that might help you keep on top of the current themes and issues, it is …
Private rents rise, changes to the How to Rent Guide, and what buyers and tenants really want from a home
New opportunities open up, different challenges come along, and the business environment for the buy to let landlord is forever in flux. So that you keep abreast of those changes, seize any new opportunities and rise to any challenges, it …
The North-South divide, a spike in home insurance claims, and other property news …
A landlord’s work is never done. There is always some new development, it seems, that you might need to take into account for the smooth running of your business. So, if the season of sunnier skies, warm weather and your …
Liability insurance and landlords
At Cover4LetProperty, our landlords and holiday home insurance policies include £2m property owner’s liability (POL) insurance as standard – with the option to increase the cover up to £5m if required. So, what is liability insurance and why is it …
Make your property eco-friendly
Below are a number of tips as to how you can help make your property eco-friendlier. They apply to any property, whether it is let, owner-occupied or anything in between. These are very practical minor tips that you can do …
Energy theft, property prices, and a plan for landlords to pay their tenants’ council tax …
Property and all things related to it are rarely out of the news. Here are just a few of the current news stories you may be interested in … Energy theft – pulling the plug According to a report by …
How to attract bees to your garden
Most of us know that these lovely insects are absolutely essential to the maintenance of our environment. Bees are important In fact, some experts estimate that roughly one mouthful in every three consumed by human beings consists of food that …
The key things to include in your UK holiday let “Welcome” pack
The beauty of staying in a holiday home is that it is – or should be – a home-from-home for your guests. One way of making sure your visitors feel as comfortable as possible is to create a “Welcome” folder. …
The Tenant Fee ban, changes to Section 21 and the top BTL hotspots …
Do you own buy to let property or are you looking to invest in one? Then the following snippets of news are relevant and might sooner or later have an impact on your business. The Tenant Fees Act June 1st …
