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Landlords adapting to market changes

Contrary to many expectations, landlords and prospective landlords seem to be increasingly attracted to investment in the buy to let property market. According to a Property Investor Survey on the 7th of June 2017, the proportion of landlords looking to …

Landlords and cannabis farms

It might be something you never thought you’d have to worry about as a landlord, but there is growing evidence that some tenants are using private rented accommodation for the cultivation of cannabis. Time was, when criminals choose relatively large …

Making some MEES time

Does the acronym “MEES” or the expanded “Minimum Energy Efficient Standards” mean anything to you? If they’ve both drawn a blank, then you may have cause for concern. MEES If you’re in the dark about the above, you’re far from …

Landlord legislation: your checklist

Whether you are a committed, “professional” landlord with specific objectives for a buy to let business, or a so-called “accidental” landlord who happens to find themselves with a property to let, your activities are regulated by legislation – an increasingly …

What attracts tenants?

Knowing what attracts your tenants and understanding what they want from their rented accommodation, is an important part of being a landlord. The knowledge gives you vital market information, allowing you to optimise the rent you charge, the priority you …

CMP to be made compulsory for letting agents

There are changes on the way for the CMP (Client Money Protection) scheme. These will be beneficial to the industry at large and it’s important that landlords and letting agents understand them. The background Prior to 2007, disputes could arise …

What types of landlord insurance are there?

There is a general consensus that changes to tax rules and ever-increasing regulation have made life more difficult for landlords of let property in the past couple of years. Those difficulties have been made no easier by the growing trend …

I have had previous claims – can you still offer me a Landlords Insurance Quotation?

At Cover4LetProperty we pride ourselves on being able to offer terms for the majority of risks, including landlords who have previously suffered from claims on their properties. We cannot promise to offer landlords insurance quotations for every risk but we …

How do I make a claim on my landlords insurance?

It may be your biggest headache after your property investment – having to make a claim on your landlords insurance. The last thing you need is to have to dig around for your policy documents when you have your tenants …

Do you need building insurance for landlords?

If you let a property, you may be counting the pennies, because everything you spend on the property may come out of the rent you are collecting. You may already be paying a managing agent, a mortgage and a handyman …