Category: Landlord Advice
Making a Claim
When disaster strikes and your property suffers loss, damage or theft, it can be very stressful. To get things back to normal as quickly as possible and to make a claim on your property insurance policy, please … Contact us …
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 …
Getting your house in order (financially) for the New Year
One of those all-important New Year resolutions might well have been a determination to protect, maintain, and run your home in the most efficient and effective manner – without paying more than you need to. So, here are four tips …
What changes should landlords expect for the 2023 rental market?
Running a buy to let business these days can be a challenge. Any landlord determined to negotiate the shifting sands of the private rental market will also need to keep a close eye on legislative reforms that are afoot. With …
Getting ready for 2023
A New Year, a fresh start – if only, you are probably saying to yourself! Towards the end of 2022, we started staring inflation in the face. A recent article noted that inflation is already in double figures, and it …
Guide to Condensation
As the seasons change to winter, certain common problems faced by many landlords of buy to let property begin to raise their heads once again. Citizens Advice claims that damp is a common problem. According to the housing charity Shelter …
Guide to weather proofing your property
Both the government and Citizens Advice stress a landlord’s responsibility for maintaining let property in a good state of repair. Not only is that your legal obligation as a landlord but a regular schedule of regular maintenance and repair is …
Fire doors and landlords
How often have you overlooked a fire door or grown used to it always being propped open? If you’re like a third of the British public, you’re unlikely to report it as a problem – and the National Fire Door …
Homebuyers can benefit from new protections when buying new builds
Buyers of new builds will welcome a raft of assurances and protective measures that came into effect at the beginning of October. The good news is delivered by the formation of a government-backed New Homes Quality Board (NHQB). This independent …
