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Thinking of letting or renting a property in London? Our dedicated residential lettings team will give honest and practical advice from the first appraisal to the end of the tenancy.
If you are a landlord and need help with end-to-end management of your rental property portfolio, or are someone who is looking to enter the buy-to-let market, our services will help you find suitable tenants, and support you throughout the process. Our comprehensive property management service has been designed to make your life as a landlord easier, and includes property valuation, rent collection and regular inspection visits.
HOW ME MANAGE TENANCIES FOR YOUR PROPERTY
FINDING RELIABLE TENANTS QUICKLY
What we do:
- Advise you on how to make the most of your property’s potential
- Arrange viewings
- Secure and vet prospective tenants
- Negotiate terms of tenancy and draw up agreements
ARRANGING THE MOVE EFFECTIVELY
What we do:
- Obtain all legal health and safety certificates
- Prepare detailed inventories
- Carry out all pre-tenancy maintenance and cleaning
- Manage tenant deposit and tenancy utilities set up
MANAGING YOUR PROPERTY EXPERTLY
What we do:
- Collect rent, chase up arrears and issue statements
- Inspect the property regularly and provide reports
- Arrange quotes for necessary maintenance works
- Renew tenancy agreements and conduct rent reviews
ENDING TENANCIES PROFESSIONALLY
What we do:
- Calculate & apply deductions and return tenant deposits
- Provide full check-out report
- Establish closing meter reading and utilities transfers
- Prepare to re-market your property and carry out maintenance works
STEPS FOR LETTING YOUR PROPERTY
1
CHOOSING AN ESTATE AGENT
When choosing an Estate Agent consider what kind of marketing your property will receive, their high street presence and their opening hours. If your agents advertising is limited, so will your letting potential. Also make sure there’s no extra cost for additional advertising and more importantly there isn’t an upfront cost for any work your agent carries out.
2
ACCURATE VALUATION
Your goal as a landlord should be to let your property for the highest price in the shortest time, remember, an empty property loses money so it’s important to get the pricing right. We value thousands of properties every year and we’re at the very centre of the local property market which gives us unrivalled knowledge of pricing property locally.
3
INSTRUCTION
When you instruct your agent they should book an appointment to come and take photographs and arrange for an Energy Performance assessment in order to start marketing the property.
4
AGENCY AGREEMENT
You should receive and sign the Agency Agreement and complete the landlord information forms and return them.
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PROPERTY PRESENTATION
Making a good first impression counts and presenting your property at its best is critical to a successful let. You may want to consider looking at those little jobs you’ve been meaning to get done, add a fresh lick of paint where necessary and try to declutter to make rooms appear bigger. Once you’re happy with your properties presentation, we will, in just one visit, collect all marketing elements for your property.
6
MARKETING
We will place your property on the market within 2 working days after the instructions. We will upload your property immediately to our website, match with our database, contact prospective tenants, place your property on Rightmove, Zoopla and various other website.
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VIEWINGS
To maximise viewing opportunities, ensure your agent is open when potential tenants are looking to view properties. Also make sure your agent has tenants to contact prior to adverting.
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NEGOTIATING AN OFFER
As soon as we receive an offer, we’ll contact you to relay full details of the offer along with any special conditions to help you decide whether to accept or not.
9
REFERENCING PROCESS
If an agreement is reached we will start the referencing process immediately (it usually takes about 7 working days) and it covers credit history, employment history, previous landlords and any guarantors if required.
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TENANCY AGREEMENT
Once the references have passed the Tenancy Agreement will be drawn up and sent to you. Sign the agreement and return to us or give written permission for LLH to do so on your behalf.
11
DEPOSIT
Tenants are required to pay a deposit prior to the start of the agreement. As from 2007 all deposits under an Assured Shorthold Agreement, which is the majority of agreements signed, must be registered and proof of registration will be provided.
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INVENTORY
We will arrange for an inventory of your property and deal with any compliance issues e.g. Landlords Gas safety certificate.
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TENANCY RENEWAL
2 months prior to the end of your fixed term Intercounty will contact you to discuss your future plans. We will assess the current market position and advise accordingly and then contact your tenant to discuss their plan
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SERVING NOTICE
If you wish to serve notice we will advise on the necessary steps given the circumstances – e.g. whether fixed term (as above) or periodic and serve the necessary notices.
