Landlords provide good quality homes says majority of tenants

Landlords provide good quality homes says majority of tenants

0:01 AM, 31st January 2025, About 4 days ago 4

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Despite the media narrative, more than half of tenants (54%) feel landlords do provide good quality housing, according to a new report.

The findings from Leaders Roman Group also show that 60% of tenants feel landlords are being unfairly portrayed, a view shared by many landlords themselves.

The news comes after a previous study by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) which reveals 65% of tenants rated their private landlords highly, compared to 46% for corporate landlords.

Tenants do feel happy with their landlord

Tenant responses from the Leaders Roman Group reveal the majority do feel happy with their landlords.

One tenant told the survey: “Our landlord is always responsive and addresses issues quickly, which makes us feel valued.”

Another said: “It’s great to have a landlord who genuinely cares about the tenants’ living conditions.”

Elsewhere in the survey, tenants indicated that additional rules and regulations are not the key to improving landlord-tenant relationships. Only 17% of tenants believed that more regulations would help, and just 16% felt an independent ombudsman would make a difference.

More than 13% of tenants felt no changes were needed, indicating that many are satisfied with their current rental experience.

Faster responses to maintenance issues

Tenants expressed that better communication and faster responses to maintenance issues would have the biggest impact on improving relations.

Allison Thompson, national lettings managing Director at Leaders Roman Group, said: “Landlords play an essential role in the rental market, and our findings show that most are committed to providing quality housing and building positive relationships with their tenants. While there’s plenty to celebrate in these results, there’s also a clear message about the importance of open communication and responsiveness to tenant needs.

“It’s encouraging to see that tenants value their landlords’ efforts, but there’s always room to strengthen this relationship further. By focusing on proactive engagement, landlords can address tenant concerns while continuing to deliver the high service standards the majority are already achieving.”

According to the survey, 75% of tenants reported that maintenance requests are addressed within a week, with 41% receiving responses in as little as 48 hours.


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Mick Roberts

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9:17 AM, 31st January 2025, About 4 days ago

My houses have got worse last 7 years.
As we know with Selective Licensing and the losses and time from UC and Section 24, we have less funds. Now that's OK if we give full price rent increases to tenants to pay for these things, but if we try look after tenants with lower rents, they know these 2020 rents don't pay for 2025 repairs. So my tenants don't ask for nothing on £700pm cause they know if they do, I then have to charge the normal £850. Ooh sounds awful dun't it. Go argue with the people that bring in these ever increasing changes that cost.

So much so, that now I'm starting to sell me houses and go in houses I've not been in for 20 years and some of em are wrecked. Got to spend 20k on em if was doing em to sell. So I'd have been better off charging the normal rent as at least had money to do em up, and tenant then would have been asking for stuff and got theirselves a nice house-Although wait for it, they'd have been on worse poverty paying normal rent.
I'm going off track, so yes my houses have got worse cause funds and time have gone on Council and Govt retrospective changes.

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9:18 AM, 31st January 2025, About 4 days ago

Only 54%, not much of a recommendation

Nikki Palmer

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9:29 AM, 31st January 2025, About 4 days ago

What a convoluted feature - barely a majority and this was based on a 'previous survey'. It's a bit of a non story.

I'm absolutely certain that if most tenants were asked about legislation they would look very blankly back at you. We have to understand it before they get the message. It's not just about no DSS and yes to Pets

Lordship

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13:25 PM, 31st January 2025, About 4 days ago

So what?
Governments are not interested in what tenants or landlords think, they have an agenda.

Was speaking with a local council housing officer recently who told me "we have put our concerns to the powers that be about the RRB and the adverse effects it is already having, but they were not interested". She completely understands why some of their current landlords are selling and why there is no interest in their "promotions" to try and being new landlords on board.

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