Did you know that if you carry waste in the course of your business (property letting) for profit, then you are likely to require a Waste Carriers License?
If you use contractors, they must have one.
One of the things that always scares me about property and, to be honest, stopped me from buying properties earlier was my lack of maintenance skills. I knew nothing about the causes of damp, how much...
You may get tenants who from time to time leave without giving you the keys. You know the ones… They have some arrears, have left the house, shall we say “lived in” (by prehistoric savages)...
Knowing that over 95% of people view properties online (with the majority using Rightmove),you may be interested in tips on optimising your Rightmove adverts.
The secret is understanding Rightmove’s...
As promised, following my last article, I wanted to give you some tips on how to avoid cannabis factories.
A cannabis factory is simply changing part or all of a home to grow cannabis plants.
I wanted to share with you a recent ‘near miss’ with one of our landlord’s.
We had taken on a new portfolio and as part of procedure, we attempted to carry out an inspection by contacting...
One of the oft used business phrases is “look after your customers”, but should this be “look after your tenant”. In lettings it is easy to assume that once you have a tenant you...
Following on from my article about whether pest control is a landlords or a tenants responsibility, I’ve had a few people contact me about tenants repairing responsibilities.
A lot of landlords and...
At NPG, from time to time we get tenants calling about pest control. It can range from mice, to rats, ants, fleas, bed-bugs, cockroaches and even wasps nests. By the way, if you start scratching whilst...
At National Property Group we are working with a FTSE 100 company which has engaged us to source landlords wanting to let their properties for a mimimum period of five years on a Corporate Lets basis.
I thought I’d share with you how we manage to close so many of our tenant prospects. Our secret lies in understanding the barriers that most agents put in place to put off tenants!
First, they...
Council Tax can be a deciding factor to some tenants. When you rent out a property, tenants often ask what the council tax band is. They also want to know much they will have to pay.
There can be a big...
As a landlord you can be forgiven for thinking that every bit of news from the government concerning the lettings sector is bad for the landlord – A new set of obligations which comes with the obligatory...
If you ask 2 different letting agents how they do inventories and condition reports, you’ll probably get 3 different answers.
The systems in place range on one extreme from None! by many landlords...
Have you ever made the same mistake I did – and set the rent too high?
I remember when one of my first properties became vacant some years ago. I carefully researched the local rental levels on Rightmove...
If you had a choice of the two tenants below which would you choose?
A middle-aged couple (one working and earning minimum wage, one at home) with two school age daughters, who have rented their current...
All savvy landlords and letting agents know that Rightmove is the UK’s busiest property portal. Despite the fact that they’ve recently increased their prices significantly, you can’t...
Rightmove Premium Listings ‘Do they work?’
Rightmove themselves state that their own research indicates that properties with a “Premium Listing” banner generate 21% more enquiries. Of course...
I thought I’d share my recent experiences of a “Tenant From Hell”
We often take on properties from landlords who have problem tenants, usually leaving us the legacy of sorting them out.
Recently, one of the properties managed by our portfolio management company, National Property Group, was subject to a legal challenge against the landlord.
Since selling the property, the original vendor...
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