Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
“Always follow your instinct” is a good mantra to live by. Some years ago, we were letting a property and we thought we had found a good applicant. As usual, I had requested the applicant provide all the documents we needed to see. And he was fine with that. In fact, he said, why don’t me and my wife come […]
Read moreIn the first part of this piece about how we reduce the large number of time waster enquiries we get, I looked at how we put certain information in the advert text. This is specific information which relates to the property and our referencing processes. We do this to cut the number of enquiries down from people for whom the […]
Read moreThis is the first of two articles on how to reduce timewaster letting enquiries. In this part, I explain how the inclusion of certain wording in the text of your letting advert can minimise the number of enquiries from people who are totally unsuitable as tenants for your properties. We use OpenRent, an online letting agent, to get our adverts […]
Read moreI have just received an advance notice of a consultation on bringing my local “arms length management organisation” (ALMO), which is called “Lewisham Homes”, back under the control of Lewisham Council. ARMS LENGTH MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS (ALMOs) RETURN TO COUNCIL CONTROL The ALMO provide the management services for a leasehold property I own in the borough – so, they provide things […]
Read moreIn this article, I use the case of Build to Rent to illustrate how “groupthink” permeates the mainstream media. I use it to show that you need to be intellectually curious and check out alternative, often more informed sites to make money in property or stocks or anything else. And it is also helps to have a decent level of […]
Read moreI have just spent a fun couple of days looking through the Energy Performance Certificates for two clients and for my own portfolio. INCREASING YOUR ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE TO GRADE C I was rather worried that we might all have to do a lot of work and spend a lot of money to get our properties up to EPC grade […]
Read moreAfter a previous post led to a lot of folks writing to tell me their experiences of letting at the seaside, I thought this topic was worth a few more comments. Seaside Buy to Lets This article is not about any old seaside town. I am not looking at industrial or big port seaside towns like Port Talbot or Felixstowe. […]
Read moreI make no apology about visiting the issue of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) once again. This time, looking also at mortgages. MORTGAGES AND ENERGY PERFOMANCE CERTIFICATES EPCS This is one we really must watch. (I am not going to repeat the points raised in previous posts – to read these please see the links at the end). There can be […]
Read moreDATA PROTECTION ISSUES FOR PRIVATE LANDLORDS This article looks at data protection issues for private landlords. Us landlords hold a lot of data – at the very least, tenant information such as names and addresses, financial data, and payment history. It must be looked after carefully. In most cases landlords need to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the […]
Read moreThe British middle class seem to give this particular landlord the run around when it comes to time-wasting when we are trying to secure a new tenancy, says David Lawrenson of LettingFocus, but I still try to give them a fair shout at letting one of our properties. I am getting many calls for a property we are letting right […]
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