[ad_1] It is really important to consider everything you need to do to keep your tenants safe and happy. Obviously, a lot of those things are required by law but some just need a bit of practical forethought and some of the requirements may not be so obvious. You might think in some cases you’re…
[ad_1] The latest English Housing Survey reported that “7% of private rented dwellings had some type of damp problem, compared with 6% of social rented dwellings and 2% of owner occupied dwellings”. With increased powers allowing tenants to take landlords to court for a property in disrepair from 20th March 2019, it is worth knowing…
[ad_1] Having good, well-fitted windows in your Buy to Let can improve your property’s value and help ensure it is let legally. They help keep your property watertight. This help to meet your legal obligations to maintain a property in a good and safe condition. It can also improve the property’s value Newer windows are likely…
[ad_1] Tenants used to see checking in and out – particularly the inventory part – as something that mainly protected the landlord, so many of them didn’t pay much attention to it. But, since the introduction of deposit protection schemes and with tenants becoming much better informed about both their rights and their landlord’s obligations,…
[ad_1] The Houses in Mutiple Occupation (HMO) market has grown massively over the past decade, so it’s no surprise there are now new laws that landlords and their properties have to comply with. That’s great news for standards in the sector and for tenants who rent rooms, but it has meant landlords’ costs have gone up…
