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Making tenants feel right at home
Written bylettings: 11 December, 2012Your approach to life as an investor and landlord has a bearing on everyone's happiness. In my experience, happy tenants and happy landlords come in pairs. A good tenancy, just like any relationship, works best when both parties feel the arrangement is fair and everyone is genuinely doing their best…
Read moreLegal site launched to help landlords with rogue tenants
Written bylettings: 10 December, 2012Legal repossession specialist Moore Blatch had launched a website to make it easier for landlords to deal with rogue tenants. PropertyReclaim.com is a simple to use website offering flat rates for a variety of legals services that range from sending a letter before claim to a full scale eviction or…
Read moreLetting agents face having to produce Tenant Information Packs
Written bylettings: 03 December, 2012A new duty will mean that private landlords or their agents in Scotland will have to give their tenants a Tenant Information Pack from next year. The pack – to be known as a TIP – runs to over 30 pages with five sections, and will have to be prepared for all…
Read moreEPCs – Changes for Scotland have arrived
Written bylettings: 01 December, 2012The majority of the new Regulations applicable to buildings in Scotland come into force on 1 October 2012, with further changes applicable from 9 January 2013. The key features of the original 2008 Regulations remain unchanged: EPCs will continue to be required on the sale, lease or construction for the…
Read moreEPC - More legislation for landlords
Written bylettings: 01 December, 2012For those who think “More legislation to make life difficult for landlords” let’s first look at why Government need us to have Energy Performance Certificates (EPC’s). When fossil fuels are used they emit carbon dioxide (CO2), which is known as a “greenhouse gas” (GHG) because it helps produce something called…
Read moreGreen Deal: energy-saving for your home or business
Written bylettings: 01 December, 2012Part 1:How the Green Deal works You can make energy-saving improvements to your home or business without having to pay all the costs up front through the Green Deal. Energy-saving improvements include: insulation - eg loft or cavity wall insulation heating draught-proofing double glazing renewable energy technologies -…
Read moreLandlords Liability Insurance – do flat owners need it?
Written bylettings: 01 December, 2012It’s not a legal requirement for landlords to purchase landlords liability insurance for flats but I do so myself and strongly recommend it. Many landlords make the mistake in thinking that the freeholders insurance will cover their landlords liability. This is rarely the case. We have all seen the adverts…
Read moreAre buy-to-let mortgages better than a pension?
Written bylettings: 29 November, 2012More than 80% of British private landlords believe their property portfolios will offer a better income than a pension when they decide to retire.
Four in five property owners are convinced that selling off or letting out their portfolios will provide a better retirement income than a pension, according… Read moreAvoid feeling the chill in your rented property this winter - Top Tips for Tenants
Written bylettings: 27 November, 2012Tenants looking to avoid feeling the chill in a newly rented property this winter can find a warmer place to live with a few simple questions, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA). Ian Potter, Managing Director, ARLA said, "Utility bills are a key consideration for most tenants,…
Read moreLift Your House With Balloons: We Aren’t Making this Up
Written bylettings: 26 November, 2012Lift Your House with Balloons By Movoto Real Estate Back in 2009, Pixar Animation Studios released the immensely successful “Up.” The comedy-action film went on to be nominated for five Academy Awards, becoming only the second animated film to receive the honor, behind Disney’s “Beauty and the…
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