Landlords are responsible under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) for treating damp and mould in rented properties. In this guest post, David Cooper from Funky Heat explains how damp and mould affect...
Student season is now back in full swing, so in this guest blog post landlord Andrew Chell, who owns a number of high quality student houses, offers some advice on furnishing student accommodation. With...
Unfortunately, the summer seems to be coming to an end before it really even began. For landlords and letting agents, this means conducting another periodic inspection of your rental properties. So what should you be...
Many homeowners this year are finding new and creative ways to increase their overall property value. One of the oldest and most popular methods of adding additional value and at the same time minimizing...
When it comes to investing in property, choosing the right location is a crucial factor and every bit as important as the structure of the building itself. In that way, it’s unlike some of...
Citizens Advice have called for an independent complaints body to be set up, as many tenants in the private rented sector are failing to press their landlords or letting agents to carry out property...
Buy to let property expert and founder of PropertyChecklists.co.uk, Kate Faulkner, has been commissioned by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme to address issues in the private rental sector. Faulkner claims a key priority for landlords...
Even though they don’t own the property, people that rent still of course want to make the space their own and to make it more homely. While it’s important that you as the landlord...
The department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have confirmed in a meeting with the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), that the changes to EPC rules preventing landlords from renting out inefficient properties, will be...
The private rented sector has significantly grown over recent years with an increasing popularity among investors for buy-to-lets as a long-term investment. Many investors and landlords choose to appoint a letting agent to manage...
