Blog: Lettings

How to Make Your Tenancy a Happy One As a landlord, as well as managing the finances, the property and any repairs or maintenance, you also have to remember to look after your tenants. Whilst nine times out of ten you’ll never...

Why Self-Managing Your Rental Could Be a Costly Mistake Not since 2008, when Katy Perry stormed the music charts and Gavin and Stacey ruled the small screen, have interest rates been as high as they are today. As a result, many...

Choosing a Letting Agent: What Landlords Need to Know How can you spot a top letting agent from a master of mediocrity? Read on to find out. Landlords use letting agents for all sorts of reasons. Some need help navigating red tape...

Tenants’ Guide to a Safe and Relaxing Summer At last summer is here, so what are your plans? Have you booked an exciting getaway in an exotic location? Or is the aim to kick back and relax on home turf? Whatever you’ve lined...

Best Ways to Contact Your Landlord Problems in the home are a nuisance. Like when you’ve got a leaky tap and the drip drip drip drives you to distraction, or when your fridge packs up and food goes to waste. When things go...

Keep It Formal – Why You Should Maintain a Professional Relationship with Tenants As a landlord, it’s important to build a good relationship with tenants. You want them to feel comfortable in their new home and to care for it,...

Top Tips to Get a Tenancy Off to a Good Start If you’re a landlord about to settle a new tenant into a property, there’s one phrase that should be your guiding mantra: “Start as you mean to go on”. Because what you do in...

Is Renting Better Than Buying? The pitfalls of renting are always shouted about: too expensive, dodgy landlords, broken appliances and so on and so on. But what about the positives? With rental reforms on the horizon and changes...

How to Keep Your Rental Property Safe This Summer It’s not just birds, bees and butterflies that come out in force in summer – unfortunately, burglars step up their activity, too. With many people going away on holiday...

Guide to Garden Maintenance at Rental Properties Garden maintenance can be a thorny issue between tenants and landlords, so here’s a useful guide to help avoid confusion. Now that spring is here, there are lots of tasks to be...

How Landlords Can Beat Condensation and Mould How can landlords and tenants combat condensation and mould? Read on to find out. Condensation and mould The two are often bundled together because if you’ve got condensation,...

Five Priorities Irlam and Cadishead Landlords Need to Know As a landlord in 2023, it’s fair to say there are a lot of challenges on the horizon. From changes to rental rules, tax upheaval, mortgage mayhem… it’s all going on....

How to Stop Vermin Invading Your Home What’s cute, has a bushy tail and could cause thousands of pounds worth of damage to a rental property? Unfortunately, as sweet as they may seem, squirrels and their nests can be a nightmare...

How the Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Impacting Salford Rents You can’t open a newspaper (or app) without seeing something about the UK rental market. Whether it’s the increase in demand for property, changes to rent rules or...

How to Avoid the Headache and Expense of an Empty Rental Property Success as a landlord doesn’t just centre around what you do when your property is tenanted. How you manage your rental when it’s empty is also crucial. All...

Ways to Avoid Deposit Disputes When You Leave Your Rental It’s widely recognised that moving house is one of the most stressful (and annoying) life events you can experience. If you’re nearing the end of a tenancy agreement,...

Four Ways to Reduce the Stress of Being a Salford Landlord Being a landlord is one of those jobs where there’s no middle ground. It’s either low stress with great tenants and affordable mortgage rates, or it’s the total...

Appearing on live TV can be an exciting yet nerve-wracking experience, especially if it's your first time. I recently had the opportunity to appear on Steph's Packed Lunch as a property industry expert, where I shared tips on how...

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