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Young woman and man equipped with home repair tools.

๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž: ๐€ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž

Finding (and keeping) tradespeople you can trust to look after any property maintenance or issues landlords need to get sorted. In this article, we share five tried, tested and trustworthy tips on how to find the very best and swerve the unreliable rest.

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Girl and a rabbit in the garden

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ-๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ

If youโ€™re a landlord looking to attract long-term tenants, itโ€™s worth thinking about ways to make your investment property as appealing as possible. And one area you may have overlooked is the army of British pet owners who need a rental property, and want to make their furry friends as comfy as possible.

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how to set your monthly rent

๐’๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ - ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ

If youโ€™re a first-time landlord about to rent out a property, or an established landlord looking to purchase a new investment, one of the main questions youโ€™ll have is how much rent you can charge per month. Of course, you can (and should) take the advice of your agent, but itโ€™s also worth understanding exactly what factors impact the amount of rent you can sensibly charge.

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Should-You-Invest-in-a-Turnkey-Buy-to-Let-or-a-Renovation-Project

๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ-๐ญ๐จ-๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ?

Whether youโ€™re an established landlord or a first-time investor, youโ€™ll probably be thinking about what to buy: a ready-to-go rental or a doer-upper. Which one should you pick?

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accidental landlords

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ?

With the Basingstoke housing market showing signs of a slowdown and predictions of further house price declines, we are starting to see the return of the โ€˜accidental landlordโ€™. However, in a somewhat different form to what they were in 2008/9.

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End of tenancy approaching?

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ

Preparing for the end of a tenancy In this weekโ€™s lettings article, we look at how landlords can ensure the change between tenants goes smoothly.

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Tenancy agreement template

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐˜ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ

Hastily downloading a Tenancy Agreement template from the internet and high-fiving yourself for a job well done could prove to be a costly mistake.

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tenants fall out

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž

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 youโ€™ll never have to deal with anything too difficult, sometimes relationships can be testing. So, whatโ€™s the best way to deal with issues that arise during a tenancy? In this quick read, we look at ways to deal with such problems.

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Self-managing your rental property could be a mistake

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฌ

While the prospect of saving a bit each month on letting agent fees (which are tax deductible!) might seem attractive, in the long run, it could be a false economy. Here are some reasons why self-managing your rental might not save you any money at all.

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Choosing a Basingstoke lettings agent

๐‚๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ

Choosing a Letting Agent: What Basingstoke Landlords Need to Know How can you spot a top letting agent from a master of mediocrity? Read on to find out.

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shocking revelation empty properties in Basingstoke

๐’๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ - ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ’,๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ

Breaking the Silence: The Startling Reality of Empty Homes vs. Housing Demand in Basingstoke and Deane. The startling reality of empty homes versus housing demand isn't just a distant issueโ€”it directly affects the homeowners and landlords of Basingstoke and Deane. As a homeowner, this imbalance can keep house prices higher due to greater demand, while landlords benefit from increased rental rates.

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Copy of 260623 IG Square Should You Be Friends with Your Tenants (2)

๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ โ€“ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ?

As a landlord, itโ€™s important to build a good relationship with tenants. You want them to feel comfortable in their new home and to care for it, pay rent on time and generally have a successful tenancy period. But what makes a good relationship?

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