Services for Landlords in Loughborough

Fully Managed Service:

• Free visit to your property by appointment to give impartial advice on rent expectation and information on the preparations required to make the property suitable for the rental market.
• Specific advice on the letting, legal aspects of letting and general information on mortgage, tax and insurance matters.
• We ensure you are fully compliant at the beginning and throughout your contract with the relevant legislation, including EPC, EICR, legionella, smoke, CO and others
• Marketing of your property in the best way to find the right tenants for you. This will include producing quality particulars for listing on our Belvoir website and Rightmove as well as searching our database of prospective tenants, erecting one of our eye catching signs and using social media and WhatsApp to give your property the best exposure.
• All viewings are accompanied by us and we qualify prospective tenants to ensure their suitability.
• Once a suitable applicant has been found and you are happy to proceed, we carry out thorough reference checks including financial, employment and past landlord checks as well as a credit checks. This helps us ensure we find you the best tenant possible for your property. Sometimes a guarantor may be recommended and we will ensure all the relevant checks are carried our in these circumstances also.
• A thorough inventory of your property will be carried out that comprises a multi-page document with details and photographs to ensure that your property is returned in the best condition possible and we can negotiate any deposit deductions if necessary on your behalf.
• An up-to-date tenancy agreement is produced and tenants are checked in on the agreed date.
• The tenant deposit is taken and registered legally through the DPS, the first months rent taken and going forwards rent is taken monthly by standing order and paid to your nominated account by direct transfer.
• You will receive a monthly statement of account.
• Regular inspections of your property are carried out and report issued to you
• Any maintenance issues or emergency repairs at the property are arranged by us on your behalf so you do not need to worry about being contacted by the tenant with any problems. We have a bank of trusted and reputable tradesmen that will either arrange the repair or provide a quotation for your consideration.
• We will deal with any notices either from the tenant or on behalf of you to the tenant to regain possession of your property and start the whole process again if you are happy to continue renting. We have a great reputation for keeping void periods to a minimum and therefore saving you money.
• When the tenant leaves, we arrange a check-out date with them in order to inspect the property and compare against the initial inventory to ensure your property is returned in the best condition possible.
• Please contact us for bespoke packages and deals but the monthly headline costs for this service are 15% of the monthly rent including VAT (12.5% + VAT). There is also an initial set up fee taken from the first month’s rent of a tenancy of £450 including VAT (£375+VAT), a monthly fee of £9 inc VAT (£7.50 + VAT) to cover legislative regulation checks, serving of notices, compliance management, checkout and deposit negotiations. Deposit registration is £35 including VAT, full inventory £100-250 including VAT depending on property size, full tenant references £60 including VAT

Tenant Find Only Service:

• For Landlords who are happy to manage their own property, we offer this service that still includes all the marketing and referencing as well as drawing up the tenancy agreement and collecting the first month rent and deposit as above.
• There is a one off fee of £650 inc VAT for this service which is deducted from the first month’s rent. There is no ongoing monthly charge. We can carry out these additional services for you at an additional cost: Full inventory £100-250 including VAT depending on property size, end of Tenancy Check-out – £120 inc VAT, Tenant referencing £60 inc VAT, Deposit Registration £60 inc VAT

Letting & Rent Collection Service:

• For Landlords who want a service somewhere in between, we offer the above but with a rent collection option where we receive the rent from the tenant and transfer to you.
• The monthly cost for this service is 10.8% of the monthly rent inc VAT. (9% + VAT). There is also an initial set up fee of £500 inc VAT taken from the first month’s rent, a monthly fee of £9 inc VAT (£7.50 + VAT) to cover legislative regulation checks, serving of notices, compliance management, checkout and deposit negotiations. Deposit registration is £35 including VAT, full inventory £100-250 including VAT depending on property size, full tenant references £60 including VAT and acheckout inspection report is £120 including VAT