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Renting a Property

4 Tips for Choosing Flooring for Your Rental Property

When it comes to flooring options for rental properties, it’s something you should give careful consideration to before you let your property. With the best will in the world, many tenants don’t worry so much about taking 100% care of … Continue reading

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Making the Most of Rental Voids Part 2

No landlord really wants to have rental voids, but there are ways in which you can make the most of them. In the first part, we looked at the all important issues of doing inside and outside maintenance to your … Continue reading

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Making the Most of Rental Voids Part 1

As a landlord making an income from property lets, the last thing you want to have is rental voids. But if they do occur, then here are some ways in which you can make the most of them, before new tenants … Continue reading

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Preparing to Let Your Property: Fire Safety

When you’re gearing up to prepare to let your investment property, there are a wide range of issues to consider. So far we’ve looked at the important of getting an energy performance certificate sorted out and of making sure that … Continue reading

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Preparing to Let Your Property – Landlord Insurance

In the run-up to preparing to let your property, you need to give some careful thought to insurance issues. Having proper insurance policies in place is crucial for any landlords letting out properties, as you’re likely to have a considerable … Continue reading

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Preparing to Let Your Property: Electrical Safety

As a property investor building up to let an investment property, whether it’s your first or seventh, you’ll have a host of things to consider before the property can be put up for rental. One of the important issues that should … Continue reading

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Preparing to Let Your Property: Getting an Energy Performance Certificate

Finding and buying the right investment property for your needs may seem like hard work, but it doesn’t stop there. Before you’re able to start renting it out, there are various rules and regulations you need to adhere to and … Continue reading

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Pros and Cons of Letting Tenants Decorate

If you’ve been letting property for a while, then the chances are that you may have come across a situation where a tenant wants to paint or decorate a room. But would you let them loose with a paintbrush in … Continue reading

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10 top tips for maximising kerb appeal

When you’re getting a property ready for letting, it’s easy to concentrate on making the inside presentable. But don’t forget to tackle the outside too, whether it’s a house or a flat, as the area leading up to your property is equally important and can … Continue reading

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Five tips for letting properties to pet owners

We previously looked at whether or not you’d consider letting a property to pet owners. If you’ve weighed up the pros and cons and decided that you’d like to give it a go, then here are five top tips for helping … Continue reading

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