Letting & Full Management Service
Fully Managed is the most popular choice with Landlords, and at a very competitive rate it provides the following as standard.
Key Features
All aspects of our Letting Only Service, and in addition:
- Preliminary discussion with a senior manager about your property in relation to the current market
- Detailed advice on property presentation
- Agreeing an individual marketing strategy
- Transfer of utility accounts (gas, electricity, water, council tax) into the tenant’s name and settlement of your closing accounts (please note that you must notify British Telecom of the telephone transfer)
- Arranging any cleaning, gardening or other maintenance essential for each letting; liaison with our letting team about final preparation
- Rental Protection Cover*
- Checking-in tenant by our staff (familiarisation with your property, its furniture, appliances and equipment)
- Payment from your rental account during the tenancy of regular outgoings which remain the landlord’s responsibility (e.g. ground rent, service charges, maintenance contracts etc. as detailed by you in our Property
Management Information form)
- Chase and pursue late rental payments
- Thorough inspections twice a year, and further visits as and when appropriate – followed up by individual written reports or email
- Annual detailed review consultation with you at your property to agree an ongoing management strategy and up-to-date letting market appraisal – by request
- Organisation and supervision of running repairs, subject to a previously agreed expenditure limit.
- Monthly account statement (upon request) and remittance of rent, net of our fees and of other outgoings
- Liaison with your professional advisors; e.g. accountants, solicitors, tax advisors
- We will liaise with your own insurers and assist in investigating any minor claim
- Preparation and serving of appropriate notices
- Vacant property management between lets through frequent inspections
- Final inventory check, supervision of cleaning and repairs and refund of tenant’s deposit after administering and over-seeing any cleaning, gardening, repairs and deductions for dilapidation etc.
*Seekers UK use Homelet Xpress Rent Guarantee. Sometimes even the tenants with the best references fail to pay the rent through circumstances beyond their control, such as redundancy or relationship breakdown. Rent Guarantee is designed to protect the Landlord, providing peace of mind.
With Rent Guarantee Legal Expenses cover is offered to obtain vacant possession of your property in the event that the tenant fails to pay the rent. This is offered free to Landlords. Xpress Rent Guarantee has a 1st month excess. For other details regarding this Rent Guarantee policy, please speak to your lettings manager.