LANDLORDS

The decision to choose a lettings agent is crucial to ensure your investment is protected.

Lettings

The housing staff at Residential Service Management Limited has each over 30 years experience managing a wide range of properties throughout the U.K. We are therefore able to offer our clients a “one stop shop” when it comes to property management. This encompasses block management and property letting, among our clients are private landlords as well as property companies

Our role in the lettings is

Property Lettings

• Inspecting the property and advising on rental value.
• Arranging for all legally required safety checks and certificates.
• Compiling inventories at start and end of tenancy.
• Accompanied tenant viewing.
• Full tenant assessment, credit and reference checks for prospective tenants using a specialised company.
• Contacting the local Council and utility companies to ensure that bills are transferred into tenants names.
• Inspecting the property during the tenancy on a regular basis.
• Arranging for the settlement of any insurance claims.
• Inspecting any necessary maintenance or repairs to the property and contents.
• Collecting the rents on a regular basis.
• Collect and hold bonds.
• Issuing monthly rental statements.
• Hold and monitor keys.
• Issue relevant notices on behalf of the landlord.
• Ensuring all utilities is settled before the tenants leave.
• Caretaking unoccupied property.
• Supervision and arranging any works.
• Rent reviews.

With each tenant, we will take up employers and bank references as well as a credit check. The tenancies will all be Assured Shorthold for a minimum of six months. On signing of the tenancy agreement the tenant will pay to us the first months rent together with a bond, equal to a month’s rent.

The future rent will then be collected by standing order/direct debit and paid into our client account and paid to you each month. Should the tenant experience any problems or repairs are required, the tenant will be asked to contact us direct.

Our fee is 10% of rents collected with a finder’s fee of £175.00 plus VAT – we pay for all tenancy agreements, dilapidation reports, photographs etc.