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We have built a good reputation with both tenants and landlords alike. We offer a full Management Service and currently look after large houses, ‘compact and bijous’ apartments and everything in between. 

Our full Management Service means whatever happens, whenever it happens we will be on hand to take care of it on your behalf.  We have built up a group of preferred suppliers whom we trust to look after our client’s properties as if they were our own.  We only work with someone after we have rigorously checked their references and past work and would invite you to check our files before you entrust us with your property.

We work with experienced property developers with large property portfolios and many clients who are renting out a property for the first time for any number of reasons.

We offer the same advice to those wanting to rent out their property for the best price to the best tenant as we do to our clients who come to us to help them sell their home.

Here’s our 5 step process to landlord happiness;

Step 1: Make your property look its best

Remember, just because someone is renting rather than buying doesn’t mean they won’t want the same feeling of the property being a suitable ‘home’ as if they were buying it.  We often find that for tenants the first few minutes are all important, this is when they’ll decide if it ‘feels right’.       

This means that making your property look its best could be the difference between a quick rental and a long slog with an empty house or flat on the market.

Here are our top tips to preparing your house for rental:

Think like a tenant – don’t overlook flaws just because you don’t mind them or you’re used to them, when your house is one of many a tenant is viewing those little niggles might just be enough to sway the decision between two similar properties
Reduce clutter – get rid of everything but the bare essentials. It will give any tenant a better understanding of the space available.
Decorate neutrally – tenants should be able to see it as their home, not yours.
Keep it light – make sure the windows are clean inside and out and remove any obvious barriers that stop the light flooding in.
Start from the kerb – tenants will often walk or drive past first, and fresh paintwork and well cared for outside spaces make a great first impression.   

Step 2: Get a valuation from eddisonwhite

We know the most important thing when letting out your property is to make sure it’s always let and is achieving the highest price possible.  There’s a fine balancing act to valuing your property: too high and the property may well lie empty, too low and you’ll let it quickly but perhaps not be getting the maximum return from your investment.

We know the local market well and we have a very sound understanding of the rental market so we’ll give you a reasonable and realistic valuation.  It’s a point of pride for us that we’ll never inflate a valuation to get your business.  We find, in the end, this approach helps neither us nor you.

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Step 3: Let eddisonwhite find your tenants

We frequently find we have more tenants looking for property than we have property to show them which means we’re pretty confident we can get you the right tenant for your property quickly.  At the beginning of the process we’ll sit down with you to ascertain the type of tenant you want in your home and then consult our database for suitable candidates; kind of like a dating agency but without the name badges…

Step 4: Get the paperwork done

There is a lot of legislation surrounding the letting of property.  We can take care of everything on your behalf from writing up tenancy agreements, professional referencing & credit checks to compiling the obligatory and very necessary inventory.

Also, all properties must have an up to date Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) by law. These provide energy performance ratings for a home. The ratings range from A to G, where A is very efficient and G is least efficient.  These help pinpoint areas that might be improved to assist with energy conservation and can help reduce excess carbon emissions.

All landlords must also be in possession of an up to date gas certificate statement – inspections can be carried out by any CORGI registered gas engineer. 
 

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Step 5: Taking a deposit and moving in

The final, and for both parties, most welcome part of the process.  We will take a deposit usually one and a half months and hold it in trust on your behalf as well as the first month’s rent and then release the keys to the tenant.

One final point to note: all rental income is subject to UK taxation by The Inland Revenue, irrespective of the Landlord's residential status.

As agents we are obliged to deduct tax at source for Landlords non-resident in the UK, unless exempted by The Inland Revenue.

For further information please visit www.hmrc.gov.uk.

Marketing your property

The joys of the digital world, has changed the way we do pretty much everything, not least letting a house. Now you can research an area, see what property is for sale and even view it, all from the comfort of your home, office or coffee shop. The majority of applicants we see have checked out what’s on to let before they pick up the phone to make an appointment for a real viewing.

That means for landlords the most important question you should ask your estate agent is how they go about marketing your property online not so much where they are located and how many offices they have.  We’ve embraced all that the internet can offer when it comes to letting homes for our clients:

• We’re on the top 5 web property portals meaning whenever someone taps in a postcode we’re letting in, up pops our list of available properties.
• You’d be amazed how many people just type ‘Estate Agents in SW19’ into Yahoo or Google.  To make sure we capture these tenants we pay to top the links that are listed when they do.

Of course, when people feel ready to leave home armed with their shortlist, how we produce the marketing material for your property is equally important.  We pride ourselves in the quality of our printed materials and associated advertising.

One final point of pride for us is our membership to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).  This is our industries professional body and to be accepted for membership takes effort; an effort some of our competitors seem to think is unnecessary.  It’s like our version of the ’kite mark’ and your proof that you’re dealing with a professional organisation. 

We can offer you the best possible marketing support for your home.

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