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Yes, your mortgage lender must give you permission before letting your property, and they may impose special conditions. If you’re buying a property intending to let it out, you should consider a buy-to-let mortgage.

Our team are experts in the local market, so we can tell you how other rental properties are doing in the area and what kind of yield you can expect. We will help you decipher how much rent should be charged.

The tenant is responsible for the council tax (unless you decide to include this in the rent or own an HMO). This must be clearly stated in the tenancy agreement. However, if the property is standing empty, it is the landlord’s responsibility to pay. 

Choosing a fully managed service allows you to relax completely and offers a hands-off approach, which many landlords prefer. It also creates a professional distance between you and the tenancy, meaning you can avoid dealing with all the complexities, like rent arrears and deposit disputes.

We will arrange for the tenant to pay the rent via standing order or direct debit. We will then transfer the money to your account, minus our commission and any outgoings or fees (such as maintenance work fees). You will receive a statement every month via email for accounting purposes.

Landlords and letting agents are legally required to register tenants’ deposits with an approved scheme. At Peninsular Property, we use the Deposit Protection Service, which is there to protect tenants’ money and help resolve any disputes at the end of the tenancy.

Should you choose us as your regulated agents, then your money will be 100% protected. Additionally, we are complete members of the UKALA (UK association of letting agents).

Having professional inventory helps protect your property and forms part of the contract between you and your tenant. It will detail the condition of the property when a tenant moves in and at the end of their tenancy. It’s vital to ensure that there are no deposit disputes at the end of tenancies. Inventories are included as part of our fully managed service as standard.

This is why we strongly recommend that you take the option of a professional inventory.

Either the tenant pays to fix the damage or the cost of fixing the damage is removed from the tenant’s security deposit at the end of the tenancy. However, fair wear and tear should be allowed.

As the letting agent gives the tenant notice that they will be visiting the property to check that it is being looked after and to check for any potential maintenance issues. This is done monthly, at least for HMO properties, and quarterly for single-let properties.

Yes, to comply with the legislation, an EICR must be carried out before you can let your property. They normally last for 5 years, depending on the age of the property and electrics.

Yes, the legislation includes a working smoke alarm to be installed on each floor. If you own an HMO, please consult us so we can advise accordingly before letting.

The Right to Rent scheme  helps ensure people renting a property in the UK have a legal right to be here – it was first rolled out across England in February 2016. At Peninsular Property, we’ve been doing this as part of our referencing process for many years, but if a landlord carries out their own checks, they will now need to get an acceptable proof of residency or risk a fine.

If we don’t currently handle tenant checks for you, we’d be very happy to discuss how we can help you with this.

The client money protection scheme compensates landlords, tenants and other clients when agents misuse or misappropriate rent, deposit or any other client funds. Peninsular Property has CMP cover through UKALA for full peace of mind.