As part of our responsibilities of being a good landlord and looking after our properties and tenants, each month we conduct some standard inspections. These include testing smoke and fire alarms, replacing bulbs, taking meter readings, making a note and …
As of 4th October, 2010 we now have a new, full time Lettings Manager called Tony Pepper. Tony has a number of years of experience formerly as an estate agent and more recently has been working for Belvoir, the lettings …
There has been much written in the press and seen on the news about changes to the Benefits systems. As a landlord we have chosen not to accept tenants on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) due to the extra hassle and …
In the next few weeks we will be managing another HMO in the Chelmer Village part of Chelmsford for another landlord that we have been introduced to. The house is already up and running with tenants but we have been approached to …
If you already rent a room in a house share property or are looking to rent a room please, please ensure that your landlord has at least put a basic level of fire protection in the property for you. Unfortunately …
Renting a room in a shared house is the most cost effective form of living you can find in the rental market. It may not be for everyone but if you look at it purely on cost then nothing even …
If you are looking in Chelmsford for a room to rent it is likely that you see rooms advertised on a weekly rate basis. If you are looking for flats or houses in Chelmsford then every agent or landlord will …
Each landlord in Chelmsford that rents out rooms will have a slightly different process for you to go through if you want to rents their rooms however there are usually some common steps that each tenant will have to go …
We mentioned back in November that we were due to be taking on another HMO property to manage in Chelmsford and whilst we initially felt it would happen in December it will now officially come under our management from 1st February 2011. …
We recently had a series of property inspections by Stephen Foster of Chelmsford Borough Council who is an Environmental Health Officer in the Private Sector Housing Team. The inspections consisted of looking at a number of different aspects of the …
