Category: house share

Premium Rooms to Rent in Chelmsford

As one of the leading and biggest providers of house sharing accommodation in Chelmsford we are always trying to improve our offerings to tenants. We already know that we operate in the top 5% of rooms available to rent in …

Why do people houseshare in Chelmsford?

In my last blog we looked at the costs & benefits of renting a room in a shared house versus renting a one bed flat or a studio but before that it is important to understand why people house share …

Busiest 4 week period ever!!

The 4 week period between mid August and mid September saw us receive the most amount of enquiries we have seen for many years. The combination of the end of the summer holidays, University starting back and many new jobs …

Corporate accommodation (hotels or flats) v house sharing – What are the costs?!

Chelmsford has a number of large corporate businesses such as Britvic, IFDS, E2V, Royal Mail, First Group & Visteon and many of these will have requirements for providing short term accommodation for their staff. These might be new members of …

New Lettings Manager

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 …

Changes to Local Housing Allowance / Benefit payments

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 …

Health & Safety Requirements in HMO’s

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 …

What’s included in the rent?

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 …

Length of tenancy in a house share situation

Renting a room in Chelmsford or house sharing is often seen as a short term or more flexible option than a normal tenancy however the documentation that is used is basically the same. We use AST’s or Assured Shorthold Tenancy …

Testimonials tell it all

When it comes to the time that our tenants move out we always ask them to complete a feedback form which we do like to get and see either how we could improve the service we provide or to get …

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