Live with the landlord or not??!!
When you are looking for a room to rent, you usually have two initial options to consider. This being whether you want to rent a room in a property where the landlord also lives or whether you want to live …
Tenancy Deposits
As of 6th April 2007 tenants were given extra protection with regards to deposit money that they were handing over to landlords if they were signing an Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreement. Prior to this date landlords could hold that deposit …
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 …
Want to rent a room? – What information we require and how much you need to pay!
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 …
New managed property added to the portfolio in February
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. …
Chelmsford Borough Council HMO Inspections
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 …