Three Nightmarish Buy-to-Let Scenarios and How to Avoid Them
2 minute read postedThree Nightmarish Buy-to-Let Scenarios and How to Avoid Them Being a landlord can sometimes be unpredictable – but the experience is much less scary if you have a good letting agent on your side. Read on to find out why. Late...
Why You Should Hold on to Your Rental Properties Post Pandemic
3 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamIf you’re a landlord, chances are you’re feeling a bit hard done by at the moment. It seems like every other day, new rules and revisions are being announced around landlord and tenant law, which means you have to change the...
Why Landlords Should Conduct a Property MOT
2 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamWe’re all familiar with an MOT, an annual check-up to ensure your car is safe and good to go for the year ahead. Well, let’s apply the same concept to a buy-to-let investment. Even if your current tenancy is ticking along...
Top Tips for Finding the Best Tenants
3 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamThere are few guarantees in life, but we promise you this: let your property to a bad tenant, and your job as a landlord will get much more complicated. Expect to be out of pocket (due to missed rent payments and damage to your...
What Landlords Need to Know about Their Legal Responsibilities
2 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamThere’s one rookie mistake that many first-time landlords make when they invest in property – and it can cost them dearly further down the track. While most newbie landlords mull over the obvious financial stuff – like...
Guaranteed Rent or Guaranteed Stress?
3 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamAs a busy landlord juggling a portfolio of multiple properties, you might be thinking about ways to reduce your workload or secure a regular income. Have you been enticed by promises of guaranteed rent? Guaranteed rental schemes...
How to Wow Buyers with a Spacious-Looking Home
2 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamWhatever property you’re marketing it’s well known that a home that feels spacious will always fetch a higher price than a similar property that comes across as cramped and crowded. A few clever adjustments will do the trick....
Landlords – How to Improve Your Relationship with Your Letting Agent
2 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamAs trusted local letting agents, we work with a lot of landlords. Finding tenants, managing properties, organising inspections – we take care of each step. However, more and more landlords are choosing to work alone, but is it...
What to Do Before Renting Your Property to Family or Friends
2 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamDo they need to sign a tenancy agreement? Yes, yes, and yes again! They might be family, but they’re also your tenants and both parties need to know what is expected of them. For example, they might say they want to stay for 12...
Top Tips for Managing Joint Tenancies
2 minute read posted by The Edward Ashdale TeamJoint tenancies are a great way for friends or couples to live together and share the rental burden. (Think about best buddies and flatmates Joey and Chandler in Friends, they had a ball, right?) And joint tenancies can also be...