Matthew Daines

Reading Time: 8 minutesAs a landlord, keeping track of your important paperwork and legal duties can be overwhelming at times. With documents to sign, certificates to renew and inspections to schedule, ordering your […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesOne of the topics causing a great deal of debate at the moment for private sector landlords is universal credit and the predicted impact that it will have on rent […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is a Non Resident landlord? A non resident landlord is essentially a landlord who lives overseas for more than 6 months of the year and rents out a property in […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesAlmost everyone knows that all properties – rented or not – should have a smoke detector installed. Smoke detectors protect those at home from the dangers of fire – but […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesThe Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) has been the standard assessment for property safety since 2006. Despite having been active for 15 years, the system has been criticised […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesLandlords will have a little more paperwork in the near future as regulations come into force that put the onus on you to check a tenant’s immigration status. Fines of […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhether you’re already receiving your pension or you’re approaching pension age, it is good to review the different options available to you. One option that many pensioners overlook is turning […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesLandlords often juggle the risks of missed rent and costly legal proceedings. Rent guarantee insurance (RGI) and legal expense insurance (LEI) are designed to shoulder these burdens. In this article, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesBuy to let property is a popular purchase trend in the current market, and many people looking to invest their savings are considering becoming a landlord in order to achieve […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesA happy tenant makes for a happy Landlord and when relationships are strong, not much should go wrong at the beginning, during and most importantly at the end of a […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe holiday season is nearly over and the phone lines are already starting to pick up with tenant enquiries.  As long as the property is appealing, the price is right […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesHelping our landlords find new tenants starts with making sure their property advert attracts the right tenant online.  In fact a ‘pool’ of the right tenants to choose from is […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat do we really need to know about our tenants and why?  UK Landlords that go down the road of self-management will at some point either talk or meet potential […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesLandlord’s insurance protects landlords against financial losses associated with their rental property. With the ever-increasing demand for rentals, landlords need to safeguard their homes – and their rental income – […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe simple answer is “yes”, a verbal tenancy agreement is as legally binding (reference case: Johnson v. Patry) as a written tenancy agreement, however, we would never advise you enter into […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs a landlord, evicting a tenant can be a daunting, stressful and often upsetting prospect. In this blog post, we’ve answered a few questions to explain how evictions work, what […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesFollowing our popular article on how to prevent your pipes from freezing, we thought you might like an advanced heads up on how to prepare your boiler for the winter. […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery year, thousands of homeowners are forced into becoming an ‘accidental landlord‘ for reasons such as they are unable to sell a property or have moved in with a partner […]