Category Archives: Tenant Relationship

Connecting your Tenants

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Tom

There are few things more frustrating than poor broadband quality, and plenty of tenants over the country suffer with slow download speeds and unreliable connections. In fact, broadband failures are one of the top reasons tenants get in touch with … Continue reading →

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Bad Relations

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Tom

Tenants won’t always make things easy for you when it comes to your relationship with your neighbours and we hear of plenty of disputes between tenants and neighbours who are not getting on. Resolving personal debates isn’t something that a … Continue reading →

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Forwarding -On

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Tom

Tenants come and go: sometimes it’s a disaster and sometimes it’s a blessing! Whether you’re pleased to see the back of your previous tenants or not, though, there is a bit of admin that goes with the process and something … Continue reading →

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Utilities and bills

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Tom

We would be pretty stuck without gas, electricity or water, but that is the reality we face if the bills don’t get paid! There is no bigger cause of disputes in rental properties and between tenants and landlords than utility … Continue reading →

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A Good Reputation

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Tom

All landlords know the perils of taking on bad tenants and for that reason screening processes and credit checks are essential parts of the process of finding a tenant. However, more and more tenants are becoming aware of the bad … Continue reading →

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Reimbursing Your Tenants

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Tom

Sometimes emergencies will call for your tenants to shell out for a cost that they shouldn’t have to pay. If you’re out of the country and a pipe bursts or there’s a gas leak then your tenants will have had … Continue reading →

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Dirty Tricks

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Tom

You may have seen in the news lately that a Wimbledon based landlord has been fined over £20,000 for playing ‘dirty’ tricks on his tenants to encourage them to move out. This particular landlord intimidated his tenants by switching off … Continue reading →

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Landlord Checks?

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Tom

A lot of column inches on this blog have been devoted to ensuring you, as landlords, choose the right tenants. Of course, choosing the proper tenants for the right property is absolutely key to being a successful landlord, but the … Continue reading →

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Evictions

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Tom

Hopefully an eviction is something that you will never have to deal with as a landlord. Most tenants are reliable, pay on time and it’s these tenants that make the buy-to-let world go around. However, evictions do happen and occasionally … Continue reading →

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Keep it Clean

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Tom

Probably the last thing you were thinking when you decided to invest in a rental property was that you would have to worry about cleaning duties. Unfortunately, cleaning is just the sort of thing that, as a landlord, makes a … Continue reading →

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