Do you own a home?
Prepare for profit. Download our top tips on how to get the highest and best price when selling.
Do you own a home?
Prepare for profit. Download our top tips on how to get the highest and best price when selling.
Selling a tenanted property brings with it all kinds of obstacles, some foreseen and others can be slightly challenging. If your preference is to have the property vacant, you have flexible access for inspections and you don't need to consider the tidyness of the property. On the downside, you are not receiving rental income during the marketing and sales campaign. By allowing tenants to remain...
Budgeting does not solely apply to balancing the books of a company or a household budget, it is also essential to the successful financial planning when owning an investment property. Intelligent property investors are very mindful they should prepare a budget to cover all contingencies throughout the lifetime of owning their investment property. It is vital that careful financial planning is ...
Landlords sometimes ask us to insert a special condition into the Tenancy Agreement that should an appliance cease operating within the tenancy it will not be repaired or replaced. Such clauses are in fact in breach of tenancy legislation. Legislation requires that should an appliance be present and in working order at the start of the tenancy, the landlord is obligated to maintain and replace ...
Some landlords question us when we tell them that we are required by law to make an allowance for fair wear and tear in their property. Unlike what you may think, this is by no means an excuse to let tenants get away with damaging your property. The fact is, the older a property becomes and the less it is maintained, the more it will be subjected to natural wear and tear. A home is to be lived ...