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New to being a landlord?

Our experience will help guide you through the complex issues that arise when renting out your first property. The moment that you instruct us, an extensive database of prospective corporate tenants is at your fingertips and our lettings staff will inform you of what amount of rental income you can expect. Here are four essentials:

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Our accurate property valuations will provide you with a realistic rental.

Should your property need any tweaks, we will be the first to let you know as no landlord wants to be chained to a money drain!

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Through our network of contacts and our rigorous reference procedures, we can introduce to you reliable tenants.

You are offering both luxury and convenience and corporate professionals require both.

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No need to shop around for someone to look after your property.

Our range of in-house service options includes a professional property management service that will collect your rent, undertake repairs, organise gas safety inspections and more.

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Tenants move on, but void periods can and should be kept to a minimum.

Apart from quickly finding you prospective new tenants, we can advise on how best to present your property so that it doesn’t stay empty for long. An empty apartment is a costly apartment.

Our range of services will take the pressure off and will help protect your property investments

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With a thriving private rental sector , the UK capital is a sought-after destination amongst local and international property investors. Driven by high demand and consistently growing rents, London's rental market has outpaced the rest of the country. Rightmove's most recent update recorded average rents outside London at £1,344pcm, while the capital reported an average of £2,694pcm. Although central London postcodes command the highest rents, they often do not offer landlords the...

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FAQs – new landlords

Our rigorous marketing activities at branch level and online, attract a constant flow of prospective tenants. These include high traffic websites dedicated to finding you the right tenant 24 hours a day; extensive Google product marketing; listing and advertising on major UK property portals including Rightmove, Primelocation and Zoopla and using social media.
As renting is a way of life now, most tenants are long-term renters who pay rent on time and look after their accommodation. These tend to be corporate and working professionals who have good budgets and like convenience. Attracting these types of tenant should be your priority.
Our Finance Director is a chartered accountant and oversees our Accounts Centre which provides a range of services to landlords including rent collection. Our strategy for managing rent payments works well mainly because our reference process is extremely thorough at the outset.
Benham and Reeves are founder members of ARLA Propertymark (the Association of Residential Letting Agents); members of The Property Ombudsman for Lettings and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme. Compliance is important to us and we thoroughly support agent accountability within the property sector.
Most of the properties we let are also professionally managed by us so you can be sure that if there's a problem, we will respond promptly to resolve any issues. More information can be found in our Property Management section.
All of our branch managers understand what motivates investors and are very knowledgeable about the local markets they operate in. If you need more in-depth investment advice or tax guidance for overseas investors, our Directors who are investors themselves, can also help.
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