Vacant property or simply absent from your home for parts of the year?

If you own a property in London but only use it occasionally, how do you know if it’s safe and secure? What about unplanned emergencies like a flood or burglary? Who pays the bills? What about if the alarm goes off, who will attend?

If you are based overseas it can be stressful, costly and very inconvenient to try and resolve problems or look after a property via long distance and even if you try to, you still need someone on the ground to oversee contractors. And there is the home insurance to consider as under some policies, if the property is not inhabited or visited regularly, then insurance can be invalidated.

For a modest monthly outlay , we can help.

Benham and Reeves offer an attentive vacant property management service where you can rest assured that your property is in safe hands and that vital maintenance and administration are taken care of – wherever in the world you are.

Peace of mind - 365 days a year

We’ll look after your property as if it were our own so you can rest easy, secure in the knowledge that your home is regularly monitored and any problems taken care of. With our own team of employed builders and decorators, we can also help keep your property in good condition and maintain its value. With no third parties involved, we can assure quality and guarantee all our refurbishment work.

Our vacant management service includes:

• Periodic visits to your property by our own staff to make sure all is in order (with reports provided)
• Arranging maintenance and repairs
• Dealing with any emergencies
• Collecting and forwarding mail
• Payment of any bills (such as utility bills, service charges, insurances, telephone, broadband, alarms)
• Arranging cleaning services (before and after you leave)
• Key holding
• Response to alarm activations
• Tax Return service if required
• Arranging and overseeing refurbishment and redecoration

Our Vacant Property Management service costs from £275 per month and we will tailor our services to meet your needs.