Chard London Lettings Agents - Top tips for landlords
Letting your property - how you can help
When you instruct Chard to let your property we work hard to identify the highest calibre tenant at the highest possible rent - and some simple preparation on your part can help too.
The following "Top Tips" are intended as general guidance for landlords. Our local lettings managers are always on hand to offer more detailed and specific advice on all aspects of letting your property.
If you have a property you wish to let click here or simply call 0845 205 0026
First impressions count
Your property only has one chance to make a good first impression to prospective tenants. We recommend the following:
- Lose the clutter - clean, bright and uncluttered space please! If you are living at the property, try and put your stuff out of sight.
- Does the property smell clean and fresh? Open a window, let in some fresh air. Even the slightest trace of a damp smell will have tenants running for cover. For more valuable properties some fresh cut flowers are worth considering.
- Is it warm and welcoming? Leave the heating on whilst the property is being marketed in winter.
- The small rooms are often the most important. Pay particular attention to the kitchen and bathroom(s).
- Carpets, curtains and other upholstery should ideally be professionally cleaned.
- Carpets in bathrooms are not illegal. We think they should be.
Be flexible
The majority of our tenants are highly paid professionals. They rent because it offers convenience and flexibility. Use this to your advantage. The more flexible you are the greater the rent you are likely to achieve. Be prepared to look at individual requests from tenants, such as adding to or removing items of furniture.
Timing
When to start marketing your property? Liase with your local Chard lettings manager - make sure he / she knows what timetable you are working to, so they can properly brief their negotiating team. Our negotiating teams are in daily contact with their prospective tenants - they can build a tenant's anticipation, telling them they will have an ideal property for them ready to show later that week.
Ask us
Our team has experience of letting thousands of homes in Central London at rents from under £200 per week to over £10 000 per week. Please feel free to ask questions - we're here to help.
Leave us to it!
If you are around whilst the agent is showing prospective tenants around - leave them to get on with it. If you feel the agent has failed to point out a relevant feature - call the branch manager at the office and ask that this be mentioned (if indeed it is relevant) on future viewings. Leave doors from hallways propped open. It adds to the feeling of space in a property.
The big picture
Look at an offer based upon the whole, not just the rent per week. Just as important is the tenant profile, start date and guaranteed minimum term. Are there any conditions attached to the offer?
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