Nigel Fielden
Nigel Fielden
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4th December 2013
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Registered with Property118.com
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23rd December 2016, 9 years ago
Hard to understand, I agree. However I advertised a house for rent on Upad a couple of weeks ago. They advertised it on Rightmove, Zoopla and Prime Location all for the sum of £96. I had 5 prospective tenants all...
Read More →13th July 2016, 10 years ago
Hi Lindsay I know you are trying to do the right thing but if your landlord's agent isn't interested then it might be better to wait until you check out and then have a negotiation. The agent will have to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mr Barua at 03/02/2016 - 19:39
Reply to the comment left by "Mr Barua" at "03/02/2016 - 19:39": I have heard about the Inspire thermostat but I use the Heatmiser Neo system in my HMOs. The reasons are that it allows the control of hot water...
Read More →2nd February 2016, 10 years ago
Hi Barua I have looked at this, being keen on technology in HMOs. The hotel key systems are very volatile as they need systems where the "key" is very low cost as people leave with them in their pockets daily....
Read More →19th November 2014, 11 years ago
Hi Trevor I strongly suggest you fit a wireless access point on each floor. Ideally they should be cabled back to your supplier's router (Cat5 cable is cheap) but if not you can get some of them to daisy chain...
Read More →4th November 2014, 11 years ago
Any internet provider will do Trevor. All you need to do is connect the hub for the thermostat system (whichever one - there are various providers) to the router provided by the internet provider. The connection is standard.
Read More →30th August 2014, 12 years ago
Hi Rudolph - as above posters have said, your agent is totally useless and you need to find a new one who's trusted by other people. However, I'm sorry to have to say this but you've gone into this property...
Read More →20th August 2014, 12 years ago
I suspect this is common practice. However agents have a lot of maintenance work to offer and they should be able to negotiate good rates with tradesmen, so this should be offset by the commission leaving the landlord paying "normal"...
Read More →14th June 2014, 12 years ago
Dear Anon One thing which has not been mentioned yet is rent increases. Many landlords shy away from increasing rent to "good tenants" but this is business and in my experience most tenants will accept reasonable increases every couple of...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Ringrose at 05/06/2014 - 13:37
Reply to the comment left by "Ian Ringrose" at "05/06/2014 - 13:37": Ian - I used the PRT-N. They are great - only issue was that they recommend using Cat5 cable which is nice and cheap but the conductors are...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Robert Mellors at 04/06/2014 - 22:45
Reply to the comment left by "Robert Mellors" at "04/06/2014 - 22:45": Robert, realised afterwards that an important advantage of Heatmiser is that it controls time as well as temparature. So the heating of one tenant's room can be off...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Harlequin Garden at 05/06/2014 - 08:46
Reply to the comment left by "Harlequin Garden" at "05/06/2014 - 08:46": Up to each landlord of course as to what suits them. All I can tell you is that my costs are controlled and I have a very good...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Robert Mellors at 04/06/2014 - 22:45
Reply to the comment left by "Robert Mellors" at "04/06/2014 - 22:45": It's better because you can monitor what tenants are doing, speak to any who are abusing things and even override their settings if you want, all remotely. You...
Read More →4th June 2014, 12 years ago
Having recently gutted and completely refitted one of our HMOs I thought about this a lot and built in the following: 1) all common area lighting is LED or CFL and on sensors. They are only irritating if the time...
Read More →10th January 2014, 12 years ago
I was offered six months rent up front a couple of times to help address credit history problems. In one of the cases, the tenant never paid a penny after the end of the first six months of the tenancy...
Read More →4th December 2013, 12 years ago
I use RentMaster - www.rentmaster.co.nz. It's a New Zealand based product but it works just as well here in the UK. You set up your properties, property owners (if you manage other peoples) tenants and tenancies. The software allows you...
Read More →4th December 2013, 12 years ago
Well I have had similar issues. I bought a large Victorian House and developed it into a 7 unit HMO with cash. The total cost of the property and refurb was £550K, it is fully let and we are getting...
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