Could the Deed of Assurance (available exclusively to members of The GOOD Landlords Campaign) be the basis of a brand new business model for landlords and letting agents? A new page explaining the commercial advantages of incorporating a Deed of Assurance into your letting strategy can be viewed by clicking HERE.

Hi, I’m Steve Dalloway and I’ve been asked to write a series of short articles for Property118 focussing on preventing water damage in rental properties. As a Landlord and a member of the NLA (National Landlords Association) myself, sometimes it’s very frustrating to see the state that some people leave bathrooms in when they depart […]

As regular readers of Property118 will be aware, I attended the NALS annual conference last week. My good friend Vanessa Warwick interviewed several of the speakers on video including myself, a selection of these video interviews are shared below.

I am going to be out of the country for the rest of this month as I’m getting married on a beach in Florida and staying in the area for our honeymoon. Before I go away I wanted to give you an update on The GOOD Landlords Campaign. I am delighted to report that some […]

The evolution of the Private Rented Sector is upon us as buy to let renters of the last decade are starting families and the average UK first time buyer is now 37 years old (40 in London). There has been much talk of “Generation Rent”  but how is the letting industry evolving and keeping pace […]

The Loan Directory will be a regular feature and will publish competitive and innovative product offerings to help clients identify appropriate funding facilities. In this first publication we provide a selection of the most competitive deals on offer in respect of Development Finance. Market leading features are highlighted for easy reference.

The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in mind both forums have agreed to share with each others readers the trending topics from this week: The Property Tribes landlord and investor forum is always buzzing with the discussions on Landlordism and property investment. Here is a round […]

Paul Goulder of North Walsham Norfolk “We have been renting properties since 1969 and we are a family run business. We arrange housing benefit if required and rent to all sections of the community. We rent one and two bed flats and two and three bed houses all are close the town and schools. Properties […]

Alan Loughlin of Carrington Park Lettings in Warrington “My wife and I bought a number of properties as an alternative form of pension, we manage them ourselves with the help of our son, we try hard to be a good landlord, and most of our tenants respect this, unfortunately we have had some bad tenants […]

Adam Alexander of AA-Lettings, Kings Lynn and Norwich Norfolk Properties in Kings Lynn, Norwich, Thetford, Great Yarmouth and Fakenham. I manage my entire family portfolio and also properties for friends. Pets considered, benefits tenants subject to an acceptable guarantor agreement. I also run a property modernisations business called TheModernizer.com

Richard Player of Players Properties, Thetford Norfolk “I am a professional landlord, who rents properties long term to my tenants. I have been a Landlord for over 13 years, and tend to have very good relationships with my tenants, because I treat them fairly, and with respect. I expect the same from them, and things […]

Andrea Peacock of Moorhaven Ltd in Ivybridge Devon has been a landlord since 1994 and specialises in providing long term character homes, where pets are welcome. “I have a fantastic team running the office Monday to Friday, 9 – 5.30 and a reliable and trustworthy network of local trades all happy to resolve issues at very […]

Bob Leydon of Leydon Lettings in Canterbury provides phenomenal accommodation for students attending UKC, CCU & UCA universities in Canterbury. Most Leydon Lettings houses feature: En suites, double beds, double kitchens, TV, Bills package, Internet hardwired & wireless – yes both all within walking distance to university.

Fiona Macaskill of UWE Houses in Bristol has been a landlord since 1996. Specialising in quality, eco student accommodation, many of our rooms have en suites and all bedrooms have internet and TV points. Most of my 40 houses are in the Fishponds area of Bristol but I also have houses in Redland, Cotham & […]

National Property Group is a property management company owned by two landlords who between us own over 180 residential properties all over the UK. We’ve experienced just about everything to do with owning and managing rental properties. We’ve used Letting Agents and managed them ourselves. We’ve outsourced maintenance and employed our own people. We’ve let […]

Following on from my article about whether pest control is a landlords or a tenants responsibility, I’ve had a few people contact me about tenants repairing responsibilities. A lot of landlords and tenants are unaware that quite a lot of repairs fall upon the tenant. If you know this, you can save yourself time and […]

A Deed of Assurance is a legal solution to many problems and trust issues which arise between landlords, letting agents and tenants. Use of a Deed of Assurance can reduce administration, increase goodwill, improve profitability for landlords and letting agents and reduce costs for tenants. The basic principles are simple, a Deed of Assurance is […]

The GOOD Landlords Campaign badge is available for all Sponsors to use on stationery and websites. The GOOD Landlords Campaign attracts significant media and press interest as the number of sponsors increase. Tenants will soon learn to look out for The GOOD Landlords Campaign badge and ask for a “deed of assurance”. In the early […]

The GOOD Landlords Campaign is a concept born as a result of a community of like minded professional landlords sharing best practice on the Property118 internet forum. These professional landlords wanted to differentiate themselves from inspired amateurs who rent out their properties with no real long term strategy or regard for their tenants desires to […]

Apparently “shades of grey” now means something different to what it meant a year or so back. I chuckled when I read a comment left on this forum last week by a landlord who suggested it was the hair colour changes an average male landlord experiences when dealing with his first tenant from hell. This made me […]

I’m honoured to have been invited to be the closing speaker at the NALS Conference this year. This is a wonderful opportunity for me to share details of “The GOOD Landlords Campaign“ with so many of the letting industry elite. Attendees include regulators, politicians, trade bodies, mortgage lenders, various trade exhibitors and of course letting agents. As […]