House letting

[Mrs M]

I have decided to let out my house. Does anyone have any advice on this and can anyone recommend an agent.

 

[Rikki]

Try martin & co on eastgate street, I have no experience of letting through them but I do some work for them and would have no doubt they would provide a very good service.

http://www.martinco.com/lettings/offices/stafford

tel 01785 244509

 

[mitch]

I do mine myself Mrs M, the agents take about 12% of the rental value from you each month plus a fee for finding a tenant, they also like to use their own tradesmen to carry out repairs.

I paid the agents a £200 flat fee to find me a tenant and check their references, got the boiler certificate myself and got the tenants to set up a standing order to pay the rent, it works very well and never had a default on the rent, the trick is to find the right tenants, I've got a mate who has had the same ones for the last 15 years and they treat it like it's their own.

 

[Gramaisc]

the trick is to find the right tenants

That really is the key point if you're going to do it yourself.

 

[Rikki]

got the boiler certificate myself

If you would like a quote next time you need one just give me a call . Contact details are on my webpage, link below.

 

[mitch]

Will do, forum mates rates I assume?

 

[Wyred]

I have decided to let out my house. Does anyone have any advice on this and can anyone recommend an agent.

Some useful information here as well

 

[Rikki]

Indeed.

 

[Mrs M]

All very usefull comments and information. This has all been taken on board, thanks

 

[ShmayJay]

As someone renting a property I can only tell you that Nicholsons are the best agents I've had, and that GDH and Castle Estates are terrible.

 

[mitch]

As a landlord that once used Nicholsons I would not touch them again with someone else's barge pole.

 

[Mrs M]

got the boiler certificate myself

If you would like a quote next time you need one just give me a call . Contact details are on my webpage, link below.

do you do a discount for forum members?

 

[Rikki]

I won't say yes because I wouldn't want people signing up here just to get a discount from me. But I like to think my prices are very competative without any discount.

 

[Lucy]

I'm interested in letting out my property; do the recommendationsv in this thread still stand? I've seen a lot around who are up with Little Mansions, as that's close to my property that would be ideal, has anyone had any experiences with them?

 

[ATJ]

GDH are now known as Turner PMS and are still terrible.

 

[Vicky]

GDH are now known as Turner PMS and are still terrible.

They are! Altho they may well have had another name change and moved offices, since the GDH/Turner office is empty. When I last spoke to them on the phone about 4/5 months ago, they were 'moving to new premises' but have since gone, along with my deposit again!!