Blog: Landlords

House shares are a great way of maximising your rental income, and they cover every kind of tenant, from university students to high-earning professionals. Inevitably, a housemate will leave at some point as their life evolves....

There probably isn’t a homeowner alive who doesn’t have a list of little jobs that need doing. Everyone’s got them: minor niggles that aren’t yet irritating enough to deal with, so they get accepted ‘for now’ and...

In response to the evolving UK property market and with uncertainty in the rental market, some parents are exploring creative options to finance their children’s dreams of homeownership. One such option is to release equity from...

For some landlords, the very mention of guarantors can ring alarm bells. But they’re written into more tenancy agreements than you might think, and needing one isn’t necessarily a sign of problems ahead. Even well-paid...

The first step in preparing to sell your home is speaking to estate agents about its current value and how you can maximise your sale price. Whether or not you already have a favourite agent in mind - and if you do, we hope it’s...

An empty rental property doesn’t have to be a downer. In fact, having some time between tenancies gives you the chance to optimise your investment’s rental yield, sales value, and future popularity. That said, vacant homes do...

What would you think if we said you could attract wealthier buyers, sell your home faster, and achieve a higher price without a major investment? There’s an art to staging rooms professionally, but the payoff is huge for getting...

Although long-term lettings to professional tenants are easily the most hands-off way of being a landlord, they’re not your only option. So having previously covered renting to families, attracting high-income earners, we’re...

Giving someone the keys to your rental property is a big deal, and you want to be as sure as you can be that whoever you choose turns out to be reliable, trustworthy, and trouble-free. For complete peace of mind, a thorough...

Summer holidays are always too short for children, but for adults, they seem to go on forever. Perhaps you’ve already been away, or you’ve used up all your ideas for keeping the kids occupied, and you’re facing another month...