When letting a property a landlord has two really big decisions to make. Both these key choices can have huge implications on their health, wealth and quality of life. It’s really no exaggeration to say that if a landlord chooses the wrong letting agent and compounds that error by going with a tenant who has […]

Section 1 The last weeks have unquestionably been one of the most life-changing times we have seen since WW2, not only the direct life threatening consequences of Covid 19 but the lockdown has changed our methods of working and the concept of social distancing has impacted how we operate and interface with others. We have […]

Investing in Rotherham buy to Let property in recent years has become somewhat different than in the past. In the good old days of the five years after the turn of the millennium, we had double digit house growth, mortgage companies (Northern Rock, HBOS and the others) were so desperate to get on the BTL […]

When I meet landlords the common theme is why is the government picking on landlords in the Private Rental Sector. In the main we all recognise that regulation of the letting industry is in itself a good thing and possibly long overdue. However, one cannot help think that some of the initiatives have been of […]

At Bricknells ‘Strive to be better’ is one of our core values, and we are constantly thinking how we can provide a better service for our landlords. Mostly tenancies progress without a hitch, but sometimes problems can occur – the tenant falls behind on payments for whatever reason or a section 21 is served and […]

The Government plans to introduce mandatory electrical inspections in premises let to one or more people who are occupying the premises as their main residence and paying rent. These regulations will apply to new tenancies from 1st July 2020 and will be rolled out to all existing tenancies from 1st April 2021. Under the regulations […]

1. Extension of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act From March 2020 the above act which forces landlords and agents to carry out essential repairs / improvements to a property or risk being sued is being extended to include existing statutory periodic tenancies. Currently it only applies to tenancies that signed contracts on or […]

This is the Housing Health and Safety Rating System which is a system that identifies hazards that may be present in a property and then assesses the risk posed by the presence of that hazard. So if the Environmental Health Department or the Council do an inspection of your property they will identify any present […]