LANDLORD CHECKLIST

LANDLORD CHECKLIST

Make sure you are prepared for the letting of your property

At Newboulds & Co, we go through the following list with all of our landlords to make sure their new tenant moves in as smoothly as possible.

Landlord’s checklist

  • ·        Gain consent from finance provider and head lessor to let
  • ·        Make sure your insurance covers you for a tenanted property
  • ·        Cancel any direct debits for utilities
  • ·        Apply for Inland Revenue exemption if resident overseas
  • ·        Ensure that all furniture complies with Furniture and Furnishings regulations.
  • ·        Make arrangements for an Inventory and Schedule of Condition
  • ·        Leave your garden in good order with the necessary gardening appliances available
  • ·        Provide sufficient keys for the tenant
  • ·        Leave copies of all instruction manuals and guarantees
  • ·        Arrange for your mail to be re-directed
  • ·        Leave the property clean and cleared of all your personal belongings
  • ·        Leave services connected, and stopcocks, meters and fuse boxes labelled
  • ·        Leave a list of utility emergency numbers and local services
  • ·        Prepare a list of local contractors that you are happy to use
  • ·        Inform your Managing Agent if the property is leasehold
  • ·        Prepare a list of contract numbers/policy numbers and give a copy to your agent
  • ·        Arrange for a Landlord Gas Safety certificate
  • ·        Arrange for an Energy Performance Certificate
  • ·        Consider informing your neighbours and give them your agents contact details
  • Arrange for an Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR)


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In early 2023, most property forecasters anticipated a significant downturn in the UK housing market over the following two years. Halifax predicted an 8% drop in house prices, Savills went further at 10%, and Nomura Bank predicted a fall of up to 15%. While these gloomy forecasts grabbed headlines, the actual data told a different story.

As we are now half way through 2025, it's certain the Shepperton housing market has been more restrained than the post pandemic 24 months of summer 2020 through to July/August of 2022, and I believe that the ‘steady as she goes’ outlook will continue into the rest of 2025 and beyond.

When most people decide to put their Shepperton home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell.

Should you haggle with the agent over their fees? Is it true that if they can't negotiate well with you, they won't be any good when you get an offer? Or does it start the relationship off on the back foot?