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Understandably, all landlords are keen to minimise their outgoings when renting their properties. Some may also decide to source their own tenants or manage the property themselves, in order to avoid agency fees – however, [...]

In a competitive market, we know that as long as your property is priced attractively, it will sell. However, many people spend a fortune on improving their home expecting at least the cost of the [...]

When letting your property, your primary objective is simple – you want to find a reliable tenant who pays the rent regularly and looks after your property as you would yourself. The reality though is usually [...]

The national housing market currently paints a rather dull picture.  Combining the prospect of “a few interest rate rises over the next few years” according to the Bank of England and the political and economic uncertainty of [...]

According to the Department of the Environment about half of all landlords have had cause to ask a tenant to leave on at least one occasion, usually because of arrears, noise, damage, violence, or abusive [...]

Photographs form a crucially important part of the marketing mix, designed to promote your property at its best.  Every image counts, as people will decide whether to inquire further or dismiss a property based solely [...]

Looking after an investment property is not straight forward and Landlords who choose to do it themselves will need to have time, knowledge of legislation and compliance matters and a lot of patience when looking [...]

In a largely unregulated industry, it is so important that you choose an agency that puts a high value on training and regulation. At Grace & Rose we are trained, regulated and are members of [...]

All residential tenancy deposits must, by law, be protected and lodged in a government-recognised scheme, such as the Deposit Protection Service (DPS), which is where we, at Grace & Rose, protect our tenant’s deposits.  The [...]

For homeowners wishing to sell their property and buy another, it’s the classic dilemma – what do you do first? Sell first or Buy first?...the Chicken or the Egg? Typically, people will start investigating the market [...]

As of 1st April 2018, new legislation under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, means that if your rental property has an Energy Efficiency rating of band F or G, as shown [...]

House Price surveys (whether Land Registry, Rightmove, Nationwide, Halifax etc) all show conflicting statistics on the performance of house prices and this is down to the varying methods they use to collect the data and [...]

For many homeowners, letting their property provides an obvious investment opportunity as an alternative to selling. With the right help from your letting agent, the matter should be quite straightforward, although there are certain consents [...]

For a few years now, following the Government’s overhaul of the mortgage market, known as the Mortgage Market Review (or MMR), much tighter mortgage application regulations have been in force.  In addition, this year’s further [...]

Why is it that tenanted properties appear to be damper than those that are owner-occupied? Well, firstly we’re talking about condensation, not rising or penetrating damp. Condensation is caused when warm air, which holds more [...]