Rental or Resale?

Property rental can be an integral

part of life

A key consideration in our armoury service is to always plan the Client’s finance or exit route, short or long term, having purchased a property. Key factors to be considered are whether the property is fully renovated or refurbished and, depending on the chosen route, the retention of the property for medium/long term investment hold, or disposal by way of sale. Property rental investment is an integral part of modern life, even with the apparent barriers being put up by the UK Government and the purchase structure and financing is absolutely key. And if you’re intending to be a landlord, there are essential legal and regulatory matters to deal with. Refurbished and well presented properties – flats and houses, should be easy to rent out – often achieving the target rent as renters will pay for a newly renovated and decorated property, incorporating modern appliances and furniture, especially new mattresses and sofas. Good rental agents are hard to find - those will go the extra mile to look for renters through their networks of relocation agents, corporate contacts. They know their property well and who it might suit, rather than just adding it to one of the many portals. Personal service always works! The same can be said of estate agents! Often maligned for their lack of knowledge and tendency to look for easy sales. We know good estate agents in London who work hard at their job, and who know us and value our clients. So we stick with them and, where a client’s exit route is a sale, we are happy to work with them. They are realistic on their commissions, especially for our clients who often gain ‘mates rates’ through us – we know the property, we know our clients’ needs and we expect sales to be verified by checking the buyers out thoroughly.