Lettings
Why choose Irvings to Let your property?
When letting out your valuable asset, it is extremely important that you engage the services of a professionally qualified letting agent, in order to safeguard your property.
Irvings are a licensed Members of Propertymark (formerly the Association of Residential Letting Agents) which is the Industry leading professional organisation.
All Propertymark Members have client money protection ensuring your rental income is safe as it is held in a ring fenced client account.
Being a Member of Propertymark means we are fully up to date with all changes in legislation, ensuring you as a Landlord or Landlady are adhering and fully updated as to all of your responsibilities.
In addition to our professional accreditation, we also have in excess of twenty years, knowledge and experience of letting properties for landlords.
We make the whole process extremely smooth and we endeavour to take away the stress and worry out of letting your property.
Tenant Find Only - £500.00 incl VAT
Service Overview
We cover all aspects of property management and we aim to tailor a service to meet our clients’ needs and requirements.
What's Included
- Free rental valuation
- Advice on getting your property ready to go onto the market
- Arranging Landlords Gas Safety Certificate (CP12) and Electrical Installation Certificate, if requested by Landlord, cost to be borne by the Landlord
- Arranging EPC for property if needed (cost to be borne by Landlord)
- Advice on Legionnaires disease compliance
- Advice on compliance with the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020
- Advice on current legislation for smoke alarms and carbon monoxide compliance - October 2015 legislation
- Advice on Inventories
- Advice on compliance with Right to Rent
- Window advertising
- To Let Board
- Accompanied viewings, if required
- Negotiation of rents and commencement of tenancy
- Taking up references, including credit check, employment and previous Landlord checks if applicable, when applicable
- Drawing up of Tenancy Agreements
- Utility Readings and transfer of these into tenant’s name with final accounts sent to Landlord
- Collection of first month’s rent and bond/deposit monies from the tenant
- Payment to landlord of bond/deposit to be lodged with a Government approved scheme
- Tenant check-in
- Final Statement of Account sent to Landlord
- Richmond Office:
- Catterick Office:
- 01748 821 700
- 01748 883244
Ongoing Management - £480.00 incl VAT set-up cost
Management Fee equivalent to 12% of the monthly rent incl VAT
Service Overview
What's Included
- Transfer of bond/deposit to the Deposit Protection Service (DPS)
- First point of contact for tenants, including out of hours emergency helpline
- Renewal of gas safety inspections (CP12s) on an annual basis
- Arranging EPC for property if needed (cost to be borne by Landlord)
- Advice on Legionnaires disease compliance
- Arranging electrical inspections if requested and also Legionella Risk Assessments, again if requested by the Landlord
- Preparation of monthly statement for Landlord and payment of rental income after deductions via BACS payment
- Check out of tenant at end of tenancy including dealing with repayment of bond/deposit
- Collection of rental monies from the tenant
- Arranging maintenance and repairs by qualified professionals
- Negotiation of rents and commencement of tenancy
- Advice on and ensuring compliance with the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020
- Ensuring compliance with Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015
- Periodic Inspections with a copy of the report supplied to the Landlord
- If required, service of appropriate legal notice to tenant to terminate tenancy
- Richmond Office:
- Catterick Office:
- 01748 821700
- 01748 883244
Preparation of Inventory – An Inventory protects both a Landlord and Tenant in the case of a potential dispute. We highly recommend that each property has an inventory. We are happy for you to supply your own or alternatively we can arrange this on your behalf at an additional cost.
We use totally independent professional inventory providers, the government are currently considering recommending that all Letting agents should outsource Inventories, and use an independent inventory provider so that they remain impartial.
Our Inventory provider, Pafena, (http://www.pafena.com/rental-property-services/) uses detailed reports with dated photographic images as this is one of the most up to date ways of providing an inventory. They are APIP accredited inventory providers with ARLA Propertymark and have been providing inventory reports since 2010.
Having a professional inventory and schedule of condition is essential in order to protect the interests of landlords, agents and tenants. Inventory issues are at the centre of a significant proportion of the deposit disputes dealt with by dispute resolution services. Quality of inventory provision varies greatly across the industry so what does using an APIP member mean to landlords and letting agents?
APIP members are qualified either through passing the Technical Award in Residential Inventory Management and Practice or through significant experience in the industry. The qualification comprises four units incorporating legal matters, health, safety and security, property management and inventory practice. Please see an example of the level of details as attached.
Rent Collection Only
All elements of the Tenant Find Only service, charged at £468.00 including VAT, followed by a monthly charge at the rate of 8% incl VAT of the monthly rent collected, for future rental payments to be made to ourselves and paid across to the Landlord on a monthly basis.
Preparation of Inventory
An Inventory protects both a Landlord and Tenant in the case of a potential dispute. We highly recommend that each property has an inventory and we can arrange this on your behalf at a cost of £175.00 incl VAT; this is however at a Landlords discretion.
We use totally independent professional inventory providers; the Government are currently considering recommending that all Letting agents should outsource Inventories and use an independent inventory provider so that they remain impartial.
Having a professional Inventory/Schedule of Condition is essential in order to protect the interests of Landlords, Agents and Tenants. Inventory issues are at the centre of a significant proportion of the deposit disputes dealt with by dispute resolution services.
Sample Inventory
- Richmond Office:
- Catterick Office:
- 01748 821700
- 01748 883244