Let My Property

Let My Property Gloucester

Complete Advertising and Tenancy Start Package from only £300.00

Stand out from the crowd with our Let My Property Services

As an existing or new landlord in Gloucester, finding the right letting agent can be problematic. There are a number of Gloucester letting agents to choose from, so why choose Cox & Company to let your property in Gloucester?

Our staff have over 35 years’ experience in giving landlord advice with their Gloucester lettings. Our comprehensive package of services is dedicated to answering the question of how to ‘let my property in Gloucester’. The Let My Property service is designed to take away all the hassle from the Gloucester landlord of how to promote your house to rent or flat to rent in Gloucester and find you the right tenant. Once your property is let we can hand over the day-to-day running and management back to you. Or, you can take up our property management option instead, but we leave it up to you to decide which package best suits you – we won’t push you into a service you don’t want and don’t need.

And  we don’t charge the landlord a penny until we rent your property in Gloucester – so no tenant no charge, it’s as simple as that.

The Let My Property service is really about attracting and securing the right tenant to your property to rent in Gloucester as quickly and professionally as possible. So what’s in the package?

1. Property appraisal to advise landlords on achievable rent

Cox & Company knows the Gloucester lettings market really well. We know all the areas, neighbourhoods and types of Gloucester rental properties and what a landlord in Gloucester could expect to receive in terms of a monthly and annual rental yield.

2. Advise on presentation of your letting property to maximise interest

So you may have watched all the make-over shows and know to put the coffee on when viewings take place, but sometimes it’s easy to miss the straightforward. Cox & Company’s experienced staff can give landlord advice in Gloucester on the best and most cost effective ways of presenting your property so you can take on the right tenant.

3. Arrange energy performance certificate (EPC)

Did you know that this is a legal requirement so your prospective tenant can understand the fuel efficiency of your Gloucester rental property. Cox & Company can also help landlords on how to make your Gloucester let even more ‘green’ and a more attractive proposition for the tenant. 

4. Internet marketing

These days your prospective tenant searches online for flats to rent and houses to rent in Gloucester. That’s why we advertise your property on the most popular property websites rightmove.co.uk, primelocation.com, findaproperty.com, zoopla.co.uk and our own site coxandcompany.co.uk.

5. In-house availability lists

Prospective tenants receive the list of our properties to rent in Gloucester that are currently available through Cox & Company.

6. Contact known searching tenants

We have a database of people looking for rental properties in Gloucester and we will conduct a matching exercise to help shorten the search time for a new tenant.

7. Respond to enquiries from potential tenants

Initial enquiries for your Gloucester let are logged and handled by the Cox & Company staff and we will organise accompanied viewings.

8. Provide copy of energy performance certificate to enquirers

We not only arrange for the certificate we ensure that the prospective tenant receives a copy of the EPC along with the other information regarding the Gloucester rental property.

9. Pre-vet potential tenants for suitability

We pre-vet potential tenants for suitability at the appointment and viewing process, allowing us to eliminate any enquirers who do not fit the landlord’s criterion or come up to other minimum standards for Cox & Company tenants.

10. Conduct accompanied viewings

Cox & Company are experienced in meeting prospective tenants, conducting the viewing and making the most of selling the most attractive aspects of your letting in Gloucester.

11. Provide potential tenants with property specific details if requested

More details will be provided about the individual Gloucester rental property, complete with all the relevant information the tenant needs and designed in such a way to be as attractive as possible to secure a viewing.

12. Negotiate tenancy terms

Another way we provide landlord advice in Gloucester is to manage the negotiations with the prospective tenant, so you don’t have to. Cox & Company will have agreed with the landlord beforehand the tenancy term and parameters and then use that in negotiating with the prospective tenant.

13. Confirm tenant references, credit and ID checks

We ask for photo ID, copies of bank statements and proof of employment and regular income. We use an independent company to ensure that each person named on the tenancy agreement is valid, and that at least one member of the household has an income in excess of two and a half times that of the annual rent. We check bank statements and insist that at least one applicant is in full-time permanent employment. In some circumstance we ask for a guarantor. We also verify individuals against the electoral register, run a credit check and contact the previous landlord for confirmation of conduct.

14. Produce tenancy agreement.

One of the areas where landlord advice is often most needed is the legal aspect to renting out a property. The tenancy agreement is a vital document and is designed to protect the legal rights of both the landlord and tenant. We will produce the agreement so it covers all the important aspects of the rental (term, rental price, responsibilities etc).

15. Arrange gas safety check

All rental properties require a Landlords Gas Safety Certificate, ensuring that at the time of checking by a qualified engineer, all gas-fired appliances and boiler are legal and safe.

16. Arrange electrical safety checks

Portable appliance testing and the testing of the electrical fuse board and wiring systems are just as important as the gas and must be carried out. We have qualified electrical engineers who will conduct this work for our landlords.

17. Produce descriptive and photographic inventory

Cox & Company will help landlords by compiling a detailed inventory, which will be descriptive and photographic. This is a really important pre- and post-let process that can help with any disputes later on.

18. Collect first month’s rent and deposit (register deposit with the Dispute Service where required)

Under the Let My Property service, we can help Gloucester landlords at the outset by arranging for collection of the first month’s rent before handing over the payment and collection responsibilities to you.

19. Confirm tenant contents insurance policy

Prior to move-in we will obtain a copy of the tenant’s contents insurance policy – additional peace of mind for our landlords.

20. Arrange transfer of utility accounts

It’s the little administrative things that can become a headache, one is transferring utility accounts such as gas, electricity, telephone, water etc. Whether it’s you the landlord that is moving out or from one tenant to the next, Cox & Company will have this aspect of the rental process covered.

21. Confirm appropriate notice from landlord or tenant to end tenancy

Our systems ensure that we are able to keep information about your Let Only tenancy in order to assist once the tenant gives the landlord notice to leave or a landlord wishes to make the property vacant.  Dates and copies of original documents are very important in this process and we can provide you with copies of any documents produced at the outset.  Once Cox and Company have confirmed the necessary procedures with our landlords and a tenancy is nearing its end we will automatically inform both parties of the approaching date and what happens next.

22. Arrange transfer of final utility accounts

As with the transfer, we make sure that as a tenant leaves all the utility account loose ends are tied up and covered.

23. Produce check-out inventory and comparison to move-in inventory

The importance of the inventory becomes clear at this stage in the property rental process, so we ensure that everything is as it should be in the property for hand-over from one tenant to the next. This process will also highlight any discrepancies which we can handle in the next stage of the process…

24. Act as stakeholder in possible deposit disputes

We will provide landlords with a detailed report and recommendations for possible deductions from deposit and provide impartial advice for landlords in any deposit disputes that may arise when a tenant is leaving the property.  Cox and Company can also provide details of specialist organisations that can assist with disputes.

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