Where to advertise rental property in London?

[philv]

Hi

where do private landlords advertise rental property in London?
Not sure where I should advertise.

Rightmove?

Other?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers.

[philv]

Rangeroverover said:

depending on level of rent try Gumtree

Thanks.

[philv]

superlightr said:

I presume this is for a self contained property not a room?
why are you not using a letting agent?

It sounds like if you don't even know where to advertise then you may not be aware of the regulations regarding letting?
What documents do you plan to give out when you let a property? What type of checks and experience are you going to rely upon when choosing a tenant?

Happy to try and help/guide you but curious as to what you think you need to do and what are the consequences of you doing it wrong -v what you really need to do and the real consequences of getting it wrong?

Govt letting guide
Gas cert (not applicable)
Elec certificate (not mandatory)
Deposit protection details within 30 days
Inventory
Contract plus lease details for compliance
Epc
White goods operating instructions
Electric boiler operating instructions

Reference -> rent insurance

I am going by landlordzone.
Although those above are off the top of my head.

If letting in my small town i would only use tne local paper.

But i am not an expert on where people in london search.
Although i'm more up to date as of today.

Advice always appreciated.

Cheers

[philv]

Really appreciate tne replies.

I am going to get rent insurance....and as a prerequisite for tnat also pay for referencing ccj etc.

For tne Pat test - i will get electrician to do this prior to each let.
Elec safety cert by electrician as well prior to first let and tnen every 5 years.

How much would an elec certificate and a pat test be approximately in london?

Thanks again

[philv]

Ozzie Osmond said:

^^ This.

Don't forget you need to check the citizenship/immigration status of your tenants, get electrical test certificates, make sure tamper-proof smoke/CO2 alarms are installed, etc etc. An agent will be up to speed on all this stuff.

Mainly because of tne cost.
The estate agent said tney would charge 8.4%.
So i assume tnat is about average for letting agents?

Ok.....tamper proof smoke/co2 detectors.
Electrically connected i presume (not battery).

My brother in law is an electrician but it is a fair old journey for him to london.
But with pat, elec cert, smoke/co2 alarms it might be best using hom.

[philv]

Thanks again for all the replies.

Right to reside noted.

EPC - i will use the EPC that i received from the seller when purchasing the property .
That should be fine ?
It was only put on the market in Aigust so should be valid still.

Believe me, i would like to use a full management service.
But I have only just managed to balance the budget doing it myself.
Such are london prices, even for a studio.

I will study all this and all on landlord zone.
I will post everythggn i have done on here as a last check!!

Crikey.....now i need to advertise tonights.
Order white goods tomorrow.

Then there`s christmas.....

[philv]

Thanks again....good advice.

HUm....washer dryer....i was going to supple cooker, washer, fridge freezer.
Lots of different opinions about dryers.

For purpose built flats....where there is an annual ground rent and monthly service charge.
Who would normally pay these?
I had calculated to pay them myself....but is this normally the case or does the tenant pay the service charge each month?
Just double checking.

[philv]

Hi again,

one further question.

There are lots of documents to give, ranging from instruction manuals for fridge freezer, cooker, etc to the contract and how to rent booklet and deposit protection info booklet to various other like the EPC etc.

How do you prove that you have given them to the tenant?

1) For manual and right to rent booklet and deposit protection booklet and other general documents -

Should i print everything out in duplicate and get the tenant to sign and date my copy of each?

Or is a checklist signed by the tenant and myself listing all these documents sufficient?

2) For the contract and inventory and documents where informaation about the tenancy or people or property are filled in.

Should i print them out in duplicate and we both sign and date both copies, and keep one each?

Just want to make sure i do it the right way.

Thank you.