Cardiff attracts many thousands of students to the city every year, and student accommodation is truly booming in the capital city. In years gone by, a student renting in Cardiff would typically have to find a small bedroom in privately-shared accommodation within a terraced or detached house. Those days are …
Our Albany Road branch’s Sales Manager, Sian Hiatt, shares her expert opinion with six tips to help ensure you achieve the highest possible sales price for your property;Opening curtains fully and taking down any dark upholstery will allow more light to travel through your property, allowing your buyer to truly …
Figures released from McCarthy & Stone’s annual Retirement Confidence Index (RCI) has revealed that Britain could be set to face a national downsizing boom, with almost half of all British pensioners claiming they would consider selling their current home in order to purchase a smaller property. It is predicted that …
Today, we share some of our top tips for getting the maximum possible sale price for your property...Room for manoeuvre…Plentiful parking is a buyer’s dream! If you have an open-day planned, ask your neighbours if they’d mind parking elsewhere for a few hours in order to ensure a parking paradise …
Councils in South Wales are urging local landlords and letting agents across the area to ensure they are registered or licensed with Rent Smart Wales following the successful prosecution of non-compliant landlords. The legal obligation for all landlords and letting agents operating in Wales to register or license themselves and …
In the rare event of a tenant failing to pay their rent on time, we quickly make contact with them to establish why. We have automated procedures in place for this, which include chases via text message, e-mail and post, and we also have our staff make telephone calls and …
Rental prices are on the rise in Wales and England, with the private rental sector up 1.8% in the 12 months to April 2017, according to the index of private housing rental prices released by the Office for National Statistics in May of this year. Many lettings agents reported rent …
We approach tenants two months before their tenancy is due to end and ask them of their intentions moving forward. We give them two weeks to let us know, which provides us with ample marketing time should they intend to vacate and new tenants need to be found. We always try …
