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New build snagging vs maintenance
Short answer: on a new-build, certain defects are the developer's problem under the structural warranty, and certain defects are the agent's problem under the maintenance scop…
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Audit and compliance first, letting agent second
Short answer Harvey W James is an audit and compliance company first, and a letting agent and property-management company second. That ordering is deliberate. Under the Renter…
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Days on market London rentals 2026
Short answer: across our central- and east-London portfolio in 2025 and 2026 to date, the median time from advert-live to applicant offer-accepted is between 14 and 19 days fo…
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New build utility management
Short answer: the default utility set-up on a London new-build is not the default utility set-up on an established flat. Communal heat networks, prepayment meters, change-of-o…
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Best day to launch rental advert
Short answer: in our portfolio dataset, listings published between 9am and 11am on a Monday consistently receive more first-day enquiries than the same listing published on an…
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New build lettings London
Short answer: a new-build flat is not a second-hand flat with newer paint. The operational, commercial and statutory considerations are different in kind, not just degree, and…
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August best month London rental
Short answer: in three years of our portfolio's Rightmove and Zoopla data, August has the highest enquiries-to-listings ratio of any month in the London rental market. More te…
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The Four Week Rule: why advertising your rental too early actually costs you tenants
Short answer: the four weeks immediately preceding the property's available date is when tenant search activity peaks, and a Rightmove or Zoopla listing only gets one shot at …
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