Engineering August relet RRA
Short answer: under the Renters' Rights Act 2025, fixed-term tenancies are gone. Every assured tenancy granted from 1 May 2026 onwards is periodic from day one, and a landlord…
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Why we won't take your instruction at the wrong asking price
Short answer: because under the Renters' Rights Act 2025 a mispriced asking rent is no longer recoverable, and accepting an instruction at a price our data does not support wo…
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Section 13 rent reviews after the RRA: what changed, what stayed, and what the tribunal can (and can't) do
Short answer: under section 6 of the Renters' Rights Act 2025, Section 13 of the Housing Act 1988 is now the only mechanism by which a landlord can lawfully increase the rent …
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What the rental bidding ban actually means for London landlords (Renters' Rights Act 2025, section 56)
Short answer: since 1 May 2026, section 56 of the Renters' Rights Act 2025 has prohibited landlords and letting agents from soliciting, encouraging, or accepting rent above th…
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Under the Renters' Rights Act 2025, the rent you set on day one is the rent for life — here's why
Short answer: the Renters' Rights Act 2025 has removed every meaningful mechanism a landlord previously had to correct a mispriced tenancy. The asking rent you publish on day …
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Tenancy Identity Fraud
The gap in third-party referencing, the cross-check that closes it, and why it matters more after the Renters' Rights Act 2025. Identity fraud is the highest-cost failure mode…
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Why most deposit claims are over-claims
Short answer A good-quality carpet costs £500 to replace. It is four years into a ten-year life when a tenant damages it beyond repair. Most agents would put the full £500 to …
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Audit and approval before the deduction
Short answer Most letting agents treat the contractor quote as the answer. We treat it as one piece of evidence. Where works on a managed property are likely to exceed an agre…
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How your listing gets written
Short answer Most letting agents see the advert as an interruption. Get the property photographed, write a short description, get it live on Rightmove and Zoopla, move on. We …
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What annual new-build servicing actually costs
Short answer: for a typical central-London luxury new-build flat with one mechanical ventilation heat-recovery (MVHR) unit and three ducted air-conditioning fan-coil units, an…
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New build deposit claim clauses
Short answer: managing a luxury central-London new-build is a different operational discipline from managing a flat in a Victorian conversion, and most of what makes it differ…
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New build first let pricing
Short answer: the standard comparable rental method assumes comparables exist. On a new-build first let they don't. There are no historical rentals at the same address, no tra…
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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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