At Brackenbury Estates we pride ourselves in providing honest and clear advice. Through each transaction, we maintain regular communication to ensure that you are receiving the service you desire and possess the expertise and resources needed to achieve any property solution.
Valuations of your property are free of charge and with no obligation. We utilise our expertise when it comes to valuing properties, ensuring our quotes are accurate for the properties in question and entail no hidden costs.
Brackenbury Estates offers a selection of comprehensive services to our landlords, from introducing tenants, rental collection, to full management. Please take a look at the list below to see which services would be appropriate for your needs.
| Rent Collection | Management Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensively advertise your property | |||
| Carry out viewings 6 days per week, out of hours if necessary | |||
| Gain thorough references including credit history, previous landlord and employment status’ as well as right to rent | |||
| Negotiate terms and draw up a bespoke contract | |||
| Arrange any required pre-tenancy work for the Property | – | ||
| Organise contractors to carry out the GSC, EPC pre-tenancy and Electrical Certificates | – | ||
| Take care of your legal responsibility to check smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms pre-tenancy | – | ||
| Arrange a professional inventory and check-in | |||
| Protect tenant deposit with an approved scheme | |||
| Serve tenants with presribed information, deposit certificate and Right to Rent guide for tenants | |||
| Ensure standing order is correctly set up by the tenants | |||
| Transfer utilities at the start of the tenancy | – | ||
| Annual gas safety certificate | – | ||
| Issue a monthly rental statement | |||
| Hold a copy of your keys throughout the tenancy | – | ||
| Monitor local property licensing schemes | |||
| Ensure you comply with changing legislation | – | ||
| Comprehensive twice-yearly property visits | – | ||
| Provide a 24-hour emergency service for you and your tenants | – | ||
| Company employed maintenance engineers available to visit your property at short notice | – | ||
| Instruct and pay contractors on your behalf | – | ||
| Provide help in recovering rent arrears (in rare event it happens) | – | ||
| Access to competitively negotiated contractor pricing | – | ||
| Arrange repairs, maintenance and refurbishments | – | ||
| Manage your property through any vacant periods | – | ||
| Agree terms of tenancy renewals | |||
| At your request provide annual statement of account | |||
| Professional check-out | |||
| Review check-out report, advise on deductions from deposit, agree with tenants and proceed with the deposit return | |||
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We offer a transparent commission structure which allows our Landlords to spread the payment of our commission over the duration of the tenancy. Under our Rent Collection Service we offer selected services within our commission rate of 9%. In addition to our Rent Collection Service we also offer a comprehensive Management Service at 11% with all services included as detailed above. By choosing either of these services the following additional charges would apply:
A fee of £180 will be charged for every new tenancy and £90 for renewal tenancy; protecting the security deposit with a Government-authorised Scheme (and providing the tenant(s) with a Deposit Certificate and Prescribed Information) at a charge of £40; collecting extensive references on the new tenant at a charge of £50 per person.
Our fees can be varied subject to individual propositions. Gas Safety Certificate, Electrical Installation Condition Report and Professional Inventory Report fees available upon request.
