What we can do for landlords
Full management
Letting only
Specific tailored services (for example, rent collecting only; empty property checks)
Full management
Finding tenants
Ensuring tenants’ references are cleared (via Endsleigh)
Giving information about Endsleigh insurances (buildings, contents, rent guarantee and legal protection)
Drawing up a tailored tenancy agreement
Preparing an inventory
Receiving rent and deposit
Making quarterly inspections during the period of the tenancy
Providing quarterly statements of accounts
Carried out a detailed check-out at the end of the tenancy
Organising repairs and maintenance (under client’s instructions)
Paying the balance of the landlord’s account on a regular monthly basis
Holding tenants’ deposits as a stakeholder under the Tenancy Deposit Scheme
Arranging for service meters to be read at the commencement and termination of the tenancy (accounts will be transferred into the tenant’s name to make them directly responsible for payment)
Organising for final accounts ot be paid on behalf of the client
Ensuring the council tax is transferred into your tenant’s name
Letting only
Finding tenants
Ensuring tenants’ references are cleared
Drawing up a tailored tenancy agreement
Receiving the first month’s rent and deposit, and ensuring cheques are cleared
Holding tenants’ deposits as a stakeholder under the Tenancy Deposit Scheme
Paying balance of rent to the client after all agreed charges have been deducted
Home from Home charges
Full management
Home from Home’s commission is 14% (negotiable) of the gross rent payable during any period for which the premises are let (plus tenancy agreement and inventory charges).
Please note that for renewal of tenancies, if the existing tenant wishes to stay in the property, Home from Home will only charge the cost of the tenancy agreement (£75 plus VAT). We do not charge any additional fee to landlords in this circumstance.
Letting only
Home from Home charges 50% of first gross monthly rent received (plus tenancy agreement charge and inventory compilation).
Landlords with property portfolios
If we are instructed to manage a number of properties on behalf of a client, we will charge a reduced percentage.
Inventories
Creation cost is £85 minimum. If the inventory takes longer than three hours to complete, an hourly charge will be made for each additional hour.
Check-out cost is £75 (payable by the landlord unless the tenant leaves before the end of the tenancy agreement). If the inventory takes longer than three hours to complete, an hourly charge will be made for each additional hour.
Tenancy agreements
Each set of tenancy agreements (to include one copy for the tenant and one copy for the landlord, held on file by Home from Home) costs £75. No additional cost will be made if an existing tenant renews their tenancy.
Hourly rate
£30 per hour
Advertising
We make no charge for advertising on internet property portals, Home from Home’s own website, initial advertising in the press or issuing mailings of property details (to financial institutions, local companies, schools, embassies etc.).
Other charges.
Details of charges for re-registering statutory rents, garage rental and such like can be supplied on request.
All charges are subject to VAT.
Additional information
Tenancy Deposit Scheme
Home from Home is a member of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which is administered by The Dispute Service Ltd., PO Box 1255, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 9GN; telephone 0845 226 7837; email deposits@tds.gb.com; fax 01442 253 193; website www.thedisputeservice.co.uk.
We will hold the tenant’s deposit, as a stakeholder, under the terms of the TDS.
Endsleigh Insurance
Home from Home is an appointed introducer for Endsleigh Insurance Services. Products include rent guarantee insurance, as well as landlord’s buildings, contents and home emergency.
