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Central London, North West London, North London, Middlesex, Willesden, Brondesbury Park, Queens Park, St. Johns Wood, Hendon, Wembley, Finchley, Crickelwood, Kilburn, West Hampstead, Kensal Rise, Kensal Green, Neasden, Dollis Hill, Ladbroke Grove, Maida Vale, Golders Green....

NW11, NW10, NW2, NW3, NW4, NW5, NW6, NW7, NW8, NW9, W1, W2, W3, W10, W1N, N1, N19...

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Rule No1 - We don't run on empty

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The laws are there but not always followed. We use properly drawn up tenancy agreements and we take care of everything from safety certificates to the new laws around energy efficiency.

Empty property?

Rule No1 - We don't run on empty

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2004 HOUSING ACT

The housing bill, which was first published in draft in March 2003, became an Act in November 2004 and includes a number of important new measures. These are outlined in this summary of the Housing Act 2004.
• a new Housing Health and Safety Rating System to replace the Housing Fitness Standard
• a mandatory licensing scheme for houses in multiple occupation
• selective licensing of private landlords in areas of low demand
• new powers for local authorities to lease long-term empty homes compulsorily
• a requirement for residential property vendors to produce a Home Information pack
• reforms to the Right to Buy scheme, to prevent its abuse and exploitation
• new powers to extend the length of an introductory tenancy to 18 months
• a national Tenancy Deposit Scheme, to protect private tenants deposits
• a new power to update the statutory definition of overcrowding
• new rights for Gypsies, travellers, and parked home-owners.

ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES

‘The Energy Performance in Buildings Directive’ laid down in Parliament in March 2007 requires all buildings to have on EPC in place before letting.

Mr Simons is registered and approved to carry out EPCs on behalf of our clients.

He also carries out inspections for other letting agents and estate agents through EnergyAssessorsLondon.com

He is registered through Elmhurst energy, a government accredited body for the issue and endorsement of Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) ratings.

This accreditation is contained in a licence granted by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Elmhurst is registered under ISO EN 9002 for quality assurance and the Elmhurst SAP software is independently checked and approved by the Building Research Establishment ensuring it complies fully with the SAP.

In essence a property is going to have its own carbon footprint taken. Obviously if it is a good footprint it will be more attractive to applicants as the heating, lightning and hot water bills are likely to be less. It is therefore worth taking the EPCs seriously.

TENANT DEPOSIT SCHEME

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is run under Government legislation that requires Landlords to register details of the start and end of all new tenancies. The Dispute Service (TDS) runs this Scheme and is required to supply summarised details of all tenancies to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG). As a member of this scheme we are able to comply with all new regulations and ensure that the tenants deposit is registered under the terms of the scheme. The Tenancy Deposit Scheme came into force on the 6th April 2007. If you are not protecting a tenant’s deposit you will be ordered to repay three times the amount to the tenant. So find out how you can protect deposits and resolve disputes. When a landlord or letting agent takes a deposit from a tenant the deposit must be protected in a government-authorised tenancy deposit scheme. This new rule applies if the tenancy is an assured short hold tenancy.

RENTAL AGREEMENT

The contract we use has been specifically drawn up by the NAEA for the lettings industry and is comprehensive and fair representing both the interests of the landlord and tenant equally.

Tenants often asked about what is the standard term for an Assured Short hold Tenancy – the answer is usually twelve months, however we usually include a break clause at six months, for both the landlord and tenant.