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Let us value your rental property for free

We charge nothing to come out to your rental property, look it over room by room, and give you an honest evaluation of it’s potential achievable rent. We are landlords ourselves and we know the Northampton market extremely well. We live here, we invest our own money to buy property here, and we’ve operated our [...]

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Basic lettings process

The basic letting process that we empoy in our Northampton lettings agency and Bedford lettings agency is designed to be simple and stress free.

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Looking to sell your property?

If you are looking to sell your property we can help.  A new  arm of Visum, Visum-Sales.co.uk (an online estate agent) is now online helping you sell your house  for a flat fee of £300!

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Free tenancy agreement

Free tenancy agreement download.  At Visum-Lettings we like to help landlords, all landlords, not just those landlords who use our northampton property management service.  Many landlords are looking for the all important tenancy agreement (AST).  Our sister site provide the free tenancy agreement pack for immediate download.

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Legal requirements for landlords

There are many – and it would seem to be an ever growing list –  legal requirements for landlords.  Some are detailed below, but, the simplest way to stay safe is to use Visum Lettings for your property management needs in Northampton.   Energy Performance Certificate  – EPC As of 1st October 2008 it isbe [...]

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Due diligence in rental property

As part of letting out your property you have a duty of care to ensure your property is safe to let. You need to carry out a ‘risk assessment’ to spot things that could come back to bite you in the event of a tenant having an accident or other problem. Proving that you’ve been [...]

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Visum-Lettings partner with Letmatch.co.uk

In an effort to stay one step ahead of ‘bad tenants – or ‘tenants from hell’ as salacious tabloids like to call them –  Visum Lettings is pleased to recommend  letmatch.co.uk and their unique service offering called ‘bad tenants’, which used along with all our traditional credit, reference and prior history checks helps to lower [...]

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Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)

Energy Performance Certificates (known as EPCs) are a way of grading properties for energy efficiency that allows someone (a landlord or tenant for example) to quickly get a grasp of how much a property will cost to run. As of October 2008 EPCs will be required whenever a property is rented out. The certificate provides [...]

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Thomas & Co Lettings – gone out of business?

Thomas & Company letting agents of Northampton appear to have closed up shop, leaving some loose ends. Have you, as a tenant or a landlord, been affected?  Can Visum Lettings offer any help?

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Gas safety in rental property

All Landlords have a common law duty to ensure that gas installations and appliances supplied with their rental properties are safe. Tenants also have certain legal obligations when it comes to gas safety – see below.

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