Help & Advice

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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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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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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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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Electrical safety in rental property

Electrical safety in rental property is an important letting aspect often over looked by both landlords and tenants. If the light comes on everything must be ok etc. Well, due diligence and risk assessment good practise will keep you safe, our guide below will help. If you are unsure on any aspect of property rental [...]

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Rent increase notice – section 13

A rent increase notice is used to increase the rent on a tenancy.  There are two ways to increase the rent on tenants, I shall explain both a little.  I will also provide a link to download a free section 13 notice…

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