Letting property with Sheffield Residential

Why choose Sheffield Residential for Renting & Letting

Biggest Mistakes Landlords Make Why we can Let your Property

Don't take our word for it, look at what some of our landlords have to say...

If any agent cannot provide you with the assurance of knowing they are covered by a client money protection scheme the question you need to ask is why not as you are otherwise at a huge financial risk...Think of it like this...

if you had three cards in front of you and had to pick only one blindly but one of those cards would mean you lose everything...your property, your home, your family life and ultimately bankruptcy, would you take the risk of picking one of those cards? That's the risk you take with an agent who has no client money protection!

There’s a lot involved in letting a property so don’t believe self-management is the best way or the DIY online sites that expect you to pay upfront and make out that your property is easy to let as it’s not…let us explain!

First of course are the basics, checking if a property is legally compliant (as examples, electrical and gas safety, furniture safety, Energy Performance Certificate), writing a description, good quality photos and then advertising the property. This is followed by a lot of work behind the scenes to pro-actively market your property on social media and contacting prospective tenants on our database. Hours and hours can then be spent taking enquiries by email, telephone, in the office and online. Then viewings and viewings…sometimes no shows after we’ve travelled and waited at the property and the timewasters, for hours and hours to ensure the right tenant is matched to you and your property and not just any applicant!

Don’t forget at this stage and after hours and hours of work, we haven’t been paid a penny! Also remember, ultimately neither we or you set the rental price, the market does!

When someone applies for a property then there’s a colossal amount of time we spend in internal referencing and to make sure everything is cross-referenced. Then there’s the deposit to be protected and to ensure all the legalities are adhered to in relation to deposit protection and the prescribed information to be issued correctly and in the legal timeframe (the Housing Act 2004, the Localism Bill 2011 and the Deregulation Act 2015).

There’s now the added burden of right to rent checks under the Immigration Act 2014!

There’s the tenancy agreement to be signed and check in to be booked…all this takes time and we have systems in place which are costly but built to make the landlord and tenant experience seamless and stress free.

Then during the tenancy, it’s the pro-active management of tenants. If you self-managed, have you ever thought what would happen if a tenant had an emergency at 4am and you're on holiday, or a tenant doesn’t pay rent or on time or when a tenant trashes a property when the landlord found the tenants and did it themselves to save on fees!

Don’t forget behind the scenes there are card payment systems, online system for landlords and tenants, systems to chase rent, book property inspections and a whole lot more!

Then, there is the increased regulation of buy to let landlords – more than 100 Acts of Parliament with 400 individual requirements (Source RLA July/Aug 2017).

Our Letting Facts:

Letting any property can be stressful, whether you are a tenant or landlord. You need a stress free experience. With our local expert knowledge and excellent service we give you peace of mind!

We ensure:

• Results that speaks for themselves! Specialist product knowledge that cannot be rivalled by any other Sheffield lettings agency. We achieve maximum rental incomes in Sheffield and landlords will be pleased to know that we have to date achieved maximum rents and tend to set trends in higher rental yields! Offering properties all over the city means our tenants are spoilt for choice! Our property management service is thorough and produces exceptional results


• Client Money Protection (we strongly recommend not to use an agent who doesn’t have this!)


• You get honest rent appraisals and we won’t just give you the highest price just to get you on board!


• The letting process is seamless at every stage of your property let


• Communication is key: you receive detailed feedback after all viewings!


• Free accompanied viewings


• You benefit from local expertise and knowledge of the Sheffield rental market


• You have one dedicated point of contact at all times


• You get to use an online landlord portal for FREE!


• We’ll always aim to get you the maximum rental price


• You benefit from our established, proven local track record – Winners of many Estate Agency Awards


• Comprehensive advertising including Rightmove and Social Media


• Value for money as we achieve minimal void periods and maximum rents


• Viewers can view when they want to! Viewings until 10pm and Sundays by appointment. 50% of our viewings were late night Wednesday, Saturday or after office hours by appointment!
  
  

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For professional, local expert knowledge and one to one help with letting your Sheffield property, contact our Lettings Team now:

0114 201 4325

Sheffield Residential Estate Agents and Letting Agents
89 Pinstone Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. S1 2HJ UK

Office Hours: 9.15am to 5.45pm Monday to Friday
10am - 5pm Saturday

Viewings until 10pm and Sundays by appointment