Rent Guarantees

PUT YOUR PROPERTY IN SAFE HANDS Renting a property can be a risky business and rather worryingly, according to a recent survey, 53% of UK landlords are not insured for the possible risks they are exposed to. Even the best tenants can fall on hard times and in the current economic climate it is now more important than ever to protect your investment.

This is where Martin & Co (Norwich) can help. In partnership with HomeLet, the UK’s leading insurance provider for the lettings industry, we can provide fast and accurate online tenant references and guarantee your rental income should the tenant fail to pay for whatever reason.

Finding the right tenants can be a time consuming process but by using market leader HomeLet for our tenant referencing we already have a head start in selecting the right tenant for your property.

Our tenant referencing and Rent Guarantee services provide us with detailed information about prospective tenants including their credit history and employer’s references and cover your rental payments over a 6 or 12 month period.

Tenant referencing and Rent Guarantee is just one of a range of cost-effective insurance products and services Martin & Co (Norwich) can provide. To find out how we can safeguard your investment and provide total peace of mind for you and your tenants, please call 01603 766860 or come in and see us today.

Martin & Co are one of the UK’s largest letting agent franchises and work with HomeLet for the provision of referencing, Rent Guarantee and Insurance products. HomeLet is a trading name of Barbon Insurance Group Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registered in England number 3135797. Registered office address: 4-9 Highview, High Street, Bordon, Hampshire. GU35 0AX

Saturday, 04 July 2009

Google Street View

Google have now gone live with their much trumpeted ‘Street View’ addition to google maps / google earth facilities.

As we link all of our property listings to google maps as a matter of course, you can now take this down to street view. Here you can look at the property listed together with the surrounding neighbourhood. This facility will give tenants a much better “feel” for the property and will undoubtedly help when deciding upon which properties to view in Norwich.

Saturday, 04 July 2009

Is Your Letting Agent Financially Sound?

Dont trust your most valuable asset to a failing business….... Estate agents are going bust in record numbers and so many more are adding lettings to try to stay afloat – perhaps too late? Residential Lettings & Management is our only business and requires a completely different skill set from estate agency.
Are you worried about how financially sound your current agent is? How long after the rent has been paid does it take for your agent to pay it over to you?
Please pop in to see us at 13 St. Giles Street in the heart of Norwich and we’ll happily explain the best practices that should be adopted. We’ll tell you why we’re accredited by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) the Government sponsored regulatory body; why we carry Client Money Protection; why we’re a member of the OEA; why we carry Professional Indemnity Insurance; why we’re registered with the Information Commissioners Office etc.
We’ll tell you why as part of our terms of business we undertake to pay to our Landlords the net rent within 4 Days of our receiving it, We can talk about why with over 160 offices nationwide, Martin & Co is the UK’s leading Lettings and Property Management Specialist.
While we’re at it, ask us how comprehensive our referencing is and how it is that we’re able to show you the References when other agents hide behind the Data Protection Act.
And while we’re on our hobby horse, how good is your agent at the actual property management side? If the answer is “Not Very”, then come and talk to us. We will do exactly what we promise to do, starting with the obvious – we’ll actually undertake regular property inspections and will send you a written report immediately afterwards. There are no extra charges for this – in fact our fees are completely transparent and are all inclusive.

Saturday, 04 July 2009

The Deposit Protection Scheme

Martin & Co is officially the largest single user of the Deposit Protection Scheme. Since the introduction of The DPS, almost 450,000 deposits have been protected worth over £330 million and with over 160 offices of Martin & Co throughout the UK, it is small wonder we are their major player.

Another reason why Martin & Co are the UK’s No 1 Letting Agents.

The DPS is the only one of the 3 tenancy deposit schemes to pay interest. The DPS works by holding a tenant’s deposit, free of charge, for the term of the tenancy agreement. At the end of the rental period, the deposit, and a portion of the interest it has accumulated, is paid back to whoever is entitled to it – tenant or landlord, depending on the condition of the property and the terms of the rental agreement. The remaining interest is used to fund the service.

Saturday, 04 July 2009

Are You an Independent Letting Agent?

How’s it going for you? Fed up with the number of failed estate agents coming into the sector. Fed up with new regulations constantly being imposed. If the answer is yes and you manage a good quality portfolio and given the right opportunity you would sell up or retire, please give us a call on 01603 766860. We are actively looking to acquire and will always pay a fair price for the right business. As the only letting agent in Norwich/Norfolk to be individually shortlisted in this years National Letting Awards and part of the ‘Best Letting Agents Chain 2009’ in the UK, you can be assured all landlords and tenants will be extremely well looked after.

Saturday, 04 July 2009