Bricknells Rentals Blog

We are also asked what will be in store for the Rotherham Property market for the rest of 2020, whilst we are primarily a letting agent we are conscious that transaction sales (which were already down) will continue to remain low for the remainder of the year, which is bad news if your main focus…

Section 1 The last weeks have unquestionably been one of the most life-changing times we have seen since WW2, not only the direct life threatening consequences of Covid 19 but the lockdown has changed our methods of working and the concept of social distancing has impacted how we operate and interface with others. We have…

Investing in Rotherham buy to Let property in recent years has become somewhat different than in the past. In the good old days of the five years after the turn of the millennium, we had double digit house growth, mortgage companies (Northern Rock, HBOS and the others) were so desperate to get on the BTL…

When I meet landlords the common theme is why is the government picking on landlords in the Private Rental Sector. In the main we all recognise that regulation of the letting industry is in itself a good thing and possibly long overdue. However, one cannot help think that some of the initiatives have been of…

At Bricknells ‘Strive to be better’ is one of our core values, and we are constantly thinking how we can provide a better service for our landlords. Mostly tenancies progress without a hitch, but sometimes problems can occur – the tenant falls behind on payments for whatever reason or a section 21 is served and…

The Government plans to introduce mandatory electrical inspections in premises let to one or more people who are occupying the premises as their main residence and paying rent. These regulations will apply to new tenancies from 1st July 2020 and will be rolled out to all existing tenancies from 1st April 2021. Under the regulations…

Capital Gains tax changes to be applied in April Until now CGT has been paid on gains made through the sale of a property that isn’t the owners principal home. Owners can also seek lettings relief if they once lived in the non-principal home themselves. However from April this is scrapped and landlords can only…

1. Extension of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act From March 2020 the above act which forces landlords and agents to carry out essential repairs / improvements to a property or risk being sued is being extended to include existing statutory periodic tenancies. Currently it only applies to tenancies that signed contracts on or…

This is the Housing Health and Safety Rating System which is a system that identifies hazards that may be present in a property and then assesses the risk posed by the presence of that hazard. So if the Environmental Health Department or the Council do an inspection of your property they will identify any present…

Bwengu Project Malawi Our operations manager, Chris Holmes, will be talking part in the Bwengu project in Malawi this month. See the latest updates about the amazing work the team will be doing for the children of Malawi on our Facebook page! A very worthy cause that we are extremely proud to be part of.…