Hot Tips For Cold Weather

Week Two

A successful start to the second week of the New year - Lettings is taking on far more applicants and we're now aiming for 10 moves in for January. With such an influx of young people looking for a new home to rent, this confirms that Wandsworth Town is one of the top stylish areas to live in London for young professionals.

It's day two of the second week for the sales market and we have more and more applicants filtering through. We have also taken on a lovely new apartment launching on Wednesday at £650,000 in a prime new development called The Schoolyard. Following on from last week, our unmodernised property at Petergate has had over 30 viewings with still more to come and should be under the hammer by next week.

With all this considered the message is: if you are thinking of selling, the market is busy and things are happening sooner than expected, it is the time to sell! sell! sell!

Our management department has a new property on the books having successfully been bought through Realm and will be left in the very capable hands of our property manager.

Property management tip of the week - Hot tips for cold weather

It appears we are set for a cold snap over the next couple of weeks with possibly a sprinkling of snow. We all know the usual things such as having our boilers regularly serviced but occasionally tenants can overlook the necessity of bleeding a radiator which can sometimes be mistaken as a boiler issue. Begin by finding your radiator key and slightly unscrewing the valve to let out any built-up air. This will allow hot water to run through the radiator more freely and will keep your home nice and toasty during the colder months.

 

 

Sales

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Lettings

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Realm Estates are able to help with All aspects of Commercial sales and Lettings both locally and central London.

Auctions

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Fees

Residential Lettings Fees Information

Holding Deposit

Equivalent to one week's rent, which will be put towards your first month's rent due prior to commencement of the tenancy. 

Deposit

Five Weeks Deposit, where the annual rent is less than £50,000

Six Weeks Deposit, where the annual rent is more than £50,000 

Realm Estates are members of the Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS), further details regarding this scheme can be viewed on their website. If the Deposit is not being held by Realm Estates, your Landlord will confirm details of the scheme they have chosen.

Changes to the Tenancy

Where requested by the Tenant, any changed to the tenancy agreement the charge for this will be up to £50, or reasonable costs incurred if higher.

Change Of Tenant

Fee £50.00 (per person)

Payments

All move in monies must be paid to Realm Estates and must be received into our account at least one week prior to the commencement of the tenancy. The funds must be cleared funds and Tenants should be aware that banks generally require three working days for a bank transfer and longer if transferring funds from overseas. We are not able to release keys until all the move in money has been paid and all the Tenants have signed the contract.

Monthly rental payments must be paid by standing order from the second month onwards and only one standing order can be accepted. Therefore, Tenants who share a property will need to set up a house account or organise payments to be made through one Tenants’ bank account, the reference for payment should be the property address. Please do allow three working days for payments to arrive into the payee’s account and it will usually be due on the same day as the commencement of the tenancy.

If during the process something becomes known such as false or misleading information, which you should have informed us, the Landlord can decide they no longer wish to proceed with the tenancy. Realm Estates are unable to refund any monies held if unsatisfactory references are received, deliberate misrepresentation, or attempts by the tenant to alter the terms of the initial proposed contract or if the Tenant chooses not to proceed. 

Prices shown includes VAT at the prevailing rate

Residential Lettings Fees Information

Holding Deposit

Equivalent to one week's rent, which will be put towards your first month's rent due prior to commencement of the tenancy. 

Deposit

Five Weeks Deposit, where the annual rent is less than £50,000

Six Weeks Deposit, where the annual rent is more than £50,000 

Realm Estates are members of the Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS), further details regarding this scheme can be viewed on their website. If the Deposit is not being held by Realm Estates, your Landlord will confirm details of the scheme they have chosen.

Changes to the Tenancy

Where requested by the Tenant, any changed to the tenancy agreement the charge for this will be up to £50, or reasonable costs incurred if higher.

Change Of Tenant

Fee £50.00 (per person)

Payments

All move in monies must be paid to Realm Estates and must be received into our account at least one week prior to the commencement of the tenancy. The funds must be cleared funds and Tenants should be aware that banks generally require three working days for a bank transfer and longer if transferring funds from overseas. We are not able to release keys until all the move in money has been paid and all the Tenants have signed the contract.

Monthly rental payments must be paid by standing order from the second month onwards and only one standing order can be accepted. Therefore, Tenants who share a property will need to set up a house account or organise payments to be made through one Tenants’ bank account, the reference for payment should be the property address. Please do allow three working days for payments to arrive into the payee’s account and it will usually be due on the same day as the commencement of the tenancy.

If during the process something becomes known such as false or misleading information, which you should have informed us, the Landlord can decide they no longer wish to proceed with the tenancy. Realm Estates are unable to refund any monies held if unsatisfactory references are received, deliberate misrepresentation, or attempts by the tenant to alter the terms of the initial proposed contract or if the Tenant chooses not to proceed. 

Prices shown includes VAT at the prevailing rate