Keeping Your Home Safe

The top priority of any homeowner, is safety and security. No matter where you live there is often a risk of being the target of an unwelcome person gaining access to your home. We would like to use this week's blog to discuss ways of securing home, other than the usual burglar alarm. Our property manager has knowledge on how to keep your home that bit more secure with these handy suggestions...

Sash Window Bolt Locks

A basic way of adding extra security to your home is by fastening on retrofitting sash window bolt locks. The key locks prevent the two sashes from sliding past each other. Whereas the average sash window twist or pivot lock can easily be opened or knocked off from the outside. This is a standard requirement for all building insurance small print.

Check the Crime Prevention Website for more details.

 

Light Timers

Many burglaries occur when there's no-one at home, the lights are off and without any sign of life inside. Often, having the lights on will deter burglars by making them think you are home. With a light timer, you can remotely turn various lights on at your home, timed at certain hours in the day and evening.

Please check out Light Switch Timer for more information Light timers

Outdoor Dummy Cameras

Cameras are a good deterrent to make people think that a real surveillance camera is in operation. They can also be used alongside real surveillance cameras so that more areas appear to be covered.

 

If you are living in the local area check out the The Tonsley's local neighborhood watch or find your own local area by clicking on-  www.ourwatch.org.uk

This week:

Spring is on its way finally and we are looking forward to some much-needed sunshine! Spring is also traditionally known as the sales season. The numbers of valuations are increasing, with new vendors will be coming on as a result and applicants are on the hunt for a home. Lettings properties continue to be flying off the shelves and more applicants are coming to the market. Keep your eyes peeled as we will be launching a fabulous house on Ballantine street next week, watch this space…

Sales

Realm Estates have a long established reputation as market leaders in selling properties in the Tonsleys and Earlsfield achieving the best possible values with a widely experienced sales team at your disposal.

Lettings

Realm offer a wide range of services covering every aspect needed in order to Let your property both on long term Let’s and short term.

Bespoke Property Management

Realm provide a hands on approach to property managment, all cared for from our local Tonsleys offices and offering unrivalled experience and care of duty to all our Landlords both locally and overseas.

Commercial Lettings

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

Auctions

Realm Estates offer a fully comprehensive auction department with online interaction for both buyers and sellers.

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