21 November 2008

Landlords

If you have large houses, HMO’s or existing shared houses then we are the agent for you...

What makes Octopus Different?

1. Advertising: We target our advertising campaigns for individual properties: We advertise in the property press just like other letting agents, but also direct market potential tenants, advertise extensively on the web and have a strong network of contacts who know our vacancies.
2. Personal Service: No faceless offices, leaving messages and receptionists! From day one you will have a personal lettings manager and their mobile number.
3. Business Minded: We understand that income from your property is important and we will work hard to minimise all void periods. If it’s empty, you can be assured that we’re working extra hard to get it rented! In addition we can advise on all aspects of tenancy law, licensing, deposit protection and market rents.
4. Networking: Corporate clients call us first. We’ve a reputation as one of Leeds strongest letting agents for corporate clients. They know that we only have the best houses and landlords in our portfolio and trust us with their needs.
5. In house maintenance: In addition to our lists of approved contractors we have an in-house maintenance team. Therefore small jobs can be undertaken quicker and cheaper than employing third parties.

We offer two services:

Tenant finding service

Ideal if you wish to manage the day to day running of your properties yourself. We will advertise your property until we find you a suitable tenant. We advertise extensively and always have a list of pre-vetted people looking for accommodation. Once we have found you a tenant we pass the ongoing management to you.

Included in this service:

1. New Faces: We’ll promptly find you new tenants through our approved lists and extensive advertising.
2. Approval Process: Through our application procedure and accompanied viewings we’ll ensure we find the best prospective tenants and thoroughly check their application.
3. Legal documentation: We organise the signing of tenancy agreements and inventories and ensure that all legal aspects of the tenancy are covered.
4. Bonds: We collect the bond payment from your new tenant and pass it into the Tenancy Deposit Schemes. Once in the scheme we administer all correspondence through to the end of the tenancy.

Full Management Service

Ideal if you want someone else to take the strain of keeping your houses occupied as well as day-to-day management.

Included in this service:

1. New Faces. We’ll promptly find you new tenants through our approved lists and extensive advertising.
2. Approval Process. Through or application procedure and accompanied viewings we’ll ensure we find the best prospective tenants and thoroughly check their application.
3. Legal documentation. We organise the signing of tenancy agreements and inventories and ensure that all legal aspects of the tenancy are covered.
4. Bonds. We collect the bond payment from your new tenant and pass it into the Tenancy Deposit Schemes. Once in the scheme we administer all correspondence through to the end of the tenancy.
5. Ongoing payments. Administration of rent payments from existing tenants, including cash collection of rent if needed.
6. Inspections. Regular property inspections to ensure your tenants are keeping the property in the manner you left it.
7. Contact. 24 hour a day first point of contact in the event of any tenant queries or problems. We will also regularly speak to all your tenants to ensure that they are happy with their accommodation.
8. Maintenance and repairs. We administer any maintenance work needed on your property.
9. Looking at the future. Even though your property is occupied you can be assured that we are constantly looking at market rent trends, and speaking to new leads about future property needs.
10. Moving out. We’ll ensure that your property is left in the same state as when the tenancy started.

Please call Phill Knowles on 07867 505658 to discuss your requirements in complete confidence. Alternatively you can email Phill@octopus-res.co.uk