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Property leasing services

Leasing service

With 21 branches across the best residential areas of London, from Chelsea to Canary Wharf and 14 international offices, our complete property leasing service allows you to enjoy the lucrative rental yields provided by a London property, without the inconvenience of managing tenants from abroad. We have decades of expertise in property letting, management, tax assessment, accounting and furnishing rental investment properties. So, whether you’re looking for a complete lettings and management service or simply need some good advice about buying a property to let in London, we will guide you through the process, from rental assessments and legal aspects to furnishing, repairs, improvements, renovations, cleaning, check-in reports, inventories and tax advice.

Leasing and management procedure

Before completion

  • Instruct us to be your letting and management agent
  • Complete registration process
  • If handover and snagging is required, landlord needs to email developer/ solicitor with requisite authorisation

Upon completion

  • We will book the handover date with developer
  • Our Property Manager will follow up with a full report and photos
  • If you intend to furnish, we will update the furnishing company

After completion

  • Our leasing offices will market your flat and arrange viewings
  • When there is a confirmed offer, we will send the landlord our offer letter with full terms
  • If the landlord agrees to the offer, we will proceed with the tenancy agreement and reference the tenant (if applicable)
  • Property Manager will email the landlord to agree on the level of management float to be kept in account
  • Landlord signs the offer letter, tenancy agreement and agrees on the level of float with the Property Manager

Start of tenancy

  • Arrange for inventory check in
  • Our Vacation department will follow up with an inventory check in report
  • Arrange professional clean
  • Appoint the utility providers i.e electric, water, gas; register for council tax
  • Rent collection and ongoing property management

Two months prior to end of tenancy

  • Our leasing offices will confirm if the tenant intends to renew or vacate If the tenant wants to renew, we will try to negotiate a rental increase, if they want to vacate, we will remarket the property to find a new tenant

Vacation

  • We will arrange for inventory check out
  • Compare the check-in and check-out reports to assess any damage and arrange for deposit deduction if necessary
  • Arrange professional clean if required
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Frequently asked questions

From the complete registration process to booking the handover date with the developer, creating a detailed report with pictures, arranging furnishings, conducting viewings for tenants, drafting tenancy agreements, appointing utility providers, collecting rent and deposit and finally managing tenant check-outs, Benham and Reeves provides an end-to-end leasing service.

Depending on the location, rental demand and the asking rent, we can successfully let a property within a few days to a week or two.

We primarily work with tenants who are corporate or working professionals and are capable of taking care of a property like it is their own.

Our convenient leasing services help overseas landlords with remote, hassle-free property management from any part of the world.

Our one-stop leasing services ensure overseas landlords can safely rent their properties by conducting thorough checks on potential tenants and drafting accurate tenancy agreements.

Yes, we handle property compliance for safety and other mandatory legal requirements as a part of our property leasing and management services.

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