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Whether you're looking for useful tips to ensure your rental property is safe and secure if your tenants are heading away, or you just want to learn more about what you can do to improve its kerb-appeal, then you're in the right place

Gas Safety Week 2020: What landlords need to know

This week is the tenth Gas Safety Week, an annual week coordinated by the Gas Safe Register, with landlords being reminded of their obligations when it comes to keeping tenants safe. The NRLA has a vast range of resources including courses for landlords to learn more about gas safety.

Helpful Tips Victoria Barker 14/09/2020
Gas Safety Week 2020: What landlords need to know

Forum Spotlight: Cleaning arguments in HMO

Our forum is a brilliant place to ask questions and share experiences with other landlords. A member posted on our forum recently looking for advice and experiences of other landlords around tenants in her HMO who often have arguments.

Helpful Tips Victoria Barker 09/09/2020
Forum Spotlight: Cleaning arguments in HMO

Call of the week: Can the broadband be fixed

A member gave us a call recently with a question about whether an engineer could visit their rental property to help tenants' with a broadband issue, given the lockdown.

Helpful Tips NRLA Advice Line 16/04/2020
Call of the week: Can the broadband be fixed

Call of the week: Anti-social behaviour

Helpful Tips NRLA Advice Line 10/07/2020

Rentguards Guide to HMO Insurance for Landlords

If you are letting a property to multiple tenants, this may make it a house in multiple occupation (HMO). When this is the case, there are factors to be aware of that might not apply to a standard residential let, such as specific HMO insurance. In this blog Rentgaurd explain more about HMO Insurance for landlords.

Helpful Tips Jack Vlasto 06/09/2020
Rentguards Guide to HMO Insurance for Landlords

How to: Seven simple ways to refresh a bathroom

Refreshing the bathroom at your property does not need to break the bank, and in this blog we will take a look at some small tips and tricks you can do at a reasonable cost, to revive a tired looking bathroom. NRLA members can benefit from a 5 per cent discount on most items at B & Q, including on bathrooms, thanks to the NRLAs partnership with Tradepoint.

Helpful Tips Victoria Barker 02/09/2020
How to: Seven simple ways to refresh a bathroom

Covid-19 and deposits - what you need to know by Alison MacDougall

Helpful Tips Victoria Barker 06/05/2020
Covid-19 and deposits - what you need to know by Alison MacDougall

Shadow Welsh Housing Minister calls for more support for private landlords

The Shadow Welsh Housing Minister Mark Isherwood MS has called on the Welsh Government to introduce more support for private landlords in the country and called for a greater understanding of the need to protect both tenants and landlords.

Helpful Tips Victoria Barker 25/08/2020
Shadow Welsh Housing Minister calls for more support for private landlords

FIVE steps to managing rent arrears

We take a look at five steps to managing rent arrears.

Helpful Tips Victoria Barker 09/08/2020
FIVE steps to managing rent arrears

TEN reasons why renting to students is a good idea

It is a great time to be a student landlord. Following a slight decline in the number of university applications from UK students, UK applications rose for the first time in three years in early 2019, with the rise being attributed to Brexit uncertainty.

Helpful Tips Steve Barnes 31/07/2019
TEN reasons why renting to students is a good idea