Helpful Tips
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. Our helpful tips section covers anything from practical step-by-step advice on completing maintenance jobs, to useful tips on completing self-assessment tax returns.
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.
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.
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.
FIVE steps to managing rent arrears
We take a look at 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.
Hamilton Fraser Guide to Subsidence
Subsidence is regarded as a property owner's worst nightmare, often with good reason. After all, when the ground underneath a property begins to collapse, taking the building's foundations with it, both the structural safety and the resale value of a property are obviously going to be affected.
How to: Deal with common garden pests
Annoyed by ants? Worried about a wasps nest? Our "How to" blog this week takes a look at how to deal with common household pests. NRLA members are eligible to receive a free Tradepoint discount card, and can get a 5% discount on most purchases in TradePoint and B&Q.
Reactivating possession proceedings: Template forms
Courts will begin to hear possession cases again from the 24th August, following a five month ban on evictions. The strict procedures landlords must now follow when bringing forward possession cases were laid out by the Government recently, detailing what landlords need to do under new Civil Procedure Rules.
Spring Property Maintenance Guide
As an NRLA Member we are offering you the chance to download our guide for FREE. All we ask in return is that you allow NRLA Property Insurance the opportunity to quote for your landlord/property insurance come renewal time.
