Leasing property in southampton

[Thedelldays]

anyone do this...a friend has an empty property in southampton (that is owned out right) and is struggling selling it..

 

does anyone rent out a property in southampton..?

 

they were looking at renting to a housing association for a few years at a guaranteed fixed income..

is that possible..if so, which housing associations....as the council (apparently) stopped doing this scheme..???

[dune]

I'd have imagined a private estate agent/letting agency would be the way to go. If it was me i'd follow the crowd and use whoever has the most business because that would suggest they are trusted.

[Thedelldays]

I'd have imagined a private estate agent/letting agency would be the way to go. If it was me i'd follow the crowd and use whoever has the most business because that would suggest they are trusted.

 

its not in the most desirable area.....millbrook to be exact..its an ex council flat...and the block it is in (not millbrook towers) is council

[dune]

its not in the most desirable area.....millbrook to be exact..its an ex council flat...and the block it is in (not millbrook towers) is council

 

That rules out desireable tenants then.

[Verbal]

That rules out desireable tenants then.

 

Looks like you've finally found a home.

[Jonnyboy]

That rules out desireable tenants then.

 

[Dr Who?]

I rent my property out in Southampton. I used to do it through an agency, but they messed me around so much and do very little for their cut. So I piad them out of the contract and rent out my property off my own back and take the full rent amount rather than losing £200 a month to the agency.

 

Never used a housing agency but have heard that if you get in contact with the council, they will rent out the property and you get the money month even if they do not manage to find anyone. So this is another good way of doing it.

 

I would advise never to use an agency!!

[dune]

Dr Who have you ever had problem tennants and if a self letting landlord did would it have been preferable to have employed a lettings agency?

[Dr Who?]

Yes we had a problem tennant and it did not make it any better having a agency in place. it could have been the agency, but they really let the tennant get away with so much. Not had a problem with any of the tennant (2 of them) since dumping the agency.

 

Now I am not losing £200 a month for an agency to do nothing, and have been able to do up the property with the extra monies that I get. New Bathroom was the latest thing last month. The whole house has had a make over in the last couple of years, which is good for the tennant and good for me as the owner of the property.

[hamster]

Not sure if the scheme is still in operation but the General used to have a kind of 'preferred landlord' scheme a while back, for their student nurses iirc.

 

The Uni have a scheme http://www.southampton.ac.uk/accommodation/privaterented/landlords.shtml but not sure you'd fit the catchemnt aream maybe call them as they'd be well placed to advise on the SGH area perhaps.

[hamster]

SASH

 

http://www.sassh.co.uk/

 

some decent user friendly FOC forms available too (bottom left).