Landlord Marketing Guide
Thinking of Letting Your Property? Here is Why You Should Choose Us....
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Valuation When we attend a valuation, we will endeavour to come with comparable evidence of properties similar to yours. This information will be from our own vast experience, property we have let, or that has been on the market recently. With over four decades of collective letting knowledge, our senior letting staff are on hand to offer landlord guidance to achieve a realistic but competitive rent.
Our Lettings Valuation Team
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Photography S h e p h e r d s h a s a l w a ys p r i d e d i ts e l f o n th e t e c h n o l o g y u s e d a n d h o w q u ic k ly t h e y r e s p o n d t o ma r k e t f o r c e s . I n p a r t i c u l a r , w e a r e k n o wn f o r o u r in - h o u se q u a lit y me d i a a n d p h o t o g r a p h i c s e r v i c e s. T h i s i s n o t a s u r p r i s e , a s w e h a v e o f f e r e d t h e F i n e & C o u n t r y b r a n d s i n c e 2 0 0 6 , s o i t i s n o w o n d e r S h e p h e r d s h a s a r e p u t a t io n f o r q u a li t y ma r ke t i n g a n d p h o t o g r a p h y . L e v e l s o f p h o t o g ra p h i c s e rv ic e : 1 ) O u r St a n d a r d Ph o to g r a p h y S e r v i c e i s e n ti r e l y F R E E . O f f e r i n g g o o d q u a lit y p h o t o s , t a k e n o n a h i g h - g r a d e c a me r a . T o t h e n o n - e x p e r t , t h e s e w o u ld lo o k f a r s u p e r io r t o t h e l e y - p e r s o n t h a n p h o t o s t a k e n b y a g e n t s o n ; a p h o n e , o r s imi la r d e v ic e , o r b a s ic c a me r a . Wh i c h ma n y a g e n t s d o . 2 ) F u l l y u p g r a d e d a n d fu l l y e d i t e d p h o t o s e r v i c e . T h is s e r v ic e w i ll u s u a l ly t a ke a n y w h e r e fr o m 2 - 6 h o u r s e xt r a w o r k fo r th e p h o t o g r a p h e r . De p e n d in g o n t h e s iz e o f t h e p r o p e r t y . T h e s e a r e ma n u a l l y a n d i n d i vi d u a l l y e d i te d i n - h o u s e t o o f f e r t h e h ig h e s t q u a lit y p h o t o g r a p h y. C o s t s s ta r t f r o m £ 1 8 0 ( i n c l . V A T ) o n p r o p e r t y u p t o 3 b e d r o o ms . 4 b e d p l u s a n d F in e & Co u n t y l e tti n g s – PO A . T o e mp h a s i s e , o u r s t a n d a r d p h o to g r a p h y i s h i g h q u a l it y a n d e x c e lle n t f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f e ve r y - d a y ma r k e t i n g . ( P l e a s e r e f e r t o t h e e x a mp le s ) . L a n d lo r d c h o o s e o u r u p g r a d e d p h o to g r a p h y , w h e n t h e y w a n t to a d d t h a t l i tt l e so me t h i n g sp e c ia l t o t h e ir ma r ke t in g .
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Shepherds Professional
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We are members of both the Fine & Country & Guild of Property Professionals' Networks
Shepherds Standard
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Marketing Shepherds are represented across all major portals, via our own website, locally through partnership with local Charities, schools and other promotional events. We aim to get market exposure to the widest audience. In addition to this, we mail direct to a large, current data-base.
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Compliance With a raft of regulations, compliance and regular certification renewals, keeping on top of landlord’s compliance can be onerous. That is why we offer our fully managed service. Landlords wishing to undertake a LET ONLY service, would be responsible for all of the management and legal updates themselves. What is needed from the landlord before listing: proof of ownership, ID and address verification. Any/all required in-date safety certificates. We offer guidance on what is needed. Shepherds managed service will ensure; your property MOT/compliance is maintained throughout the rental term/s and update landlords on significant changes. Non-managed service – does not offer these services.
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Viewings It doesn’t matter whether your property is empty, or tenanted. We are happy to co-ordinate with your current tenants/occupiers or arrange to accompany viewings, where a property is empty. Week day accompanied viewings are up to 6pm and 5pm on Saturday’s. All landlords are different, if you wish to be kept up to date on viewings/interest, then we are happy to do so. Some landlords prefer just to know when there is an offer.
Our Lettings Clerk & Member of Viewing Team
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Pre-Rental Subject to your agreement to let to a prospective tenant, we will carryout all of the necessary pre-tenancy legal checks on all persons 18 and above. Including Right to Rent etc. We use a nationally recognised professional reference company to conduct the checks. They have underwriters assess the information and only pass applicants that display financial ability to meet the rent, at the time.
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The Final Steps Subject to all of the property and applicants’ checks being in place, we then prepare for the move in. For manged properties, this will include compilation and issue of contracts and all supporting documentation/certificates etc., arranging the inventory to be undertaken and book the check-in with the tenant and inventory company. An inventory is essential for landlords taking a holding deposit, as you must benchmark the condition of the property at the time of entry. This document must be comprehensive, detailed and signed by the tenant to make it valid. For non-managed service – we will undertake to issue contracts to the tenant and have these signed. The landlord would arrange for their own inventory, check-in and we would direct tenant to pay the deposit and rent after the signing process has been completed
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Hoddesdon Office 37 High Street Hoddesdon EN11 8TA 01992 449 501 rentals@shepherdsestates.co.uk www.shepherdsestates.co.uk
Cheshunt Office 1 High Street Cheshunt EN8 0BY 01992 637 351 rentals@shepherdsestates.co.uk www.shepherdsestates.co.uk