2 Bedroom Cottage with rear patio garden and secure parking

If you are a landlord, then enlisting the support of a qualified inventory specialist can save you time and hassle as there can be no question of bias.

A common issue raised in a check in and a check out of a tenancy is “what is a professional clean”?

Tenancy Agreements always include a provision that the Tenant should take care of the Landlord’s property. The Tenant has an obligation to use the property “in a tenant-like manner”.

Renting a property for the first time can seem like an overwhelming prospect. There is a huge range of tasks that must be completed before a tenant can move in, and it is easy to lose track.

The minimum detection as required within the Minimum Standards and Prescribed Hazards (Jersey) Order 2018 is to have a smoke detector in the hall and on the landing. It can be battery or hard wired. If you have battery version, please check the date as it is recommended not to be more than 10 years old.

An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), is a periodic inspection report on a property’s safety relating to its fixed wiring. As part of the new minimum standards for rental accommodation in Jersey, a Landlord is required to have a report completed at the start of a new tenancy and is valid for 5 years.

Landlord responsibilities if you have gas in your rental home.

You've done the viewing and fallen in love with the property. You've weighed up all of the pros and cons, and after sleeping on it, finally decided to put in an offer. So, you mentally run through the phone call to the agents and how you think it'll go. And then, nervously, you make the call. But, it doesn't go quite as you'd planned. So, how can you make the most of the offering experience to ensure that your offers are taken seriously and, more importantly, get accepted!

As a tenant, you're always acutely aware that the property you live in doesn't actually belong to you. You're told not to hang pictures. Not to redecorate. So, when there are problems with the property, you'll call the landlord and let them know. This is their responsibility to sort out, not yours, as it's their property, right? But what should you be doing yourself as the tenant?

When looking to buy a property, you'll notice that estate agents use various terminology and jargon when listing the marketing price. What do they even mean? And how do these different phrases affect you when you're making offers?

Dreamy summer afternoons spent meandering through fields. Picnics of sandwiches made from freshly baked bread and homemade lemonade, eaten leisurely beside a babbling brook.