Tips: Attracting Good Tenants Requires Some Basic Hard Work

It is the dream of any landlord to have a tenant who has few complaints and looks after the property well and pays the rent on time. But in reality not all tenants fit this description. Still some hard work can increase the chances of finding a good client using the following tips.

Research Take a look at the rental market in your area and see what other owners of buy-to-let property are offering. If other properties are having little sign of wear and tear and not requiring any hard maintenance, try to enhance the standards of your property to command the same rent. Now think seriously about hiring a letting agent. Or arm yourself with all techniques to find suitable tenants for yourself.

Hire a Letting Agent: If the landlord has a busy life, or have little inclination to search for tenants a letting agent could be ideal. The letting agent will take photographs of the property and advertise it online including his own website and other third party property websites like Zoopla


Advertise the Property: In case you do not want a letting agent and want to do it yourself go aggressive with advertising using online channels.

Know your facts: While managing the property viewings all by yourself, be prepared to face the questions from the prospective client for which you need to have convincing answers. So, you must all aspects about your property ranging from the neighbours; their nature: what days the bins are collected: how much the council tax is: where are the nearest shops: nearby schools and bus stops. Property viewings are opportunities for meeting tenants and encouraging people to select you as their landlord.

Credit Score Check: Before finalizing the deal for long term flats check the credit score of tenants and speak to their previous landlords and employers. Doing so can give a good idea whether they are reliable and can pay their rent on time. So, take your time and make sure you carry out all the appropriate checks and find the perfect tenants you were hoping for.

Never rush a Deal: Although lean periods can be trying never rush your search for tenants. The danger is that the haste may land you in the hands of someone who is a fraud and defaulter on rent and also refuse to vacate your property. Consulting letting agents in London will help to follow the right course. 

Notting Hill Carnival: The Biggest Street Festival Of London

The Notting Hill Carnival on 25 and 26 August is an immensely famed festival of London's Caribbean community. The event has evolved into Europe's biggest street party. 

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The Carnival sets London on fire and unveils the Caribbean spirit in all extravagance where calypso and Soca musicians, costumed dancers, giant sound-systems and steel bands accompanied by a million revellers of all ages pump thrill into the London city.

Venues

The venues of Notting Hill Carnival are the streets of Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea. The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival go back to the Caribbean Carnival on 30 January 1959 in St Pancras Town Hall that had the agenda of improving race relations in Britain.

It was organised by Claudia Jones, regarded as the Mother of the Notting Hill Carnival. The event became a huge success despite its indoor nature. The second strand was hippie inspired festival in Notting Hill in August 1966 with Rhaune Laslett as its prime mover. It was a more diverse Notting Hill event to promote cultural unity. These two strands combined ultimately to give today’s version of the Notting Hill festival.

Plenty of kids in bright colours join the dancers' wearing feathered costumes. The adults will shake their legs in many of the stages including the Channel 1 booming dub, and the jazz-reggae. And tunes of all tastes reverberate from house to hip-hop.

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So you can expect the big crowd to spread in a huge area giving an exhausting day out. So, anyone loving a party, can have the Carnival time to get an absolute delight of the London summer.
The Notting Hill Carnival’s contribution is viewed positively by the authorities as a celebration of London's multi-cultural diversity and the exposure of Caribbean culture with its best traditions.

Visit London

The Carnival offers a fantastic opportunity to visit London and enjoy its energy. This will also be an occasion to taste the living in London and watch the festival.

Notting Hill Gate is one of London’s upmarket cosmopolitan areas and is famous for its Portobello market. It is dotted with a number of entertainment avenues and shops. Short visitors can look for small studio flats and some fairly expensive apartments for a joyous stay. There are many rental flats in areas near to the Carnival site such as areas adjoining Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, which are a short walk away from that area.