Rental properties in norfolk UK is what we are all about. If you are searching for a flat in Norwich or a country apartment near Norwich you have come to the right place.
ABOUT US
Piglet Properties has been managing properties since 1982, and our tenanted portfolio includes:
• commercial premises
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city centre flats and riverside apartments
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studio flats
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country cottages
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Norwich town houses
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Student houses
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Holiday flats in the south of France.
We are agents for HomeLet, the trading name of Hanover Park Commercial Limited, a Hanover Park Group plc company.
And the following services
Credit Check
Full standard Reference
Buy to Let
Piglet Properties receives commission on all products and services supplied
to Landlords through our agency. For more details about HomeLet you may access
their website www.homelet.co.uk
We are members of the Eastern Landlords’ Association (ELA), affiliated to the National Federation of Residential Landlords. ELA supplies its members with updates of the law and regulations relating to residential lettings, by means of seminars, conferences, newsletters and journals. Members of ELA also have access to the on-line services of a Norwich solicitor who specialises in Landlord and Tenant law.
INSURANCE
We carry professional indemnity insurance through HomeLet, underwritten by Beazley IDL @ Lloyds in the sum of £100,000 and our Certificate of Insurance can be inspected at our offices.
OUR WEBSITE
Our website address is http://www.pigletproperties.co.uk
Your property can be added to the website for a fee, which is currently £100.
OUR SERVICES
Finding you a tenant
Obtaining references and credit check through HomeLet at the tenant’s
expense or
Obtaining references ourselves from the tenants employer and previous landlord
where applicable and carrying out a credit check if you require one.
Offering you any of the other services provided by HomeLet
Preparing an inventory of contents
Preparing the tenancy agreement. (all tenancies are Shorthold unless otherwise
stated)
Obtaining a damage deposit from the tenant – usually equal to one and
a half months’ rent
Checking the tenant into and out of the property
Checking the inventory with the tenant at beginning and end of tenancy
Reading the gas, electricity and water meters at beginning and end of tenancy
Advising the Local Authority of the change in occupant.
Paying stamp duty on the tenancy agreement if applicable
Accounting to you for the rent on the 15th of each month.
Dealing with repair of broken or mal-functioning fixtures fittings and furniture
ADDITIONAL SERVICES WHICH CAN BE PROVIDED
Replacement of fixtures fittings and furniture which contravene current regulations
or which are past repair.
Obtaining Landlord’s Gas and Electrical Certificates
Gardening Services
Key cutting
Obtaining approval from Inland Revenue to pay rent gross to clients who are
non UK residents. Until such approval is obtained we are obliged to deduct
tax from your rental income, and account to the Revenue for it.
Engaging window cleaners
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES (unless specifically delegated to the Agent)
EMPTY PROPERTY
When the property is empty, to inform your insurance company of that fact, as the insurer may require periodic inspections, and your cover may be curtailed.
Ensuring that the water is turned off while the property is unoccupied between lets, or arranging for the heating to be left on.
STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
Complying with the
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Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988 (As Amended in 1989
and 1993) Landlords must ensure that all furniture such as settees, chairs,
beds, headboards, mattresses, nursery furniture, scatter cushions and pillows
etc pass the cigarette/match test. If your furniture was manufactured before
1950 the regulations to not apply to those particular items. It is a criminal
offence to let with non compliant furniture and the maximum penalty is a £5000
fine and / or 6 months imprisonment.
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Gas Safety (Installation and Use)Regulations (1998) It is a legal requirement
for all gas appliances in rented accommodation to be checked annually by a
CORGI registered engineer and for records to be kept of all work carried out
on each appliance. A copy of a current gas safety certificate should be attached
to the tenancy agreement or sent to the tenant within 28 days. This regulation
applies to all landlord of domestic property and it is their responsibility
to keep an accurate record of each gas appliance – date checked, any
effects found and remedial action taken. Where it can be shown that a landlord
has breached these regulations they can be found guilty of the offence under
section 36 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and may be prosecuted.
The maximum penalty for non-compliance is a fine of £5000 or imprisonment.and
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Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations (1994) These regulations impose the
obligation on the supplier of such goods to ensure that they are “safe” as
defined by section 19 of the Act – so that there is no risk of injury
or death to humans or pets, or risk of damage to property. Cover includes all
mains voltage household electrical goods including cookers, kettles, toasters,
electric blankets, washing machines, immersion heaters etc. The maximum penalty
for non compliance is a fine of £5000 and / or imprisonment.and
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Section 604 of the Housing Act 1985 and paragraph 83 of Schedule 9 of the Local
Government and Housing Act (1989) (housing fitness standards)
Keeping a note of when the Gas and Electrical Certificates should be renewed, and instructing the Agent in good time, if you wish the Agent to renew them
YOUR CONTACT DETAILS
Supplying the Agent with your contact address(es) your E mail address, your fax number and telephone numbers, together with the name and address and telephone number of a neighbour or other person whom the Agent can contact for instructions, should you not be available.
To inform the Agent if you have any particular requirements, such as not allowing the house to be occupied by children, animals or smokers. The Agent will assume that you have no specific requirements unless they are communicated to the Agent.
To provide the Agent with details of your bank account and a paying-in book so that your rent can be paid to your account direct each month
MORTGAGED PROPERTIES.
To seek approval for the letting, from your Lender, if you have a mortgage on the property.
LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
To check your lease and advise the agent if there are covenants which the tenant will have to comply with. To give details of the letting to your Lessor if the lease requires it, and to pay any necessary fee. Be aware that some leases prohibit sub letting. Always consult your solicitor if you are in any doubt.
UTILITIES / BILLS
You should read your gas water and electricity meters before the start of the tenancy and advise the Statutory Undertakers and the Local Authority that you will no longer be responsible for the bills from the date the tenancy starts. You should re-direct your mail, if it has been posted to the property prior to the tenancy. We will liase with these bodies during void periods between lets. You may have to pay the standing charges and Council Tax during void periods.
APPLIANCES
You should give the agent any instruction manuals you may have (or photocopies) for the white goods in the kitchen, the central heating boiler, gas fires, the burglar alarm and any other appliance which needs explanation. Please leave a folder in the property giving the tenant details of where the meters and stopcocks are, and telling them any idiosyncrasies of the property.
OUR CHARGES
For the services described above as OUR SERVICES we charge
• 50% of one month’s
rent following the completion of a tenancy agreement to a new tenant
•7.5% of one month’s
rent for the remainder of that tenancy
For the services described above as ADDITIONAL SERVICES WHICH CAN BE PROVIDED
we charge an hourly rate to be agreed by the Landlord and us upon our being
instructed. Mileage is charged at a rate agreed by the Landlord
and us upon our being instructed.