Why Choose Sanderson Young…
Free Rental Appraisals
If you are thinking about renting your property out we offer a FREE no obligation rental assessment of your home, providing expert advice on the lettings market and current up to date legislation. We work with you to achieve the best rental price for your home as well as advising on refurbishments to showcase your property to its fullest potential before offering to the lettings market.
Confidential Services
Here at Sanderson Young we can provide a lettings service tailored to suit our client’s needs, which includes low key marketing of your property to source high profile tenants whilst maintaining confidentially.
Corporate & Professional Tenants
We have close links with many large corporate companies throughout the North East as well as professional tenants who regularly use our lettings services for all their rental needs. Tenancies can be from 6 months up to 3 years and there is a market for furnished/unfurnished as well as partly furnished accommodation.
Letting Options
We can offer our landlords a fully managed service or a tenant find service. For more information on these services, please contact our Regional Lettings department on 0191 22 33 510 or Gail.Mclean@sandersonyoung.co.uk
Legislation Minefield
We provide all the information you need whilst marketing your home so you are fully prepared as to what you need to do before we find you a tenant. Gas Safety Inspection Certificates, Electrical Testing, Energy Performance Certificates, smoke alarms & carbon monoxide detectors, Legionnaires risk assessment reports as well as Inventories can all be arranged by us to make the whole process easier for you. We can also protect and safeguard the Damage Deposit should you wish to choose our Fully Managed service as well as advising on safeguarding the Damage Deposit as a Tenancy Only Landlord.
Rent Guarantee
As well as the above services we can also offer RENT GUARANTEE PROTECTION for our Landlords under our Fully Managed service which is peace of mind should your tenant fail to make the rental payments on your property . The cover also incorporates the legal groundwork of gaining possession of your property. This is an additional cost – Landlord fees
Landlords Living Abroad
Many new Landlords do not fully understand the implications of not informing Inland Revenue that they are going to be relocating abroad whilst renting their home out. We can advise on tax issues relating to you moving outside the UK and guide you to the appropriate website for completion of the correct form to receive exemption from paying tax on your rental income.
Insurance products
Our Private Finance department can advise on many issues relating to your rental property from buy to let mortgages, refinancing and buildings & contents insurance products.
DPS (Deposit Protection Scheme)
As of the 6th April 2007, Landlords & Agents are required by law to protect any Damage Deposit received in an approved Tenancy Deposit Scheme. Sanderson Young protect Damage Deposits under our Fully Managed service with the Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS) unless a Landlord has their own approved scheme which we will require evidence of ie scheme provider and membership number. Tenancy Only Landlords will require to safeguard the Tenants Damage Deposit and will be required to provide the same information. Please click on the attached link to the https://www.depositprotection.com/ to see how they manage deposits and disputes for both Landlords & Tenants.
Referencing
Sanderson Young have thorough referencing procedures in place before any tenancies are granted which are processed via www.letalliance.co.uk The agency establish ID via electoral roll and addresses for the last 3 years, credit history, employer referencing as well as previous landlord requests. Where self employment is checked this is usually via Accountants reports. Of course, there are many other layers to referencing and we will be happy to discuss suitability and what is required.
Fees to Landlord
Here at Sanderson Young we understand the importance of transparency and clear concise information about our services and this includes our fees that we charge for both our Fully Managed and Tenant Find options.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR FEES PLEASE ASK A MEMBER OF STAFF ON 0191 22 33 510
We are members’ of The Property Ombudsman Redress Scheme (TPO) www.tpos.co.uk
WE ARE MEMBERS OF CLIENT MONEY PROTECT CMP
Client Money Protect Certificate CMP Membership Certificate
Client Money Handling Procedure