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Letting Services Charges
Why Yellow Apricot are the real deal when it comes to Lettings!
Instruct Yellow Apricot to let out your property and sit back while Yellow Apricot’s professional staff do everything for you from finding and vetting your tenants and preparing the inventory to checking in the tenants and preparing and signing the Tenancy Agreement for you. Yellow Apricot can also arrange everything else you need to comply with the Law including an EPC on your property and the Gas and Electrical annual safety certificates at very competitive rates. Read on!
With the credit crunch having pulled house prices to 2006 levels, more and more people are deciding to let their properties instead of selling them at rock bottom prices. Yellow Apricot can offer you a complete let only or full management service that you can be proud of.
10 Reasons why you should choose Yellow Apricot to let your property:
1. National Presence – We have been asked to sell properties throughout the UK and worldwide from a few thousand pounds to over £500million and have an established database of clients. Our market presence makes it more likely that we can let your property to people who take care of your property and who are less likely to cause problems;
2. Advanced referencing – After finding the tenant, we carry out all the referencing including a credit check up to the same standard as our auction, ensuring that you stand the best chance of getting a quality tenant. We also collect one month’s deposit and one month’s rent as a formality to give you added security.
3. Extensive marketing – We give your property maximum exposure to put your property in front of as many people as possible;
4. Inventory – If you ask us to prepare an Inventory, we will do it ourselves so that we can safeguard your interest in the case of a dispute;
5. Litigation Department – In the unlikely event that your Tenant refuses to leave or needs to be evicted, our in-house Litigation Department will make your job easier and reduce the legal fees you will have to pay. Tenants often pay what is owed or move on when they are threatened with legal action instead of staying put thinking you will do nothing;
6. Commissions from only 3 weeks rent - our commission starts at only 3 weeks rent for our Let Only Service. We also offer numerous freebies with our management service which other agents cannot offer;
7. No add-ons - We do not offer to take on your property at one commission rate and then add on administrative charges amounting to hundreds of pounds. You know everything you will pay at the time we take on your property to rent;
8. Free check-out – We do not charge you a penny for checking out a Tenant;
9. Everything under one roof – Don’t run around trying to get everything together such as Gas and Electrical Certificates, EPCs and Inventories when letting out your property. Let us do everything for you under one roof so you don’t have to;
10. 10% Discount off everything – Rent your property through Yellow Apricot and get a 10% discount off of any service offered to you by Yellow Apricot. We offer services from HIPs, bridging loans, property auctions, below market value properties, commodities, overseas properties and cash if you refer people to us. Simply, claim a 10% discount off of any service that we offer each time you use it for as long as you are letting at least one property through us.
Our lettings service starts at only 3 weeks rent and we provide a complete service without you having to go to various places for one thing or another. We will automatically prepare a rent statement for submission to the Inland Revenue for you free of charge once a year when we manage your property. This will save you on average £100 per property. Even if you already have tenants occupying a property, you can take all the hassle out of management by instructing Yellow Apricot to manage the property for you. Mention this text and pay 5% for full management for the first 6 months when we take on a property with tenants already in occupation (the commission then resorts to the normal advertised fees).
Yellow Apricot’s Lettings Services Compared
| Finding Tenant – commission charged |
3 wks rent |
12.5% |
20.0% |
| Obtaining references |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Comprehensive marketing |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Yellow Apricot Reward Discount |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Rent collection |
|
Y |
Y |
| Transfer of utilities |
|
Y |
Y |
| Keyholding Service |
|
Y |
Y |
| Arranging payment of expenses |
|
Y |
Y |
| Arranging repairs and maintenance |
|
Y |
Y |
| Inspection every 6 months |
|
Y |
N – Per Let |
| Check-out of Property |
|
Y |
Y |
| Preparing rent a/c for Inland Revenue |
|
Y |
Y |
| Managing Litigation against Tenants |
|
Y |
Y |
Other services (plus VAT unless otherwise stated):
1. Gas Safety Certificate £75
2. Electrical Safety Certificate £100
3. Gas & Electrical Certificates together £150
4. Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) £70 (including VAT)
5. Inventory as per table below:
| Studio |
50 |
60 |
| 1 |
60 |
70 |
| 2 |
70 |
80 |
| 3 |
80 |
90 |
| 4 |
90 |
100 |
| 5 |
100 |
110 |
| 6 |
Refer to Agent |
Refer to Agent |
6. Services on the Full Management Service may be bought as add ons on our Let Only service.
Nobody else can offer you the range and quality of services that we offer. Our free services and discounts together with our low fees make using Yellow Apricot a worthwhile experience at a price you can afford.
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