BUILD A PORTFOLIO OF POPULAR & PROFITABLE LETTINGS
By EelevenDo you think it’s impossible to be popular AND profitable as a landlord? Perhaps you feel that one cancels out the other; that it’s a choice between hard-nosed business and being nice, but that the two are...
WARM WELCOMES: TURN COLD VIEWERS INTO HOT BUYERS
By EelevenThere are still two months of winter before spring hits on March 21st, so if you’re selling your home in the chilly season, it’s essential to extend the warmest of welcomes to potential buyers when they...
PROS OR CONS: IS A MANAGING AGENT WORTH YOUR MONEY?
By EelevenIt takes a certain character to be a managing agent: the job has a reputation as a thankless task with days full of complaints, emergencies, breakdowns and hassle. And if we’re honest, rarely does anyone call...
SWIFT, SAFE AND SURE: SELLING YOUR HOME IN LOCKDOWN
By EelevenIf you’d been waiting until the new year to put your moving plans into action, you might be wondering whether to put them back on hold. But if you do that, when will you be able to think about moving...
GET ORGANISED: NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR LANDLORDS
By EelevenFrom giving up smoking to a change of diet to getting in some exercise, now is the time of year when all sorts of new year’s resolutions are being made and declared. Health and fitness are the usual areas we...
DECLUTTER FOR GOOD: RESET FOR 2021, ROOM-BY-ROOM
By EelevenThe weeks either side of New Year always involve some sort of clearing out. Whether you've hosted over the season, been a guest somewhere else or stayed at home for a quiet one, there are cards, wrapping, boxes...
SEASON'S LETTINGS: YOUR LANDLORD CHRISTMAS CHECKLIST
By EelevenThere are some interesting parallels between landlords and Santa Claus. For a start, you’re often making a list and checking it twice, only yours is full of to-dos for repairs and maintenance at your rental...
CHRISTMAS PRESENCE: IS YOUR HOME PRIMED FOR THE BOXING DAY BOUNCE?
By EelevenThere's no doubt that Christmas 2020 will be unlike any other. Holidays abandoned; family gatherings reduced; office parties cancelled. Even a quick festive drink at the local pub is far from a certain date. But...
NO VACANCY: KEEPING YOUR RENTAL PROPERTY OCCUPIED
By EelevenThey say that death and taxes are the only two certainties of life. Well, if you're a landlord, you might be feeling that empty weeks at your rental property are an inevitable third.
They say...ROOM AT THE TOP: ADD VALUE & SPACE WITH A LOFT CONVERSION
By EelevenSpending so much more time at home this year has left many of us looking at our living spaces in a whole new light. Every spare corner has been pressed into service as a home office, classroom, gym or art studio,...