Landlords

Residential property management service
If you currently own or intend to purchase residential property for rental in York or its surrounding areas, you should consider engaging our residential property management service. You'll find our property management service both professional and cost effective. As we are specialists, we know how to manage property for optimum performance, whilst ensuring smooth running tenancies, and compliance with the various landlord/tenant laws. Maximise the return on your investment - contact us now. If you own or intend purchasing residential property for rental in any other area, please go to our UK Network page.

York Property Company Limited is a firm accredited by The National Approved Letting Scheme - a Government backed accreditation scheme which offers peace of mind to landlords and tenants through the knowledge that the firm they are dealing with offers clearly defined levels of customer service. This complements our commitment to providing professional residential property management and fair service to our clients.

Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HMO)
From 6th April 2006 the housing act 2004 came into force with new definitions for HMOs.

Properties which are 3 storeys high with 5 or more tenants require to be licensed. The licensing form is very comprehensive and is made up of 2 sections. Involving:

• Collating information on the property,
• establishing if the license holder or manager is a 'fit and proper person'

The license granted is valid for 5 years during which time authorities will inspect the property twice. One of the visits will be unannounced. The cost of the license is dependant on how many occupants there are in the property. The fines for NOT having a license are very high.

NALS - The National Approved Letting Scheme