The Lettings team working with Kent Estate Agencies has the expertise to provide an efficient and effective Property Service which includes Buy to Let Property Services and a complete lettings service with full management if required with the knowledge you have professional support for renting property in Kent. Your property will be proactively marketed using the resources of both Caxtons and Kent Estate Agencies to ensure maximum exposure.

To Protect our Clients this Residential Letting Service has protective measures and good working practices in place to secure our clients‘ money and property, a service that adheres to legislation and regulations governing letting and managing agents and providing advice to landlords on the statutory obligations that they must abide by.

Caxtons is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), and is bound by strict client accounting regulations, rules of ethical conduct and codes of practice, ensuring:

• Their accounting and other records are regularly audited for compliance
• Their clients‘ funds are fully protected at all times through the RICS Client Money Protection Scheme
• Caxtons holds Professional Indemnity Insurance (currently £5m)
• They have a government approved Tenancy Deposit Scheme in place to protect tenants‘ deposits
• That in the unlikely event that things go wrong, our clients are able to seek redress through an approved Property Ombudsman scheme

This Service provides Kent Estate Agencies’ Customers with a wealth of knowledge and experience in letting and managing residential property. We understand how confusing it can be to stay abreast of new legislation and regulations that impact landlords, let alone decipher the jargon and legalese that often surrounds the finer detail and implementation.

You have access to residential lettings and property management experts that are professionally qualified and receive regular training to ensure they are up to date with the constantly changing legislation and the latest developments across the property market.

The Lettings team interview prospective tenants and accompany them to view properties. Credit and County Court judgment checks are undertaken.

By finding the right tenant at the right price to care for your residential property letting in Kent and providing a management service in a simple, straightforward manner, the service will help you preserve the investment of time and money you have already committed to your property. The services include:

• Initial rental appraisal
• Accompanied viewings
• Preparation of an Inventory and Schedule of Condition
• Preparation of a comprehensive Tenancy agreement and overseeing the check-in
• Day to day property management and administration
• Rent collection and monthly statements of account
• Initial gas safety check
• Energy performance certificate
• Tenancy Deposit Scheme administration
• Insurance renewal and claims handling
• Payments to HMRC for Non-Resident landlords
• Overseeing the Tenant check-out
• Periodic property visits including during void periods

Residential Landlord Fees

Student Landlord Fees

Client Money Protection Scheme - RICS Client Money Protection Scheme - Refs: 001232

Redress Scheme - The Property Ombudsman – Refs: T01697