LifeStyle are extremely focused on their Landlords, after all we work for you ! ... and with over 30 years in the letting industry, over 1,000 Landlords benefit from our experience in management and rent protection.
Get better visibility over what Property Management entails and enjoy an arms-length approach to property investing knowing that your asset is well looked after. Less time on managing property means more time for the important stuff.
Join over 1000 landlords with approximately 3,000 property units that enjoy secure, peace of mind, rent guaranteed property management...
"Best agents in Bristol. I've bought, had managed and sold a buy to let with Lifestyle and the whole experience."
Kate
"First class personal service throughout the sale process. Nothing was too much trouble and I would definitely use Lifestyle again."
Pete
"Lifestyle managed my property in Bristol for 13 years without any problems. They kept it fully let throughout the 13 years. Lifestyle team in Bradley Stoke are very professional and always courteous and very responsive.
I also used Lifestyle to sell my flat and again they worked really hard to get the best deal; thank you Cilla and James."
Mr Narbad
We believe we are the only agency that provides this level of guarantee baked into a managed service. We recognise the implications to everyone in the chain, emotionally and financially, when, on rare occasion, rent is late or not paid. Our provision, protects your financial model and takes care of legal costs as well as ensuring the rent is covered within a short amount of time.
LifeStyle work with a number of 3rd party providers to ensure that tenants can financially afford the rent of a given property in addition to ensuring that they are legally eligible to apply and have no history of active County Court Judgements or outstanding bad debts. With this peace of mind in place, we are able to provide a rent guarantee policy to cover the rent and subsequent eviction in the event that payments are not made.
Each and every month we will send you a remittance of all your rental income and any costs that you may have authorised for required maintenance and repairs. At any time you have access to a full statement of account and this is "Double Entry" ready for you or your accountant to process for Tax duties.
With LifeStyle handling rent collection, you are free'd from the awkwardness of dealing direct and dealing with situations such as late rent or relunctance to adhere to statuatory rent increases. We ensure that your property remains an investment and our emotions are based on the law, the tenancy agreement and your rental occupancy. LifeStyle have the technology to ensure frequent rent reminders are sent to tenants as well as tactfully dealing with situations that should result in a postive outcome.
Reacting promptly to maintenance issues is a key benefit to working with LifeStyle. From tenant lock-outs or broken locks in the middle of the night to emergency leaks or fence panels down in gale force winds - LifeStyle's partnered contractors prioritise our jobs.
No, not just Rightmove - even though we are a long partner with them. We adverstise on Rightmove, Zoopla, On The Market, Facebook, carefully selected Local News Papers and Magazines, Billboards and have a wonderful network of referrals from past happy clients.
If you forgive its terminology, Check-In/Out's are an imperative part of letting a property. It's rare for a tenancy to run 100% issue free from start to finish and these processes will document the condition of your property in detail before and after it has been let.
However, written reports are not enough to give a true reflection of the state and condition of the property & a Landlord must be able to demonstrate clear evidence of mis-use or lack of care to claim from the deposit.
LifeStyle has invested in specialist inventory software that enables digital photographic evidence to be recorded against its condition. This software creates specialist reports that are built at the beginning, end and through out the tenancy.
Crucially, the software marry's these reports together to highlight issues and produce a trail of evidence illustrating where damage may have occurred - so that claiming a refund from the tenants deposit is dealt with swiftly and fairly.
LifeStyle maintain your legal obligations, keeping you up-to-date with the ever changing regulations that we have often seen un-managed Landlords carrying large fines for not understanding the required compliance proceedures.
In addition you have access to our bank of updated tenancy contracts, legal notices & other agreements.
One of the best reasons to use LifeStyles bank of loyal maintenance contractors is because we are given priority in their workload, meaning leaks or serious issues can be attended to promptly and save any problems arising from these annoying situations.
We regularly vet our contractors for fair rates and ensure they are charging competitively.
We attend your property every 4 months to ensure your investment is being looked after.
Using state of the art inventory software we take digital photos and document any damage. The photos and details can be automatically married up to the in-going check-in reports so that damage can be verified at the deposit deduction stage.
We don't think anyone likes phone calls in the early hours for tenants that have locked themselves out or emergency issues that might have arisen - don't worry! we take care of that and maintain an emergency line so that you are not disturbed during the night.
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Fully managed with your rental income insured and protected from the very beginning.
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LET Only
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Your rental income is insured from day 1. We will be able to recover missed rent should the tenant fall behind.
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Yes | No |
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Our experience team will routinely value your property to ensure you are always getting the correct and fair market rental rate.
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Yes | Yes |
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We advertise on RightMove, Zoopla & On The Market portals as well as various print media.
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Yes | Yes |
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We check the financial eligability & past history of prospective tenants & Guarantors
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Yes | + £30 per tenant/occupier/guarantor + £30 per person |
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Providing legally backed Tenancy, Company & Guarantor agreements as well legally required noticed such as Prescribed Information
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Yes | + £99 + £99 |
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Digital Inventory with Photo Evidence We document the entire property using state of the art software that maintains a comparable history from check-in to check-out.
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Yes | + £150 unfurnished / +£180 furnished + £120 unfurnished / +£150 furnished |
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Manage your money at home, in the office and on the go.
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Yes | 1st month only / optional continuation @ 7.5% 1st month only / optional continuation @ 7.5% |
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Ensuring the rent gets paid. Reminding & working with the tenants or Guarantor or claiming rent via Insurance.
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Yes | No |
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Full onsite, in-going documentation & photo evidence of the condition of the property & its contents prior to finalising compliance & handing over keys.
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Yes | + £109 + £109 |
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Full onsite documentation & photo evidence of the condition of the property & its contents post tenancy ready for potential deposit deductions.
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Yes | + £249 + £249 |
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Upto 4 onsite visits with documentation & photo evidence of the condition of the property & its contents during tenancy.
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Yes | + £74 per visit + £74 per visit |
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We maintain a loyal bank of experienced trusted contractors (some over 25 years) that are liablity insured and can attend emergencies promptly.
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Yes | YES |
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If an emergency should arrise (usually at night), our team can help the tenant & dispatch the required assistance.
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Yes | No |
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Serving the correct legal notice in the correct time frame. Getting this wrong can causes fines and delays.
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Yes | + £150 + £150 |
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Should issues make it to court, we will attend for the required time to atest to confirm our records of the property
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Yes | + £245 + £245 |
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We constantly watch the market, and when its fairly due or you make a request to increase the rent, we will serve the correct rent increase notice and liaise with tenants.
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Yes | + £90 + £90 |
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Managing the deposit can be a large task. We stay upto date with the Governing Body's rules for dilapidations and negotiate with tenants to ensure moneys a repaid to cover damages.
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+ £150 +£150 | |
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The setup fees cover the administration work involved in starting a new tenancy and is only charged once per tenancy
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+ £240, once per tenancy Yes | No |
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Package Cost
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11.9% ex vat 14.28% inc vat of monthly rent + setup charge |
5% ex vat 6% inc vat of annual rent (minimum charge of £375) |
* All fees are inclusive of VAT.
** Ending a tenancy early can only occur if both Landlord(s) and Tenant(s)
all agree in writing and the pursuant will be subject to administration charge of £300 inc vat.
LifeStyle are members and follow the rules laid out by the industry leading governing bodies, ensuring compliance and safety for all parties involved.
