The Role of the Letting Agent

It is claimed that the role of the Letting Agent is ‘crucial to the success of the owner’s investment and that for tenants it is the key to finding a suitable home, and enjoying a safe and trouble-free tenancy’. Three core roles govern a Letting Agent’s main requirements, those being finding a tenant and verifying that the tenant is financially sound and is not likely to default or have a problem, using a web site and taking a picture of the property, and suggesting and agreeing a price.

And providing a good web site is a focal feature of the Letting Agent’s likely success. A Letting Agency’s role can vary in accordance with the wishes of the Landlord. It can not only find a tenant but also can also do the legal work involved and manage the property if the Owner so wishes it. However, it is still the Owner’s responsibility to maintain the building. And the Letting Agent will advise the owner in this respect. It will verify that the Property Insurance – and also the Contents Insurance – is valid for letting. The Letting Agent may also have to liaise with the Inland Revenue regarding the property since it may need to verify tax liabilities.

Roberta Crookes has worked as a newspaper journalist throughout most of her life, writing news stories, editorial features, advertisement supplements, and reviews. And in the course of her work she has interviewed many famous people from all walks of life. She has also managed to combine parallel careers in both journalism and acting, and, being Welsh speaking from North Wales, her main television featured parts have been Welsh language roles with BBC Wales.