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Professional ,Corporate, & Student Letting In Nottingham City Centre & West Bridgford:

Our Nottingham lettings team work hard to meet the requirements of business families or executives needing to arrange for high standard rental property on flexible terms. Corporate clients , insurance stage property, attending business meetings or projects, or between house sales, student housing, flexible tenancies for Internation / Erasmus students.

We are here to provide an excellent service from finding you a luxury city apartment to an excecutive family home South of the River.

Please leave your brief details, email us and we will contact you to find out what your ideal relocation requirements are.

Our Relocation Service Is Free To Use, Tel: 0115 969 6355 or email our team

Serviced Apartments In The Nottingham City Centre :  see more info

see our Nottingham serviced apartments a selection of luxury, 1 bed and 2 bed serviced 'hotel' apartments for rent, located in the Nottingham City Centre. Hutchings and Butlin can offer a selection of very high standard fully serviced apartments to rent in the Nottingham City Centre, available for weekend stays, mid-week short stays, or longer periods if required. Stylishly furnished, fully fitted kitchens, on-site parking available. Cost effective alternative to Nottingham hotels.

 

Quality Student Apartments Near Both Nottingham Universities: available 2012 -13.

 

Welcome to our Nationwide services:

Landlord Direct set up 1000's of tenancies on behalf of landlords across the U.K.. read more,

But we are big in Nottingham too ! -  Hutchings & Butlin has been established in Nottingham for 18 years, we are an innovative company working hard to tap into the highest yielding rented sectors of Nottingham, leading us to be one of the largest providers of rented apartments in Nottingham.

Landlord Direct - The U.K.'s online 'letting only' service 

A 'let only' service is where a qualified letting agent is used to set up a new tenancy on behalf of a private landlord. Landlord Direct will therefore arrange to take your booking, carry out a quick tenant reference, then arrange to offer you a tenancy agreement for your chosen property. Our lettings team will then help you set up a bank standing order mandate so rent payments can be made under your control on a monthly basis.

It is usual for a landlord to request a deposit from prospective tenants to cover any damages beyond fair wear and tear caused by a tenant during a tenancy. This deposit is refundable subject to any damages beyond fair wear and tear, and it is now law that your deposit must be held in a government approved Tenancy Deposit Scheme.  Read More

 

 

STUDENT LETTING AGENTS NOTTINGHAM

Hutchings and Butlin manage the largest private landlord owned portfolio of high standard student apartments for rent in the Nottingham city centre. Student housing requires excellent management proceedures and standards. The company has specialised in student accommodation for the last 18 years and has an excellent reputation.

STUDENT LETTING NOTTINGHAM, WEST BRIDGFORD.

Hutchings and Butlin manage a selection of traditional student houses for rent, located in West Bridgford, a well regarded residential district of Nottingham and is of particular interest to students attending the Clifton Campus of Nottingham Trent University.

SERVICED APARTMENTS IN NOTTINGHAM AVAILABLE FOR SHORT STAY.

There is a strong demand for short term lets in Nottingham, Hutchings and Butlin provide a complete advertising and booking service for short term letting, a range of highest standard Nottingham Serviced Apartments, all beautifully furnished, fitted kitchens with all appliances, so you can self-cater, if you don't fancy self catering then their are upmarket restaurants and bistros just nearby. Large spacious living rooms many having fantastic views over the city scape. Lovely bedrooms bed linen provided. Free Wi Fi, great bathrooms with pressurised showers, on-site car parking is available on request.

Where is our office?

Call in to see our helpful and approachable staff or....

We will do our very best to find you the property you want to rent and will be pleased to add your details to our free mailing list to keep you updated about our properties to let.

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Tenant Possessions Insurance

TENANT CONTENTS INSURANCE

Tenants can protect their belongings and their rental deposit by simply contacting

Landlord Direct on 0115 9696 355.

or email our our insurance team  mail@landlorddirect.com

 

 Tenants can end up loosing their deposit if Landlord’s contents have been damaged accidentally. Landlord Direct can provide cover worth £2,500 against accidental damage to your landlords’ contents, fixtures and fittings (including accidental damage to the carpet). This cover will help you as a tenant to protect your Rental Deposit held with the landlord.

 

 Landlord Direct can provide Tenants Contents Insurance from £5,000 to £30,000+ at very reasonable premium. Please see our Tenant Content Insurance Information Page for basic premium for the amount of cover that would suit your requirement.

 

 Landlord Direct will be providing Accidental Damage cover as per standard term to any tenant purchasing our Tenant Content Insurance.

 

 Landlord Direct also provides Personal Possessions Cover away from the home as an added option for reasonable premium. The Personal Possessions away from the home can cover items such as Laptops, Pedal Cycles, an iPod and Digital Camera etc...

 

 If you wish to purchase our Tenant Contents Insurance please complete the attached proposal form. Or simply contact Landlord Direct on 0115 9696 355. You can also contact us by email: mail@landlorddirect.com. A member of our team will get back to you to confirm the annual premium and place you on cover!

 

 Landlord’s own insurance will not cover you if you accidentally damage landlord’s contents, fixtures & fittings, and it surely will not cover you if your own contents are damaged or stolen from your rented home. Landlord Direct provides a Tenant Content Insurance that is especially for tenants. So complete the proposal form and place your belongings and deposit on cover.

 

 By purchasing Tenant Contents Insurance you will be protecting your belongings and your rental deposit.

 

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Prospective Tenants -  Book A Property Online

If you have viewed a property and would like to speed up your confirmation then book the property online :

Step 1

Please complete a Tenancy Application - Tenant Reference Form

Step 2

You will need to pay a reference processing fee before your reference report can be processed.This fee pays for Hutchings & Butlin, to process a credit and tenant reference on your behalf, and to produce Tenancy Agreements and Bank Standing Orders for new tenants.

Tel 0115 969 6355 please select option 3 for our Accounts Dept
(If for any reason the property is not available for your occupation please note the reference fee is non-refundable, however our Accounts Department will check the availability of the property before taking payment from you)

Reference Fee Schedule:

 

 

Step 3

Our Lettings team will contact you to arrange for your property booking to be completed

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Report a Repair / Fault with your property

Rather than getting stuck on the phone, make sure your request for assistance gets directly through to our repairs section, by using our repair email reporting system.

 

 

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24 Hour repair call outs

Many of our landlords take out maintenance service agreements on their properties to cover out of hours repair call outs. You will be given details of emergency telephone numbers at the commencement of your tenancy.

As a guideline tenants should act as ‘a reasonable householder’ and only order out of hours repairs if an occurrence seriously threatens your safety, security, or may result in significant damage to the property. Such call outs are thankfully rare.

Please refer to some general household emergency telephone numbers:

Gas - Transco - 0800 1199

Electricity - All Suppliers - 0800 056 80 90

Water Supply - Severn Trent - 0800 783 4444

Glazing - J Boseley & Sons - 0115 978 4386

Locksmith - Halls - 0115 9780141

(please note you will be responsible for any lost keys, you may therefore find that you need to pay a locksmith upfront if you make a call out, late at night)

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Rent account enquiries

Get up to date rent account information, use our accounts email request system

All our tenants are expected to pay the rent due in monthly instalments by bank standing order. We set this up for you at the commencement of your tenancy.

For the security of our staff, and to meet regulatory guidelines, cash payments are not accepted unless by prior agreement.

If you should experience any difficulties with your rent payments the key is to discuss this with our accounts department quickly. Late payments should be avoided, and can attract administration charges to you. Remember you can pay by debit card by phone to avoid a late payment:

T. 0845 602 2506 select: Accounts Dept

 

 

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Tenant deposit – Legislation

YOUR DEPOSIT IS REGULATED BY LAW

    The D.S is the official government regulated Tenancy Deposit Scheme - please see

 - None of your ( former tenant) deposit money can be taken without your authority unless authorised by the D.S.

- None of your deposit can be returned without the authority of your landlord, unless authorised by the D.S.

- Any correspondence relating to your deposit must be made in writing email : alison@hutbut.co.uk  or

  to Hutchings & Butlin, 34 Musters Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7PL

 

HUTCHINGS & BUTLIN -  ARE EXCELLENT DEPOSIT HANDLERS 

See our D.S. Deposit Record for last summer 2010:

Discount Points Summary

		Points
Live tenancies	292
Total disputes received	2
Disputes adjudicated	2 (0.68%)	27.40
Deposits received late as a % of all disputes adjudicated	0 (0.00%)	8 Satisfactory
Number of cases where papers are returned to Agents because of errors as a % of all adjudicated disputes	1 (50.00%)	6 Satisfactory
Number of cases where tenancy agreements are non-compliant and / or PI not supplied as a % of all disputes adjudicated	0 (0.00%)	6 Satisfactory
Total Points		47.40
Total Discount Applied		35%

 

Before your deposit can be processed please check:-

Have you returned the keys for you property to Hutchings and Butlin?

Has all the rent for your property been paid up in full by ALL tenants?

Have you given Hutchings and Butlin copies of your FINAL UTILITY BILLS? ( must state 'final bill' on statements or not accepted )

Have you given Hutchings and Butlin your forwarding address(es)?

Student Tenants must show a Student Exemption Form. These can be obtained as below:-

For University of Nottingham – students can apply for a ‘confirmation of student status’, which shows course details, start date and expected completion date. This can be applied for online at:-

www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/officialdocuments   ( this should take approx 4 days )

For Nottingham Trent University – students can apply for a council tax exemption certificate fromNottinghamTrentUniversity at:-

www.ntu.ac.uk/counciltax   ( this should take approx 10 days )

 

It is good news for both tenants and landlords, that the government has now set out a procedure relating to the return of Tenant’s Deposits at the end of a tenancy.

A professional inventory will be taken at the commencement of your tenancy, and one copy of this inventory will be supplied to our tenant/s. We encourage tenants to notify us of any additional information or changes to the inventory within 10 days from the commencement of their tenancy, you can make sure your comments reach our inventory clerks directly by using our inventory email reporting system

Hutchings & Butlin Ltd is a fully bonded agent, and as such is authorised to hold deposit monies in a protected account on behalf of both the tenant and landlord.

If there should be any disagreement between the landlord and tenant at the end of a tenancy then the matter is automatically referred to the The Dispute Service  an official body set up by the government to oversee and adjudicate in tenant deposit disputes.

 

 

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Things to do before your deposit can be returned

You will receive a reminder letter prior to the termination of your tenancy, setting out what you need to do, although it very much a matter of common sense, just like any other householder moving house, you need to finalise your utility accounts, showing copies of your final utility bills to the agent, and of course all tenants must return the property keys to the agents office during office hours. (keys should not be posted through the office letter box), they need to be properly receipted by the agent.

Please note that rent payments are completely separate to deposit monies. Rent owed is rarely taken from a tenant’s deposit, but will continue to show as an arrear for credit purposes.

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What Is A Joint Tenancy ?

Joint Tenancies are usually used when creating student tenancies, this is because students tend to come together as a group and request a tenancy agreement which includes all the members of their group 'sharing' a rented property. There may be anywhere between 2 to 6 different student tenants wishing to be included on a single tenancy agreement.

The answer to this situation is to create a Joint Tenancy this makes all the members of a student group sharing a house or flat Joint Tenants, which means that they are collectively as a group all equally responsible for any breaches to the conditions and obligations of the tenancy agreement that might occur during their Joint Tenancy.  The legal term is Joint & Several. Landlords opt for the Joint Tenancy because it can be difficult to pin-point and prove that one particular student tenant is responsible for a specific breach in a tenancy obligation.

Fortunately in todays student housing sector , students and their parents are opting for smaller, high standard properties such as smaller houses or city apartments, which allow for just 2 or 3 tenants sharing a property, usually backed by parental guarantors. This parental input along with smaller groups of students sharing a property considerably reduces any disagreements that can be caused by sharing a property with other people.

What Is A Summer Retainer Payment For ?

Landlords in many UK university towns or cities automatically offer students a 12 month tenancy and expect a full 12 months rent to be paid. However larger landlords or larger student agencies are faced with organising a seasonal summer 'Change Over Period'  they have to inspect and prepare a large amount of student properties in a short space of time : over the summer months of July and August.

Hutchings & Butlin typically have to inspect and prepare around 250 to 300 student properties over the summer months of July and August. This can only be achieved practically if properties are unoccupied

Landlords are not commercially willing to lose 2 months rent per annum, so agents suggest to landlords that they accept a

Retainier Payment:  Equating to the same amount charged for one months rental of the property. Student tenants are therefore asked to pay this Summer Retainer.

So the good news is that our student tenants only have to pay 11 months rental per annum rather than a 12 month rental.

However our students are not allowed access or to live at the property they have booked over the months of July and August they take up occupation therefore at the start of the Academic Year on 1st September and their tenancy then ends on 30th June the following summer.

 

How a Tenancy Agreement works

Well, all new private rented Tenancy Agreements have to be formatted by law in a standard way, and landlords or agents cannot contract out of this standard form of tenancy agreement.

This standard tenancy agreement is called: an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST)

 

Important facts a tenant needs to know:

1. An AST guarantees your right to live at a property for a Fixed Term.
   Neither the landlord or tenant can end the tenancy until this Fixed Term expires
2. If neither the landlord or tenant serve notice to end the tenancy after the Fixed Term has expired, then you need do nothing, your AST allows you to automatically stay on at the property on a month to month basis. This gives tenants a lot of flexibility, especially if they are expecting to have to move for employment etc at some time in the near future.
3. To end an AST the landlord must give you two months prior written notice.
4. To end your tenancy you must give the landlord one months prior written notice. Your notice must be delivered to the agents office, at...
   Hutchings & Butlin, 34 Musters Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7PL.
   Please note that any notice period has to fall in line with the calendar date of your tenancy, for example if your tenancy started on the 1st of the month, then any notice served by you must be received by the agent prior to the 1st of the month, if that particular month is to count as part of the notice period
5. The conditions of the Tenancy Agreement are the do’s and don’ts that apply, they are generally self explanatory and expected by tenants as common sense conditions.

I will point out some conditions that prospective tenants may not be aware of:

• You are not allowed to sub-let (rent) your property to another person
• You have a legal duty to notify the agent of any repairs or faults that may cause damage to the property quickly, acting as a reasonable tenant/householder
• You must not cause a nuisance to neighbours eg; noise from music or audio equipment
• You are not allowed to run a business from the property, unless agreed with the landlord
• If you rent a flat, you must comply with the directives set down by leasehold managers employed to look after the block of flats you are living in, they may involve disposal of refuse, safety/fire instructions etc.

Take time to read through your tenancy agreement and ask if you are not sure.