New Years Eve!

It’s New Years Eve today, Christmas has passed and we’re looking hopeful into the new year: 2013. We hope you all had a good Christmas wherever you were and whatever you were doing. For this blog post we thought we’d bring you a brief overview, a reminder for some of you, of the services we can provide you going into the new year.

We pride ourselves on our team of experienced staff boasting vast knowledge of the industry and Bristol and the wider area. We specialise in lettings and property management and offer tenants and landlords a personal, honest and transparent service. With our round the clock opening hours we ensure we can accommodate viewings to go ‘hand-in-hand’ with your availability.

If you’re new to Bristol Property Centre then we hope to hear from you in the new year! Please visit the following site for more information about us and the services we offer: http://bristolpropertycentre.co.uk/aboutus.asp Have a happy new year readers!

Christmas Time!

It’s one day until Christmas day and here at Bristol Property Centre we can hardly wait. We thought we’d take this opportunity to bring you a more lighthearted blog post in a bid to make your Christmas just that little bit more merry. So seeing as this a housing blog we thought we’d bring you a collection of some of the world’s most ludicrously decorated properties!

Gas Safety This Winter

Winter is here, there is no debate about that. As the days get darker and lest we forget (as if we could) colder we are all beginning to switch on our heating. Coming back into a nice warm house from the unforgiving winter weather is one of the great comforts of life.

We thought we’d take this opportunity to talk to our readers about gas safety, as the winter weather reminds us how much we rely on it as the days get darker.

Here at Bristol Property Centre we insist that each and every one of our landlords’ carry out a variety of safety checks prior to us working with them. Listed below is the guidelines we provide to our landlords concerning gas safety:

Gas Appliances (Installation and Use Regulations 1998): It is the Landlords responsibility to ensure all Gas appliances comply with regulations, and that annual inspections are completed by CORGI registered engineers. The safety certificate has to be supplied to the tenant when they occupy the property. For long term lets the certificate has to be supplied to the tenant within 28 days after the annual inspection.

If you would like to learn more about the standards we require of the landlords we work with, then please get visit the following website and get in touch: http://bristolpropertycentre.co.uk/contact_us.asp

Warning against Rogue Letting Agents

Recently the Association of Residential Letting Agents issued a warning to tenants across the UK to be wary of rogue letting agents. The warning issued by the ARLA contains details on how to spot potentially rogue landlords which include checking logos and watching for signs of bad practice.

Ian Potter, managing director of ARLA, said: “Unfortunately, there are many horror stories of rogue lettings agents, as the rental sector is unregulated. This means anyone can set up shop as an agent, or become a landlord.”

Signs of bad practice include landlords offering property for a much lower price than similar properties or advertising properties with no deposit to pay.
Although here at Bristol Property Centre we are not affiliated with the ARLA we do share their condemnation for those operating under fake certifications. We are proud members of both The Property Ombudsman and The National Approved Letting Scheme and take great pride in offering both our landlords and tenants a professional and transparent service. For more information on our certifications and the services we offer please contact us here: http://www.bristolpropertycentre.co.uk/contact_us.asp