Wheatley Estates - Letting

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Lettings

Wheatley Estates have been letting local properties for decades.

Wheatley and the surrounding areas are very much in demand by tenants. With easy access to the City of Oxford and great commuter links to London it’s seen as a very desirable area for professionals and families who still want a more rural, village lifestyle.

For tenants we offer some of the best rental properties in and around Wheatley, Horspath and Garsington. For landlords we offer a tenant find or full property management service that will allow you to let your property for long or short leases, finding you the best tenants and handling the entire process.

Let us take the hassle out of letting your property

Letting can be a great source of income or use for a property that isn’t currently occupied but it can be a risky business. It all hinges on one simple factor, finding the right tenants! Our Tenant Find service will take you through every step of getting that right, from pricing and promoting the property the right way in the right places, to vetting and managing tenants to make sure you only get the very best people in your property.

Tenant Find - £750 plus VAT (£900 inc VAT)

  • Provide an accurate rental valuation
  • Arrange a domestic energy assessment (EPC)
  • Details displayed in branch
  • To Let board
  • Tenant feedback, following viewings
  • Introduce your property to our tenant applicant database
  • Advertise your property in local press on our website and leading property portals OnTheMarket.com and rightmove.co.uk
  • Accompanied viewings on all properties
  • Thorough tenant selection process
  • Collection of tenant deposits and first months rent
  • Preparation and signing of Tenancies and necessary legal notices at the beginning and end of agreements
  • Preparation of a comprehensive inventory of contents and condition (including photographs) by an independent inventory clerk (direct cost to Inventory Clerk dependent on size of property) . This is essential if there is a requirement to deduct money from a tenant’s bond at the end of the tenancy for alleged damage
  • Check ins

Management - 12.5% plus VAT (15% inc VAT) of the rent received

As a landlord, only you know how much time you can spare to look after your property, deal with your tenant’s phone calls or maintain the property from a distance. Our team of lettings experts can take the worry and strain out of letting.

Service includes – all of our Tenant Find service PLUS:

  • Rent collection
  • Tenant liaison
  • Protect deposit in accordance with current legislation
  • Manage repairs and maintenance
  • Regular property inspections
  • Transfer of utilities
  • Tenancy Renewals
  • Review of rent & negotiate new rents that reflect the market value
  • Check outs
  • Manage the return of damage deposit

Letting Fees and Charges For Tenants

Fees and Charges for tenants

As a potential tenant, you will be asked for a holding deposit equivalent to one weeks worth of rent when applying for a tenancy (we will only ask one potential tenant for a holding deposit). This will be topped up to a total of 5 weeks worth of rent once refences have been completed. This total deposit will be protected at The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and will be refunded to you at the end of the tenancy - subject to a suitable check-out inspection.

Before moving in to the property, you will be expected to pay the first months rent in advance (and each following subsequent month).

Typical costs throughout the tenancy that you may incur in addition to the rent:

These are not fees payable to us but other costs you may incur during the course of your tenancy;

  • Utilities (gas, electricity, water and telephone)
  • Council Tax
  • Television Licence
  • Internet supply

We do not charge 'fees' to tenants throughout the tenancy. However, if a tenant chooses to leave the tenancy early and wishes to terminate the agreement, we will, subject to the agreement of the landlord, seek to find another tenant to replace you. You will remain liable for the rent until a suitable replacement tenant is found. We do not charge a 'penalty' for this, however, you will be expected to meet the landlords 'out of pocket' costs, not exceeding the total rent that would be paid under the remaining tenancy agreement. For a managed property this will typically consist of our administration fee (£240 inc VAT) and an inventory clerks inspection for the new tenant (this cost is dependant on the size of property but we can ask for a quote from our independent inventory clerk specific to your property).

Property Ombudsman Redress Scheme

Wheatley Estates are proud members of the Property Ombudsman Redress Scheme. 

For more information on the protections offered by this scheme click the following link https://www.tpos.co.uk/  

Client Money Protection

Wheatley Estates are members of the Client Money Protection Scheme.

For more information on this scheme and how it affects you, please click on the link https://www.clientmoneyprotect.co.uk/ 

Our current certificate can be found by clicking the button above. 

We had two estate agents selling it, Wheatley estate agents were leagues ahead with every aspect of the sale, from how they showed clients round, to how dad was treated through every step of the sale.
KW
As a local estate agent the personal touch spoke volumes compared to the cold, uncaring attitude we experienced from the larger High street chain. David went the extra mile and I thank you very much.
KW
Through the whole process David, Julie and Sue were always there at the end of the phone, they gave us regular updates, chased solicitors constantly on our behalf until the sale was completed. It is one of the most stressful things in life, but if you have a team behind you like this then it really does help and they really do bend over backwards for their clients and have your best interest at heart.
LO'C
David and his team were extremely helpful and professional throughout the sale of our property. Even when our sale collapsed they were back on the case and we sold again within one day! Would recommend them to anyone.
MJ
We had a great experience buying a house marketed through Wheatley estates. David was endlessly helpful through what proved to be quite a complicated purchase.

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