Rental Services

Whether you are a landlord with a large portfolio of properties or just one, at McCulloch Estate Agents we have an experienced and skilled team to handle all your rental needs. Our aim is to secure the best tenants for your property while achieving the optimum rental income in the current market. We have successfully rented and managed hundreds of properties in the last 5 years, enabling us to handle all aspects of letting your property and complying with tenancy regulations.

We offer the following letting services:

Let Only Service

This is where we find a suitable tenant for your property to include the following:

• Advertise your property on PropertyPal.com and our own website, plus our Facebook page.
• Create an individual brochure for your property and add it to our in-branch rental list.
• To Let board erected at the property.
• Carry out accompanied viewings.
• Collect application forms, references and thoroughly check out applicants before discussing the best tenant for your property.
• Obtain a guarantor where possible.
• Create a tenancy agreement to cover all landlord/tenant responsibilities.
• Collect a deposit and one months rent in advance (in the case of private tenancies, DHSS applicants may vary).
• Register the deposit with The Tenancy Deposit Scheme NI.
• Compile a moving in inventory including detailed photos to show the condition and contents of the property.

Property Management Service

In addition to the above tenant finder service, we can fully manage your property once the tenant has moved in, providing you with a stress free rental income. This service is designed to take away the day to day responsibilities of handling issues with the rental property or tenant. Sometimes things can go wrong which need dealt with urgently such as plumbing and heating issues, electrical faults, accidental damage to property to name a few. Our lettings team are trained to deal with issues quickly and send out the relevant tradesman to fix the problem.

Here is what you will get with our full management service:

• Rent collected and transferred to your bank account. Monthly or quarterly statements provided along with breakdown of any costs.
• Ensure all legal safety regulations are adhered to, ie arrange Gas Safety Certificates where necessary.
• Arrange repairs or general maintenance to be carried out once approved by landlord.
• Organise six monthly inspections to ensure property is kept to a good standard.
• Help resolve tenant problems such as rent arrears, late payments, termination of lease or eviction (in rare circumstances).
• Arrange lease renewals or return of deposit once the tenancy has ended.

Our management fee is a percentage of the monthly rent amount and is deducted from rent collected. We have a set charge for our Letting and Management services and will be happy to discuss this with you if you call one of our offices or fill in the contact form.