The Largest Private Prime Residential Landlord in London
Residential Land, Central London’s largest private landlord have joined Linkedin, the world’s largest social business networking site used by professionals all over the world. Linkedin has over 60 million members spanning over 200 countries and connects you to trusted contacts.
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Residential Land has recently employed a Richard Cotton as Property Director.
Richard Cotton retired from Cluttons as Senior Partner in March 2009. During his career with the firm he held various senior positions including an eleven year spell in the Middle east , an eight year posting in London Docklands and latterly as Head of the Residential Agency Division , specializing in particular on the Private Rented Sector in London where he advised private, charitable and institutional investors . Since leaving Cluttons Richard has been appointed as a non executive director of a number of companies specializing in the Private Rented Sector or the Middle East.
Richard is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a member of the RICS Management Board and and a Member of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce. His previous other posts include Master of the Chartered Surveyors’ Livery Company, and Board Member of the Saudi-British Joint Trade Board.
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Residential Land are Prime Central London’s largest private landlord, specialists dealing in flats for rent, property investment sales and acquisitions. To view our latest rental properties click here
Residential Land attending RESI 2010
Residential Land was one of four Platinum Sponsors at ‘Resi 10′, the residential property market’s very own conference organised and hosted by Property Week and attended by over 850 residential property professionals, located at the Celtic Manor resort in Newport, South Wales.
As sponsors Residential Land were based in The Platinum Lounge where we hosted a pre-dinner cocktail reception attended by many of the delegates.
RESI 2010 Panel 'Analysing the Market'
Bruce Ritchie, CEO of Residential Land was part of the questions and answers panel ‘Analysing the Market’ where he was able to give his view on the investment market for the prime cenral London residential property market. Other speakers included Tony Pidgley, MD of Berkeley Group, Nick Candy, CEO of Candy and Candy, Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive, Barratts Developments Ltd, Gerald Ronson, Chief Executive, Heron International plc and Alex Midgen, MD, NM Rothschild.
Residential Land are leading property experts, with investment properties for sale, and hundreds of flats to rent in London
Residential Land, prime Central London property specialists, and UK property consultants Montague Evans are sponsoring a Corporate Suite at The 02 Arena.
The Corporate Suite gives a whole new meaning to corporate entertaining allowing Residential Land to give their clients a truly unforgettable experience. Residential Land’s Corporate Suite is luxurious and provides a personalised private retreat where you can enjoy unrestricted views of the stage and a fully serviced bar and tailored cuisine.
The O2 Arena, London
Recent and upcoming events at the O2 include Peter Kay, Andrea Bocelli, ATP tennis Barclay world tour finals, JLS, Lady Gaga, WWE Raw World plus many more.
Residential Land attending RESI 2010
Residential Land are Platinum Sponsors of RESI 2010 conference hosted at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport. The event runs from 16th to 17th September 2010 and is the UK’s largest residential property conference.
Bruce Ritchie, CEO of Residential Land, is a keynote speaker confirmed for the event on a panel discussion analysing the Property Market along with other industry leaders including Nick Candy from Candy & Candy, Tony Pidgley from Berkeley Group and Mark Clare from Barratt Developments.
If you are attending the event and would like to arrange a meeting with Residential Land, or to join us for a drink, email louise@residentialland.com - we look forward to seeing you there!
Residential Land are leading property experts, with investment properties for sale, and hundreds of flats to rent in London.
On 25th April 2010, two staff members from Residential Land successfully completed the London Marathon.
Emma, was running the 26 mile London Marathon on behalf of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, a charity very close to her heart. It was Emma’s first time running a Marathon and she managed to raise over £5,000!
Anthony had also never entered a Marathon, and managed to complete the race in an extremely impressive 4hrs 45 minutes. Equally impressive was that he raised nearly £1500 for his chosed charity, the Severn Hospice.
Anthony has said “It was an amazing day and some of the highlights include running past Richard Branson and his daughter (I know which one I preferred) as well as crossing the line with a fancy dress beer bottle one side and an ice cream (fancy dress) the other.” However, he also added “it will be a good few years before I recover and attempt another one!”
Emma has since said that next year she intends to either swim the solent or climb Mount Kilamanjaro - so watch this space!
Residential Land would like to congratulate both Emma and Anthony for their successful efforts completing the race quickly and in one peice, and for raising so much money for such worthy causes.
Residential Land are one of London’s largest private landlords, with investment properties for Sale and hundres of modern flats to rent in London.
Our Sales Director, Emma Whitby-Smith will be running in the 2010 London Marathon to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This worthy cause is close to Emma’s heart, so please show your support by donating money and leaving her comments of encouragement!
“On the 25th April I will be taking on the challenge to run the London Marathon, where I hope to raise funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
What is Motor Neurone Disease (MND)?
It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks the upper and lower motor neurones. Degeneration of the motor neurones leads to weakness and wasting of muscles, causing increasing loss of mobility in the limbs and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing, it is terminal.
The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is the only national organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland dedicated to the support of people with MND and those who care for them. This fantastic organisations mission is to fund and promote research to bring about an end to MND. Meanwhile, whilst funding and promoting the research they also seek to enable everyone with MND to receive the best care, achieve the highest quality of life possible and die with dignity. The Association funds and promotes research to understand what causes MND, how to diagnose it and most importantly, how to effectively treat it so that it no longer devastates lives. www.mndassocation.org
Tough Training!
As this is my first and probably last Marathon, I wanted to support a charity that was close to my heart, unfortunately my partner’s father has just been diagnosed with MND so it is with him in mind that I have been training in the cold and the wet to achieve my target of running the 26.2miles in sub five hours my aim is to raise £5000 and I would be grateful if you could help me achieve this goal by either making a donation with a credit or debit card by using the justgiving link below or making a donation by cheque and mailing to me, cheques can be made out to the MND Association.
http://www.justgiving.com/emma-whitby-smith
By donating on the website it enables you to leave words of encouragement which is really motivating and the donation goes straight to The Motor Neurone Disease Association which automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you are a UK tax payer, so your donation is worth even more, the hardest part is raising the money in these difficult financial times, so thank you for taking the time to read this and for your donation.”
Everyone at Residential Land wishes Emma lots of luck and will be supporting her as much as possible!
Are you a Banker, Investor, Receiver, Buyer, or Seller of Prime Central London Residential Property?
Residential Land will be attending Mipim 2010 from Noon on Tuesday 16th March until Friday 19th March
We will be on board ‘Samoa Bay’ on the Jette Albert Edouard Nord directly outside the Palais des Festivales.
If you would like to meet a member of our team please call Tina on 020 7408 5155 who will be able to arrange an appointment.
Alternatively email: enquiries@residentialland.com
Otherwise, we are holding an open boat policy so please feel free to join us on board!
Louise Savage, Sales & Marketing Director at Residential Land writes a monthly column for City AM offering readers advice on renting flats in London. Some of the most recent questions include:
Q. Dear Louise, I’ve seen a lot of websites springing up where you can rent out your property independently. I’m tempted but I’m a bit nervous. What do you think?
A. These websites have their place in the market in exactly the same way that letting agents do and they will certainly save you money on agency fees. However, you need to consider carefully whether it is the right method for you to rent out your property, as it is not suitable for everybody.
Letting agents are able to list on the prime property portals, which get a lot more internet traffic than small new websites will. You may therefore find that you will have to wait longer to attract interest in your property and also have to work harder to publicise it.
Letting out a property independently is hard work. If you don’t have the time or don’t want to put in the required effort to go it alone, then you might be better off paying the agent’s fees. You will have to do the viewings yourself – if a prospective tenant wanted a daytime viewing, would your job or other commitments allow you to make it? And before the property even goes on the market, you will need to organise getting an energy performance certificate, which is a legal requirement.
Seemingly simple things like drawing up a tenancy agreement also take up time. To help independent landlords, the British Property Federation has launched its own tenancy agreement. All you need to do is fill in the details and a tenancy agreement is created for you for free. Many first-time landlords don’t know where to get started when it comes to organising these things, so this is really helpful.
Q. Dear Louise, I recently rented out a property with some friends and I’d like to decorate my room to make it more homely. Can I do this?
A. When you rent a property, the landlord will usually expect it back in the same condition, save for fair wear and tear. You are best to speak to your landlord about what improvements you want to make and ask them whether it might be a possibility.
Even if you think that what you want to do is an improvement, the landlord might see things differently. Agreed, a new lick of paint or some shelves might make it more attractive, but it is much easier to rent out properties that have neutral colours rather than rooms that are painted pink or red, for example.
Therefore, the landlord is quite likely to require you to restore the room to its original state at the end of the tenancy, particularly if you have made some big changes. If you don’t do it yourself before you check out of the property, then you might have money taken out of your deposit to cover the redecorating.
Landlords are well within their rights to do this, even for something as small as picture hooks, so bear in mind that you will have to go to the effort of redecorating again at the end of the tenancy and pay for it too. Ask yourself whether the effort is worth it and always check with the landlord so you know where you stand before you do anything.
Our rental expert is Louise Savage, director of Residential Land, London’s largest prime central London landlord.
www.residentialland.com
A number of Residential Land properties can now be viewed online using Interactive Virtual Tours. These 360° rotatable panoramic images allows users a more comprehensive look at some of the apartments in our portfolio.
The Virtual Tours were provided by TourVista, a company specialising in Virtual Tours created using cutting edge technology for a vivid and exciting user experience, far higher in quality than traditional panoramic images.
Listed below are a selection of Residential Land properties that have Virtual Tour’s available:
Virtual Tours have been provided by TourVista
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