Let only Service for Landlords

MGLS Let Only

Thinking of letting your property yourself? May be we can help in finding your tenant for you !   Interested ? We can provide the initial service to Market the property Show prospective tenants Reference applicants Prepare the tenancy for you Collect the inital rent and deposit So that you are already up and running to take over in collecting the rent and dealing with the tenants … [Read more...]

Landlord Information Guide

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New Year – New Start for MGLS Swansea

MGLS - Michael G. Lewis & Son, start the new year with hope that the VAT changes do not affect too much on the letting business in the city of Swansea. However, we are mindful that changes will affect many people across the country. A New Start for us, we are celebrating this year 45 years in the letting field, as we established ourselves in 1966. For many landlords, letting property can be troublesome with a … [Read more...]

Does your letting agent say

“Although with tenanted property there is currently no legal requirement for an electrical safety certificate........” They are NOT telling you the truth - An Act of Parliament is a legal obligation and therefore YOU  - The Landlord -not only have a COMMON LAW  - Duty of Care, BUT  you have a STATUTORY OBLIGATION  - The Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 requires that the electrical equipment is safe at the start of … [Read more...]

Newport Council causing problems

Newport Council - are causing problems to landlords with HMO's with one of their officers incorrectly citing the criteria for certain HMOs. One landlord has successfully battled through the courts on this matter. The officer in question has made it clear that you require a Certificate of Building Regulations from 1991 to present date and insisted that without this "Certificate" the property was an HMO  - … [Read more...]

HMO Fines for Swansea Landlords

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Landlords fined over licences TWO Swansea landlords have been prosecuted for failing to licence their rental properties. Thomas Barry Davies, of Alan Road, Llandeilo, and Paul David Evans, of Killan Road, Dunvant, Swansea, both failed to licence houses they let out as houses in multiple occupation, or HMOs. Evans pleaded guilty at Swansea Magistrates' Court to failing to license a house in Woodlands Terrace, Mount … [Read more...]

Breaking News – Another Unregulated agent takes money and runs

Why oh Why do people trust in agents who are not members of a professional body. Easylets Swansea have done it again. - run off with Clients money leaving landlords and tenants in turmoil. This is the reason that Michael G. Lewis & Son have fully supported Licensing of letting agents in the UK to fully protect members of the public. Michael G. Lewis & Son have been letting property in Swansea for over 45 years … [Read more...]