Landlords

Before buying your Edinburgh rental property, please talk to us about the property you’re looking to buy so that we can provide free property letting advice on the area, the type of tenant it will be suitable for, the rental valuation, and any other aspects you should consider.

We can also give full free property rental advice on all of the different legal aspects of becoming an Edinburgh landlord, including all fire and safety regulations, tenancy leases and notices, Landlord Registration, tenancy deposit schemes and Private Rented Housing Panel Repairing Standards, etc.

If you are buying an HMO (House in Multiple Occupancy) rental property in Edinburgh, i.e. three or more bedrooms which will be let as accommodation to students or young professionals, then it is vital that you are fully aware of the HMO regulations. For example, are you aware that all bedrooms must be at least 2.25m wide to be acceptable as a ’bedroom’? It’s better to talk to us first than buy an Edinburgh rental property and find out afterwards that it’s not what you thought it was!

If you would like to invest in an Edinburgh property and would like our help in sourcing the right rental property for you, or you would like to build an Edinburgh property portfolio, then please visit our Property Investors Page which provides more detail on becoming a private rented sector investor.

Increasing regulation and other recently introduced factors affecting the Scottish private rental sector mean that being a landlord now requires a high level of professionalism to be legally compliant.

For example, are you aware that if you hold a deposit for your tenant which is not in a tenancy deposit scheme, you are liable to be fined ‘3 x £Deposit Value’ by the courts and have a criminal record as a result?

You may have owned and managed your Edinburgh rental property for many years but would now like help from a professional letting agency in Edinburgh to manage it for you. If so, please call us on 0131 221 1818 to arrange a free no-obligation meeting or visit to discuss your options and how we can tailor our property lettings service to meet your needs.

If your rental property is with another Edinburgh letting agency which you feel is not delivering the levels of service you expect, or you want that personal service whereby you have the name and number of someone at the letting agency who knows you on first name terms, and knows your property as well as you do, then please call us to discuss how easy it is to transfer your Edinburgh rental property to Cullen Property.

In short;

You;

• Call us to tell us that you’d like to move your Edinburgh rental property to us.
• Email the other Edinburgh letting agency giving them one month’s notice of transfer (or whatever notice period you have with them), and copy steve@cullenproperty.com into the email.
• Fill in a simple details form so that we can set up an account for you on our computer management system.

We;

• Liaise with the other Edinburgh letting agency to collect the property rental file (including certificates etc) and keys from them on the transfer day.
• Contact and visit the tenants to let them know what is happening and set up direct debits for them to allow the rent to be collected each month.
• Advise on whether the level of rent is correct and how it might be improved.
• Arrange transfer of the deposit held in the tenancy deposit scheme (TDS) from the other agency to a Cullen Property account at the same TDS.
• Begin collecting the rent and paying you on time every month by BACS directly into your bank account
• Carry out all legal compliance matters and manage your property ongoing.