Property Maintenance in Kenton

No. Monthly accounts suit agents and landlords with several properties and a steady flow of small jobs. With a single flat, most owners pay per job and still receive renewal reminders and photographic reports. You can switch to an account later if you buy another property.

Since 1 May 2026, section 21 no-fault evictions have been abolished in England, so possession now needs a legal ground under section 8. In practice that makes a clean compliance record more important: current gas, electrical and EPC paperwork, working alarms and repairs done promptly and on record. We keep the certificates and repair photographs together, so you can show what was done and when.

Yes, on the practical side. Brent's selective licence conditions cover gas safety, electrical safety, smoke and CO alarms, repairs and the upkeep of the property, and every occupant must be given written details of how repairs are reported and dealt with. We can bring the gas record and EICR up to date, fit or test alarms, deal with the repairs a walk-round turns up and give you a photographed record. The licence application and its conditions remain between you and Brent Council.

Yes. We agree a spending limit with you first. Below it, we arrange a time with the tenant and do the job; above it, we send a price and wait for your go-ahead. If something is dangerous, we make it safe first and tell you afterwards. Every repair comes with photographs, so owners who no longer live nearby can see the property's condition without the trip.

South of Kenton Road, very likely. Brent's additional licence has covered this since 2 February 2026, because three or four sharers from more than one household is exactly what it targets, and five or more sharers bring in mandatory HMO licensing. North of the road, ask Harrow Council, whose HMO rules apply there. What counts is how many separate households live in the house, not how many bedrooms it has.

On the Brent side, Brent does: the selective licence conditions ask the holder to tell the council when the house will be empty for longer than three months, and about any major works, such as converting or modernising it. On either side, check your landlord insurance, which often sets conditions for an unoccupied home. While it is empty we can run the taps and showers each week, as HSE advises for little-used outlets, and check for leaks.

At least every six months. Brent's selective conditions list a regular inspection of the house, at that interval, among the steps a licence holder takes against anti-social behaviour: it checks on the tenancy and the state of repair, and that the occupiers are keeping to their tenancy terms. Most owners with one or two lets do this themselves. We can take on the repair side of the visit: we photograph each room with the date and price anything that needs fixing, so you have a dated record of the house's condition. Checking the tenancy itself stays with you. North of the road, a licensed Harrow HMO has notice rules for these visits: Harrow's conditions ask for 7 days' notice of entry for an inspection or a routine repair, and 24 hours for an emergency repair.