Property Maintenance in Kenton

Landlords in Kenton who would rather have one contractor than five can use EliteShires Property Services, working from 6 Station Parade on Kenton Lane. There is no single package price. You pay per job or on a monthly account, and each piece of work is charged at its normal rate: gas checks from £70, EPCs from £75, EICRs from £120, trades from £45 or £60 per hour. What you gain is coordination. We book certificates and repairs into a single visit wherever the dates allow, photograph what we do, and keep track of every renewal. For the many Kenton owners with one or two lets and no managing agent, that tracking is often the most useful part.

Why do Kenton landlords end up with lapsed certificates?

Kenton's rented homes mostly belong to individual owners rather than large portfolios. A landlord with one semi and perhaps a flat near the station has a gas record due every twelve months, an EICR at least every five years and an EPC that lasts ten. With nobody else tracking those dates, it is easy for one to pass unnoticed, and the usual cause is simply a busy year rather than neglect. The consequences are the same either way. We keep a diary for each property and contact you before anything is due, with enough notice to arrange access with the tenant. Where the dates can be brought together, we will suggest grouping them so a single visit covers more than one certificate, which saves you call-out costs and saves your tenant from a run of separate appointments over the year.

What does a coordinated void look like in a Kenton semi?

Take a typical three-bedroom house with an extension, a conventional boiler and a cylinder. While it is empty between tenancies, we can do the gas check, the EICR and, if needed, the EPC. We can also PAT test any appliances you supply, fix the dripping taps and the door that catches, reseal the bath, bleed the radiators and fit or replace alarms. All of it happens in one window instead of a string of separate appointments spread across several weeks. The house is ready to let sooner and you pay fewer call-out costs. You receive photographs of the work before and after, and an invoice that itemises each job rather than a single line saying repairs. If the check-out report shows something outside our trades, we tell you at the pricing stage.

Handling repairs while the tenant is in

Most Kenton landlords we work with would like a tenant's report to go to someone who can simply deal with it. We agree a spending limit with you. Below it we arrange access with the tenant and get the job done. Above it we ask you first and send a price. If something is dangerous, we make it safe straight away and tell you afterwards, because leaving a hazard in place while we wait for approval is not acceptable. Emergencies are attended the same day within working hours. Every repair is photographed and reported, so you can see the condition of the property without making the trip yourself, which matters to owners who no longer live nearby. Routine repairs are booked at a time agreed with the tenant, and you are copied in on each one.

What is included

• EPC, EICR, gas safety and PAT testing coordinated into one visit
• Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms checked and fitted where needed
• Reactive repairs across plumbing, electrics and general trades
• Void turnarounds and end-of-tenancy snagging
• Photographic before-and-after reporting
• A certificate diary with reminders before anything expires
• Monthly consolidated invoicing for agents and portfolio landlords

How booking works

1. Send us the property list or the check-out report
2. We price the work and schedule it into as few visits as possible
3. Certificates and repairs are completed in the same window wherever we can
4. Everything is photographed and reported
5. You get one invoice, and we hold the renewal diary

What you end up with: One contractor, one invoice and one diary for the whole property, and a property that is re-lettable sooner because the work happened in one window rather than five.

Why people trust us in Kenton

• Gas work, electrical inspection and energy assessment carried out under the relevant registrations, ask to see the card
• Every price confirmed before we attend, and not revised afterwards
• Coded observations quoted line by line, so you can take the work elsewhere
• A time slot rather than a morning-or-afternoon window
• Work photographed before and after, and reported
• We tell you when you do not need something we sell

We are building a review profile under this name and would rather show you none than borrow someone else's. Ask us for references from landlords in Kenton and we will put you in touch.

More in Kenton

• EPC Certificates in Kenton: From £75
• EICR Certificates in Kenton: From £120
• Gas Safety Certificates in Kenton: From £70
• Plumbing & Heating in Kenton: From £60 per hour
• Electricians in Kenton: From £60 per hour
• Handyman Services in Kenton: From £45 per hour

The full guide to this service is on our property maintenance page, and everything we cover locally is on the Kenton page.