Property management in Richmond upon Thames, London

2 bed rent

£2,335 a month

3 bed rent

£3,100 a month

Typical sale price

£731,170

Gross yield

3.4%

Read around TW9. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Richmond upon Thames is an outer south-west London borough where rents are among the higher outer London figures, reflecting its riverside setting, its parks and its reputation as a leafy, affluent area. Its position along the Thames gives many properties a genuine riverside or near-riverside setting.

The housing stock includes Georgian and Victorian terraces around Richmond town centre and Twickenham, along with larger detached and semi-detached houses towards Ham, Kew and East Sheen, so the borough offers everything from period conversions to substantial family houses, and Kew in particular benefits from proximity to the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Richmond and Twickenham stations provide South Western Railway services into Waterloo, and the District line also runs to Richmond, while the A316 connects towards the M3, so tenants include professionals commuting into central London, families drawn by the schools and green space, and a student population linked to St Mary's University in Twickenham, as well as demand tied to major sporting events at Twickenham Stadium.

For a landlord, Richmond's combination of good transport, riverside amenity and open space, including Richmond Park, tends to support demand from tenants who are prepared to pay more for space and setting than they would find in many other outer London locations, and this can help sustain rents even when wider market conditions soften. Barnes, in the north-west of the borough, adds a further pocket of village-like character, with its own green and riverside walks appealing to families and professionals alike.

Richmond Park, the largest of Londons Royal Parks, and the Old Deer Park close to the town centre give the borough an unusually high proportion of open space for London, while Richmond theatre and the riverside towpath add to the town centres appeal for tenants who want leisure amenities close to home.

• Rent collected and paid to you within 3 working days of your tenant paying
• Your rent held in a ring-fenced client account, separate from Caso's own money, until it is paid to you
• Tenant calls and messages answered 24 hours a day, every day
• Repairs assessed, priced and arranged for you, charged at the contractor's invoice with no markup
• A monthly statement for each property, with every invoice attached, in your portal
• Late rent chased from the first day it is overdue, with a dated record
• Tenancy agreement drawn up and signed online
• Renewals, changes of tenant and legal notices prepared and served
• Rent reviewed every year and the Section 13 rent increase notice served for you
• Deposit protected with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme within 30 days, and the deposit paperwork the law requires served on your tenant
• Deposit deductions agreed and the deposit returned at the end of the tenancy
• Gas safety, electrical safety and energy certificates renewed before they expire, at cost
• Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms checked and recorded
• Council landlord licence applied for where your area needs one, and its renewal date tracked
• Optional: rent guarantee at cost, with no markup. You are paid even when the tenant does not pay.

Selective or HMO licence (council licence). The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames has no selective licensing scheme currently. A shared home let to five or more people from more than one household still needs a mandatory HMO licence.