Property management in Southwark, London

2 bed rent

£2,230 a month

3 bed rent

£2,955 a month

Typical sale price

£486,550

Gross yield

8.3%

Read around SE15. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Southwark is an inner London borough on the south bank of the Thames, and rents are above the London average close to the river and London Bridge, tapering off somewhat further south towards Peckham and Dulwich. The borough stretches from the riverside landmarks near Tate Modern down to the more residential streets of Dulwich village.

The borough has a wide housing mix, from converted warehouses and new-build riverside apartments near London Bridge and Bermondsey, to Victorian terraces in Peckham and Dulwich, and large council estates in Elephant and Castle, some of which have been redeveloped in recent years as part of wider regeneration schemes.

London Bridge, Elephant and Castle, Peckham Rye and East Dulwich stations, along with the Jubilee and Northern lines, keep the borough well connected to the City and West End, so tenants include young professionals close to London Bridge and Bermondsey, families in Dulwich and East Dulwich, and a broad sharer population given the borough's size and proximity to central London.

For a landlord, Southwark's mix of regenerated riverside areas and established residential streets further south means the type of tenant a property attracts depends heavily on which part of the borough it sits in, and this is worth bearing in mind when assessing likely demand for a particular street or postcode. Dulwich village itself has a distinctly different, more suburban character from the rest of the borough, with detached and semi-detached houses that are unusual for an inner London area.

The Southbank and Bankside stretch of the borough, home to Tate Modern, Shakespeares Globe and Borough Market, draws visitors and workers throughout the year, and this concentration of cultural and food attractions adds to the appeal of nearby flats for tenants who want to be within walking distance of these landmarks.

• 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 Southwark reviews its selective and additional licensing schemes from time to time, and schemes can cover named wards or streets only. We check the register against your exact address before the first tenancy.