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Rent to Rent: A Hassle-Free Solution for Landlords
​If you’re a landlord tired of dealing with the headaches of property management—tenants, maintenance, and void periods—Rent to Rent with a Commercial Lease Agreement could be your ideal solution. At Elite Home Group, we offer a straightforward and stress-free alternative, giving you guaranteed rent while we handle the day-to-day management of your property. The agreements are typically for 5 years, allowing you to enjoy your investment's capital appreciation without the headaches.
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What is Rent to Rent?
Rent to Rent is a property management solution where we lease your property from you under a commercial lease agreement and take full responsibility for its management. Here's how it works:
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You lease your property to us for a fixed term at an agreed monthly rental amount.
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We guarantee your rent—regardless of whether the property is occupied.
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We manage the property, including finding tenants, handling maintenance, and handling all compliance requirements.
This means landlords will have no stress, hassle, or reliable income stream.
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How does it work?
You will enjoy guaranteed rent for at least three years without additional costs or hidden fees, even during void periods. Freedom from having to chase rental payments. No vacant periods where you are not earning any income. There is no need to deal with tenant queries, organise or pay for repairs and maintenance, or conduct property inspections. And no agency or management fees. Plus, we guarantee to return your property in its pre-let condition, allowing for fair wear and tear. So, all in all, not only will you be saving time and money, but you will also be guaranteeing your peace of mind.
How do I get started?
The process is relatively simple. It involves signing a contract with an agent, such as a property management company like Hotel House Ltd, who then sublets the residence. They may use it as a holiday let or rent it out to long-term occupants.
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How long are the contracts?
Guaranteed rent agreements are typically 3 to 5 years but last much longer if both parties are happy, which is usually the case. During this time, you will receive fixed, regular payments regardless of how much income the property is generating or whether the property is empty or full.
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How do you evaluate my property?
All we need is your property’s postcode and number of bedrooms. We’ll make you an instant, fair rental offer that includes guaranteed rent payments, complete property management, repairs and maintenance for the duration of the agreement, and a promise to return your property in its pre-let condition, less fair wear and tear.
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Will you conduct a Property Inspection?
We’ll inspect your property and let you know what’s needed to make it rental-ready and safe for tenants. Compliance documents such as an Energy Performance Certificate, Landlord Gas Safety Report, and Electrical Installation Condition Report will be requested, as well as any others that may be required.
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How long will it take to get approved?
Within 48 hours, providing your property meets our compliance requirements, we’ll agree on contract terms based on a flexible lease period of 3-5 years. Your guaranteed rental payments begin from the contract date, and then it’s over to us to source tenants and manage the tenancy for the duration of our agreement.
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Will you pay me market-value rent as part of your rent guarantee for landlords?
We pay our landlords a fair rental value based on the property type, size, and location. Whilst this may not be the same as the total market value, the fact that our rent guarantee scheme for landlords includes free professional property and tenancy management, repairs and maintenance, quarterly inspections, and rental payments made on the same day each month gives it exceptional value.
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What types of properties are you looking for?
The primary demand is 1-4 bedroomed self-contained properties. We are, from time to time, asked for other types of accommodation. If you would like to check whether your property is suitable, please drop us a line or email us at info@hotelhoueltd.com
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What’s the difference between using a traditional letting agent and rent-to-rent?
Rent-to-rent is a different way of delegating the management of a rental property to the traditional agency arrangement. An agent generally agrees to a let-only or a let-and-manage service on the landlord’s behalf in return for a commission—a proportion of the rental income, typically around 15 per cent for full management.
With rent to rent, the property is rented from the landlord by the rent-to-renter, who in turn sublets to an occupier tenant. The rent to the renter has no capital outlay. It simply makes money collecting the difference between what is paid to the landlord as guaranteed rent and what is received in rent from the occupier tenant or tenants.
By law, an agent is under a high duty of care to the landlord, which always obliges the agent to act in the landlord’s best interests. With rent to rent there is no such obligation as the rent to renter, having obtained a legal interest in the property by virtue of the lease, can act solely in their interests.
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