Can you help landlords with student lets in Loughborough?
Yes. With the university in town, Loughborough has a large student rental market, and a lot of what landlords need between tenancies is exactly the mixed list we handle in one visit: a tripping circuit, a dripping tap, a sticking door, a broken extractor fan.
Many student tenancies change over in the summer, which can leave a short gap to get everything done before new tenants arrive. Send the whole list, or your letting agent's list, with photos. We price it as one fixed price, collect keys from the agent or arrange a time with the tenants, and send photos when the work is finished.
If something unexpected turns up, such as a damaged cable behind a socket, we stop, show you, and price it separately. Nothing extra is done without your approval.
What do HMO landlords in Loughborough need to check?
The short answer: electrical safety, alarms, and whether the property needs a licence. Larger HMOs, usually those with five or more people from two or more households, need a mandatory licence, and the council can set other licensing rules locally. Charnwood Borough Council handles HMO licensing in Loughborough, so check its current requirements for your property.
On the electrical side, the same rules apply as for any private let in England, and licence conditions or a fire risk assessment may ask for more, such as interlinked mains alarms. If you have either document, send it with your request and we'll price to what it specifies.
- EICR at least every 5 years
- Give each tenant a copy of the report.
- Remedial work within 28 days
- Or sooner if the report says so.
- Smoke alarm on every storey
- Plus a CO alarm where there's a fixed combustion appliance.
- Yearly gas safety check
- Done by a Gas Safe registered engineer. We don't do gas work.
Do older terraces near Loughborough town centre need electrical work?
Not always, but they are worth checking. Loughborough has a mix of Victorian and early 20th-century terraces near the centre and newer estates further out, and the older houses have often been altered in stages over the years. That can mean an older fuse board without RCD protection, too few sockets, or a mix of old and new wiring.
We don't recommend a rewire on sight. If you have an EICR, send it. If not, fault finding or a survey visit shows what is actually needed, and you get a fixed price before any work starts.
On the newer estates, the work is usually about adding things: extra sockets, outside lights, a TV on the wall or an EV charger on the drive.
Do you cover Shepshed and the Soar valley villages?
Yes. Shepshed and Hathern on the western side of Loughborough are covered, and so are the villages along the Soar valley: Quorn, Mountsorrel, Barrow upon Soar, Sileby and Rothley.
Homes here range from older village cottages to modern family houses, so the jobs vary. In older properties it is often leaking pipework, worn taps, doors that have dropped, or tired lighting that needs replacing. In newer homes it tends to be shelving, furniture assembly, fencing, garden lighting and extra sockets.
Whatever the mix, it helps to put everything on one request. We can usually fit electrical, plumbing and handyman jobs into a single visit, which saves you booking three different trades for three different days.