Letting agents in Lyndhurst

Flexie Estate Agents lets and manages homes for landlords in Lyndhurst, the New Forest's central village. We value the rent, market the home, reference every adult, set up the tenancy and protect the deposit, and with management we look after the property from then on. This page is the Lyndhurst detail behind our letting agents service.

What lets in Lyndhurst

• High Street flats. Above shops or in converted buildings, for single tenants and couples working in the village. Separate access and parking make the difference.
• Victorian terraces and villas. On the roads off the High Street, within a walk of everything. Professionals and small families take them.
• Edge-of-village houses and bungalows. Gardens, drives and quieter roads, let to families and older tenants.
• Swan Green and Forest cottages. Thatch and brick with the Forest at the gate, for tenants who want the setting and accept the upkeep that comes with it.

The tenants

Many Lyndhurst tenants work in the village, at the district council, the shops, the hotels or the tea rooms, and want to walk to work. Others commute to Southampton by the A35 or the M27. Families want the school and the Forest. Older tenants want level pavements, the surgery and the bus. We match the marketing to the likely tenant rather than listing every home the same way.

How we let your property

Valuation. A visit, a note of the street, the traffic and the parking, and a rent range with the reasons. A first figure is available online from the instant rent estimate.

Marketing. Photographs, a floor plan, the portals and our list of registered tenants.

Referencing. Identity, Right to Rent, credit and income checks and a previous landlord reference on every adult, with a guarantor where the affordability test asks for one. Our tenant referencing guide explains each check.

Move in. A tenancy written to the Renters' Rights Act, the deposit protected within 30 days, the prescribed information served, the certificates handed over and a photographed inventory.

The legal checks and the local rules

Every let needs a gas safety check where there is gas, an electrical report within five years, smoke alarms on each storey, a carbon monoxide alarm by any fixed combustion appliance, an EPC of band E or better and Right to Rent checks. Older villas and cottages in the conservation area can be hard to bring up to a better EPC without consent for new windows or insulation, so we check the rating early. At the time of writing tenancies are periodic and rent can rise once a year by section 13 notice.

Lyndhurst and the wider area

You choose tenant find, rent collection or fully managed; the fees page explains each. We let across the New Forest and in Bournemouth. To sell instead, see selling your property in Lyndhurst, or book a Lyndhurst valuation. The Lyndhurst area page describes the village.