Lets Delight Blog

Landlord or Property Investor?

What's the difference between a property investor and a landlord?

In property circles, we often hear the terms Landlord and Property Investor. But what do they mean and what is the difference?

It should be no surprise...

Interest rates

We were right and the Bank of England were wrong!

Staying in our own properties

Why we stay at our properties and other landlords should do the same

Some things need experiencing to properly appreciate them. And so it is with property. Everything may seem fantastic, but it is not until someone actually...

The 1921 Census

One hundred years on and there are many similarities to the past

In the first weeks of 2022, details from a hundred years ago were published in the form of the 1921 Census. This is a fascinating record of the lives...

Furry Friends and Fireworks

Tips to prepare you and your pets for New Years Eve

As 2021 draws to a close, the final few weeks of the year will be filled with family, food and festivities as people come together to celebrate the Christmas...

The side effects of well-meant legislation

How setting minimum room sizes pushed up prices and increased homelessness

There was a time when rental accommodation was not as high quality as it is today. Not that all properties are excellent, even today. But generally, the...

How to report maintenance issues to your landlord

What should you do if things don't go according to plan

In our previous article, we looked at who handles what when it comes to maintenance. Most issues get resolved quickly yet, inevitably, there will be times...

Who needs to do the repair?

Getting to grips with repairs to rental accommodation

It's a fact of life that things will go wrong. It happens! In most cases, problems with housing are easy to put right. Usually, it is clear whether the...

You can't time the market

Timing any market is difficult. So we don't even try and it's better for our tenants.

Many people will say that you cannot time the stock markets. We tend to agree with this! Sure, a few traders manage to make quite a bit of money on the...

Affordable Homes

Shared Ownership Housing

Lets Delight is a company that rents property. We rent to families, individuals and short-term guests. Being a rental company, why are we interested in...

What's right with the housing market

A view from the positive side.

We hear a lot about what is wrong with the UK housing market. But, despite the stories of gloom, there is actually a lot right with our housing system.

There...

It's Time to Talk Rentals

The housing market is not only about house sale prices

There is always much talk about house prices. That is, the sale price of houses. Especially now as we come out from the pandemic, this is a popular topic....

Inflation has arrived

We disagree with the Bank of England and Federal Reserve

Everywhere you look there are reports of rising inflation. The Bank of England and the Federal Reserve in America think it is temporary, we disagree....

Now's not the time to meddle

Leave the property markets alone and watch the improvement

Here's an idea: leave the property market alone and watch the improvements.

Chancellors from political parties of all colours have always interfered...

Part of The Housing Solution

Doing our bit to make UK Housing better for everyone

There is no doubt that much is wrong with the UK housing market. Some would even call it broken. We wouldn't go that far but do recognise many of the...

What should I do with £10k?

How to start out in property from a modest starting point

This exact question was recently asked on one of the many property Facebook groups. At first it seems like a simple question. But, as with many questions,...

Why do people rent?

Doesn't everyone want their own home?

For many, many years renting dominated UK housing. Outside of the aristocracy, very few people owned the house in which they lived. That is how it had...

Bringing everything together with technology

PropTools - how we manage the business of diverse property

During this series on diversification we have looked at different sorts of property. To support operations, every business needs systems. Lets Delight...

Furnished Holiday Lets

Nuneaton? Who would want to come to Nuneaton?

In this series on diversification, we have looked at the eggs to put in our basket. We have looked at two of those eggs: Flats for Families and Shared...

Shared Living Projects: A case study

Don't put all your eggs in one basket - How we diversify through Shared Living Projects

Shared Living Projects are core to what Lets Delight do. As the name suggest, these are homes for several people sharing communal facilities. It is where...

Flats for Families: A Case Study

Don't put all your eggs in one basket - how we diversify through Flats for Families.

This is the second part of a four-part series. In the first part, we looked at balancing diversification with specialisation. Now let's consider how this...

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Building success by balancing specialisation and diversification

You will have heard the phrase: "don't put all your eggs in one basket". Nowhere is this more applicable than in business and in investing. This is manifest...

Why so negative?

Despite a great economic outlook we still hear lots of negativity...

The global pandemic has been like nothing any of us have seen in our lifetime. Economies have all but closed down and life has taken new directions. The...

Prices in Recent Times

In this second part, we are looking prices in recent times

Looking back to the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's life may be interesting, but the real questions relate to today. We have seen that between England’s...

How rental prices are changing

Changes in the first quarter of 2021

We are now a year on from the first UK wide coronavirus lockdown and property prices continue to be a hotly debated topic. When the pandemic first struck,...

Has Property Piqued Your Interest? Learn more!

We make property investment simple. Here is our take on the industry trends to date.

Here at Lets Delight we are passionate about property – we read reports daily to keep up to date on all the latest trends and the impact of new regulations....

Spreading Delight During Lockdown

Lets Delight reach out to their community to combat loneliness

Warwickshire based property company Lets Delight offer long term accommodation to tenants and shorter stays for holiday makers and corporate clients at...

Working From Home - some statistics

Just 7% of people struggled to work from home

We have been interested to read that only 7% of people struggled to work from home!

That is one of the findings of the Home Comforts report...

Our new Finance Specialist

Lets Delight appoints Adam Revill as Finance Specialist

COVID-19 has created a difficult economic environment over the past 12 months. Despite this, Lets Delight have continued to expand their property portfolio....