Why use Benham and Reeves- London Real Estate for Rent and Residential Lettings London

1. Local offices in the Far East, Asia and the UAE for lettings in London: Out of all the London-based agents, we are the only letting agent with international offices in China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore, which provide a personal and full rental and property management service to landlords with property to rent in London, enabling a convenient response. 

2. A complete service: We are your local one-stop property partner, providing overseas landlords with a full letting and management service for their London property. We can help with you with all your London letting agency needs including rental assessments, legal advice, furnishing and refurbishment, repairs, rent collection and advice on tax issues.

3. Focused on a London lettings service – Most of our competitors are estate agents that provide a lettings service as a sideline. All we do is flat and house rentals and leasing, so the service we give you is considerably more informed and focused. We put all our energy into providing a great service for our clients, and our advice is always completely independent.

4. In-depth knowledge of the property market – We have decades of experience in London lettings, having been established for over 60+ years and are founder members of ARLA (Association of Residential Lettings Agents).

5. London property management service: We have a dedicated management department to handle all clients’ concerns, which includes a property manager appointed to each client from London to wherever they are in the world. Overseas landlords can also choose to talk to someone face-to-face in a more convenient time zone thanks to our international offices in China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore, giving you the personal service you and your property deserve. 

6. Global network: We have eighteen lettings offices in London, as well as international offices. This global network means we can find corporate tenants coming to London to work on secondment and provide an on-the-spot property lettings and management service for overseas landlords with properties to rent out in London.

7. Sourcing high-quality tenants: The bulk of our tenants are corporate, high-calibre professionals. They are the best tenants; typically they work for banks, law and accountancy firms or airlines and are working in London for three to four years. They are mature, reliable payers. Throughout the 60+ years we have been operating, we have established a unique international network of contacts, amongst corporate and professional firms and organisations, meaning we always have more tenants than properties to let. Our marketing department works hard across all the various media to promote our clients properties to a wide audience. We have several well optimised residential lettings websites working hard to promote properties and we list with all the top property portals. 63% of our tenants come to us via the internet, these tend to be working professionals looking for apartments to rent in Knightsbridge or flats to rent in Kensington, some are looking for houses in Hampstead and a new family home in Highgate.  We offer all kinds of properties in the City and Hyde Park plus in top developments like Beaufort Park and Imperial Wharf.

8. Furnishing made easy: Through one of our subsidiaries, we can offer furniture packages and furnishing packs for rental properties. We can arrange refurbishment programmes for properties very quickly and at non-inflated prices – using our own employed workforce this ensures we are accountable for our work and the all important budget. Refurbishing your property can help boost your rental income and reduce your tax bill.

9. Efficiency beyond expectations: Our Head of Management and Director, is a fully qualified lawyer.  Working with our company lawyers, this ensures that our tenancy agreements and lettings procedures are constantly up to date and in tune with current legislation. Our procedures have been finely honed over five decades to provide an efficient and smooth lettings and management service for London property investors.