Unhappy with Your Current Letting Agent? Here’s How Easy It Is to Make a Switch 🔄
If your letting agent isn’t delivering, you don’t have to stay with them. Switching agents is far easier than many landlords realise - and it could protect your investment long-term. Here’s how the process works, and why November is the perfect time to act. 🍂
As a landlord, you didn’t invest in property to spend your evenings chasing rent, worrying about compliance or feeling frustrated by half-hearted service. Yet too many landlords feel trapped with a letting agent who simply isn’t pulling their weight.
The good news? You don’t have to stay loyal to poor performance. Changing agents is far simpler than most landlords realise. 💪
Start With Your Current Management Agreement 📄
Most agreements include:
- A fixed term (often 6 or 12 months)
- A notice period of around 2–3 months
If you’re already outside your fixed term, you can usually serve notice at any time. And even if you’re still within it, a strong letting agent can advise you on how to exit cleanly - especially if there’s been a service breach, such as:
✔️ Unreported maintenance
✔️ Lack of inspections
✔️ Rent arrears not being chased
What Happens Once Notice Is Served? 🤝
Your new agent can handle virtually everything on your behalf. A professional handover includes:
- Transferring the tenant’s deposit (kept in a government-approved scheme)
- Issuing updated legal documents
- Collecting existing tenancy agreements
- Notifying the tenant of the management change
You do not need to end the tenancy, evict your tenant or start a new agreement. The tenancy continues exactly as it is… just managed by someone who actually does their job. 👍
The Switch Usually Involves Three Steps:
1️⃣ Appoint your new agent - ideally one who handles full management, compliance, rent collection, arrears chasing, inspections, repairs and has strong local market expertise (like M&M!).
2️⃣ Serve notice to your current agent
3️⃣ Let your new agent take over - they’ll liaise with your old agent, collect keys, paperwork, deposit certificates and introduce themselves professionally to your tenant.
Most transfers take 4–8 weeks, though motivated agents can often complete the process sooner. From the tenant’s viewpoint, it’s a simple shift — and many tenants welcome the improvement in communication and responsiveness. 😊
Why Act Now? Because Poor Management Snowballs 🚨
Poor management rarely stays still — it grows into bigger problems:
- Missed inspections → costly repair bills
- Uncollected arrears → difficult recovery
- Compliance errors → serious fines and legal issues
Switching gives you time to reset your property’s management, safeguard your investment and head into 2026 feeling confident. 🏡✨
The Renters’ Rights Act 2025: Why the Right Agent Matters More Than Ever ⚖️
Now that the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 is officially law, having the right letting agent isn’t just useful, it’s essential!
The Act brings major changes, including:
🔸 Stronger tenant rights
🔸 Stricter penalties for non-compliance
🔸 More rigorous standards for documentation, inspections and evidence
🔸 New processes around rent increases, tenancy’s, notice periods and property condition
For landlords, this means zero margin for error. One missed document, incorrect notice, or non-compliant process can now result in expensive penalties, delays, or legal disputes.
A proactive, knowledgeable agent will:
✔️ Keep you fully compliant
✔️ Protect you from new legal risks
✔️ Communicate clearly with tenants
✔️ Ensure your processes meet the updated legal requirements
✔️ Give you peace of mind that everything is done correctly the first time
This is not the moment to rely on an agent who’s slow, disorganised or reactive. With the new legislation in place, landlords need an agent who genuinely knows the law and works ahead of it - not one who scrambles to catch up. 📘✨
Thinking About Making the Switch? Let’s Talk. 📞
If you’re unsure about your notice period, concerned about compliance under the new Renters’ Rights Act, or simply curious about how we can manage the entire process for you, get in touch.
If it makes sense, we’ll take the hassle of switching completely off your shoulders.
Stop settling for under-performance.
Switching your letting agent could be the smartest decision you make this year. ⭐
📞 Get Expert Help from M&M Estate & Lettings Agents - Our friendly, knowledgeable team is ready to help.
📍 M&M Estate Agents, Gravesend
📞 01474 321957
📧 lettings@mandmprop.co.uk