Updating post from Reddit.
They are trying to charge me £125 to renew. When I said no enough times they offered to bring it back down to £99. Still not sure it's worth it.
My payments since 2020 are below.
08/07/2024 99.00 Paid 10/07/2023 85.00 Paid 08/07/2022 85.00 Paid 09/08/2021 75.00 Paid 03/08/2020 60.00
They do of course need to spend a lot of money colluding with government to screw up both tenants and landlords by going along with legislative idiocy and illiteracy.
yeah I think so too. they are all about "managing expectations" and not achieving anything in terms of preserving the student market
Ive paid £79.00 for the last two years.
how long have you been a member?
Since 2018
how do you get that price?
I think I had a voucher years ago. They try to up it every year. I threaten to leave, they renew the same price.
Still worth it. Remeber, if it isn’t supported, it won’t be there one day and then we will have no representation at Westminster.
Because of course, Westminster is fully behind private landlords, those who work and those who aren't millionaires....
/s
If you think it is bad now, imagine what any political party would do to private landlords if left unchecked! This is nothing at the moment and they could do a hell of a lot more and the public would support them.
What does NRLA offer ? And what is it
Sorry for being a noob but never heard of this and google search doesn’t explain much
In short: an advice line and lobbying on our behalf.
Landlord helpline. Document library. Local meetings. Discounts
NRLA is definitely worth it imo.
If you use open rent to do viewings, you can rely on the documents from NRLA to do the tenancy and save thousands compared to an estate agent, or even a couple hundred compared to Openrent tenancy service.
The events are good, they try to get reasonable outcomes from the government and the helpline is really good imo.
£99 a year is good value for everything they offer.
If you do OpenRent wouldn't you generally use OpenRent's contract anyway? They remind you tons of times to do your EICR, offer to connect you with EICR and optional PAT electrical services, ask you to upload your EPC and gas cert if required, and remind you of the How to Rent guide. Probably missed something else they do. I mean how much more documentation is there to start a tenancy?
Edit: NRLA is a good idea anyway, I don't disagree, just wondering whayt it adds in terms of a run of the mill unproblematic tenancy.
Openrent tenancy creation is extra I believe.
I prefer the NRLA contract personally. Also good for if you have any issues and need to cal the helpline, they know exactly what is in the contract and can offer better advice
Ah yes, you do have to pay for each tenancy on Openrent, you're right. £69 incl the advertising on zoopla etc portals and the tenancy creation. They've bundled it in a clever way, you can either use NRLA docs and use Openrent free advertising (but no property portals then) or you can use their whole suite of services for £69.
With OpenRent, you get contract + background checks & rent collection (additional 10£ a month). Everything in one place.
If you are already on OpenRent, why use NRLA contracts - just trying to understand the difference and advantages
Ongoing £10 a month is similar price to NRLA.
The referencing is £20 if you do it by itself, so you're paying £100 for other services Vs same amount with NRLA who offer the helpline.
Nrla also offer referencing btw!
Thanks for the comparison - never realised.
What alternative services are available for referencing and income validation.
OpenRent referencing is now £30
Try the South West Landlords Association, it's only £55/yr and a real person always answers the phone.
Interesting, but I'm not in the South West... does it matter?
No, all forms are available online to download. Also the landlord training can be done online and is exactly the same as NRLA as it’s outsourced to the same people.
the website even looks the same.
I've always got an answer when I ring the NRLA
Hasn't seemed to be the same mine of information, felt the RLA were more positive and helpful but that was before the season change in regulation, and I know far more now so any information they give me is less novel
my payment history has been
£79,95 from 2015 to 2018 when I stopped renewing.
Then £85 in 2023, £84 in 2024 and £80 in the 2nd June.
I do recall getting a referal confirmation earlier this year so I assumed that reduced the cost but I think by £15. That may have been a referral code I share don reddit or for one of the services they promo'd called Safe2.
I got my accountant through around 2015 and I like the product I mentioned above and both gave me a discounted rate to get started, I like having for the landlord licence I needed to get for the council one of my proerties is but that is more a nice to have.
If they were charging £125, I would politely decline.
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I recently joined and emailed them with a fairly basic set of questions about a problem I currently have with HMO licencing. The response I got back showed they'd neither read my email fully nor understood the short section they had actually read. So I tried to simplfy, shortening my message and reducing the number of questions. The next response was of even lower quality. Basic comprehension failure. A couple of emails later I gave up. Will take a look at their periodic tenancy contract drafts once the renters rights bill is finalised but thats about it. At the moment, no intention of renewing membership.
Yeah. They actually have a separate email for more complex questions, which I find funny.