Norwich City Council - Property Information Point

Accredited Landlord is a voluntary scheme for landlords within the Greater Norwich area that provide good standards/conditions and management of their properties as well as maintaining a positive and professional relationship with their tenants.

The scheme has been set-up by three councils (Broadland District Council, Norwich City Council and South Norfolk Council) in order to work more closely with local landlords to encourage a healthy privately-rented accommodation market in the Greater Norwich area and in response to the government’s support and encouragement for landlord accreditation schemes. The Eastern Landlords Association is keen to promote professional standards among its members and considers a landlord accreditation scheme to be a key element in bringing this about.

By becoming accredited you can improve your lettings business by:

• accessing landlord’s incentives* which include home improvement grants, free advertising,free training courses and in some cases financial incentives for letting to certain tenants.

• being promoted as a professional landlord with a high standard of accommodation, through the website www.propertyinfopoint.co.uk and the use of the Accredited Landlord logo.

• becoming a main competitor in the lettings’ market and having a market advantage over other landlords by separating you from those that could be deemed unscrupulous and/or unprofessional.

• putting you in direct contact with the accreditation team that can direct you to advice on legislation, legalities, good practice and other issues concerned with the private rented sector.

• giving you the opportunity to participate in partnership schemes with the councils as well as decision making processes for matters that may affect you.

To become accredited, landlords will have to agree to comply withproperty and management standards. These standards were agreedafter consultation between officers from each of the councils and theEastern Landlord Association’s members. Properties will not be inspectedprior to accreditation so accreditation will be based on the informationsupplied by the landlord**. However, to ensure that the scheme hascredibility, accredited landlords will have a percentage of theirproperties inspected by council officers.

The scheme will be administered by the Eastern Landlords Associationfrom their Norwich office.

 

The current cost per landlord is £100 for three years’ membership***.

 

***This is subject to change. For example, we may bring in additional costs for landlords that manage a number of properties.