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Why instruct Simon Clarke to let your
property?
Whether a property is your main
home, a secondary home or an investment property, when it
comes to choosing the right letting agent there is only one
choice!
Simon Clarke has been specialising 'exclusively' in lettings
since 1991; letting and managing flats, apartments and houses
in the following areas: Whetstone, Totteridge, North Finchley,
Woodside Park, Finchley Central, East Finchley, Friern Barnet,
New Southgate, Arnos Grove, New Barnet, Mill Hill, East Barnet,
Cockfosters, High Barnet, Hadley Wood, Southgate, Bounds Green,
Oakwood, Winchmore Hill, Crouch End, Highgate, Muswell Hill,
West Finchley, Hendon, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Golders Green.
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Established tradition and values
Simon Clarke is a highly focused company with a great desire to
maintain the professional, efficient and courteous way that our
business operates. We opened our first office in Whetstone in 1991
and have established ourselves as the area's leading letting agent.
Since then we have opened a further office in Finchley. We are continually
looking to improve every aspect of our business from customer service,
staff development and training, understanding and embracing the
very latest technology and the delivery of high quality property
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High standard of professionalism / Peace
of mind
The partners of Simon Clarke are members of the National Association
of Estate Agents (NAEA) and the Ombudsman Scheme for Letting Agents.
Being members of these professional and regulated bodies ensures
that we comply with their rules of conduct. We also have Professional
Indemnity Insurance and are covered by the NAEA Client's Money Protection
Scheme.
Professional Indemnity Insurance covers you against loss caused
by the negligence or human error of the agent and their employees.
Also covered in the unlikely event that you were to suffer loss
of money because of an Agent's misappropriation of funds, your loss
will be covered (up to pre-set limits; these can be found on the
NAEA website naea.co.uk). We also supply an annual report from our
accountants confirming that clients' money is administered in accordance
with the NAEA Rules of Conduct.
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Choosing the right tenant
Each prospective tenant is vetted carefully through Maras, an independent
referencing agency who were one of the first companies operating
in the credit sector to recognize the increasing professionalism
of letting agents. Maras has been providing services to Simon Clarke
for over 7 years. Their core business is the vetting of prospective
tenants for rental property; however they also provide other services
and products such as rental guarantee and legal expenses insurance
(this is only available via letting agents registered with Maras),
buildings insurance for Landlords and contents insurance for Landlords
and Tenants. For more information on the Maras services please call
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Property Management Department
We have a dedicated Management Department based on the
1st floor of our Whetstone Office with 3 experienced
full time staff dealing with the day to day management
of our properties. We currently manage over 140 properties
for landlords, many of whom reside overseas. Our fully
computerized office can offer prompt payments of rent
each month, prepare monthly statements, pay ongoing
bills, account for necessary maintenance, carry out
property inspections, chase any rent arrears and negotiate
annual rent reviews.
Full property management is the preferred service level
for the majority of our landlords, many of whom reside
overseas or simply do not want any involvement in the
letting and management process. It is also worth mentioning
that fully managed properties tend to attract corporate
tenants etc.
We have also recently invested in the much acclaimed
Winman software, which is regarded as the 'industry
standard' software for Lettings and Property Management.
This is a full double-entry accounting software package
compliant with RICS, NAEA and ARLA rules.
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Website advertising
The World Wide Web is now very
much a vital part of the property market. Over 70% of the
UK has access to the internet, not to mention those from overseas.
Simon Clarke have recognized this and we have invested in
our website to facilitate those people who would prefer to
find their next home over the internet, with easy access 24/7.
As well as a fresh modern design we pride ourselves on the
fact that our website is updated daily.
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Our
website offers every property the opportunity to be advertised
with a selection of colour internal and external photographs
and full description. Also provided is a map locator for easy
reference, proximity of the nearest Tube or British Rail Stations
and details of the Council Tax band.
A new feature, which has also been added to our website, is
the 'report a repair' facility. Tenants that are in properties
managed by Simon Clarke can use the 'report a repair' facility
directly from our website. This enables them to report any
problems/maintenance issues that they are experiencing at
the property; this will be sent directly to our dedicated
management department by email and text. |
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Property portals
As well as large investment in the development of our website we
are also represented on some of the UK's largest and most popular
property websites, these include:
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These major property sites currently receive over 1 million visitors
between them each month, thus giving your property the maximum exposure.
On average our offices receive around 400 emails each month from
quality professional tenants looking to rent a property in the North
London and Hertfordshire areas.
Listed below are even more sites where tenants can view all our
properties |
Thomsonlocal.com
Dailymail
Hotproperty
Timesonline
Thisislondon
Orange |
Yahoo.co.uk
Msn.co.uk
Channel 4
AOL
Up my street
Tiscali |
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Yell.com and Yellow Pages
Simon Clarke is also prominently featured on yell.com under the
search term 'Letting Agents'. We have invested in the sponsored
listing, which guarantees our company will be displayed as the top
search each time. Tenants searching for a Letting Agent in the following
areas: N20, N3, N12, N11, N14, Barnet, New Barnet, East Barnet,
Hadley Wood, Cockfosters will see a link which can take them directly
to our website.
We also place a colour advert in the North London & Hertfordshire
edition of the Yellow pages under 'Letting Agents' and 'Estate Agents'
which also attracts many enquiries to our website.
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More Advertising
Simon Clarke's policy is to use high quality colour advertising
in glossy magazines and local publications and to promote each property
to the widest possible audience. |
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Boards
You may well have seen Simon Clarke's distinctive 'to let' and 'let
& managed by' boards in your area. Boards are a valuable way
of generating high quality enquiries, and complement the marketing
strategy, directly attracting tenants looking for property in specific
roads or areas.
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Leading local newspapers
THE PRESS (weekly)
Full page colour advertising in the 'lettings section' of this established
local paper (distributed throughout North London and Hertfordshire).
HENDON & FINCHLEY TIMES (bi-weekly)
Full page colour advertising in the 'lettings section' of this established
local paper (distributed throughout North London and Hertfordshire). |
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Reflective Image
A full page advert in this distinctive
and quality glossy publication, which is delivered to 35,000
selected homes in Totteridge, Arkley, High Barnet, Finchley,
East Finchley, Hadley Wood, Hampstead, Muswell Hill and surrounding
areas.
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Prominent high street window displays
The Simon Clarke offices are prominently located in N20 and N3 and
positioned close to Northern Line stations. Our office windows feature
high quality and eye catching displays, offering further opportunity
to promote your property |
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Courtesy Cars
Our comfortable 5-door Mercedes
A Class vehicles (air conditioned) are there to make it easier
and more convenient to chauffer prospective tenants to your
property.
Our cars have subtle branding with our company logo, which
helps keep the Simon Clarke name recognized in the local areas.
Our staff always arrive promptly for appointments.
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Longer opening times
Our offices are open until 7pm weekdays (Fridays close at 6pm) and
3pm Saturdays. More often than not our highly motivated staff will
work beyond these times in order to accommodate even later appointment
times and move-ins. |
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Market appraisal
The next step is to call Simon Clarke and arrange for one of our
experienced staff to carry out a rental appraisal of your property.
We pride ourselves and have built our reputation on being able to
fully identify and exploit the full level and potential of your
property; we also recognize that it is important to correctly value
your property in order to secure a suitable tenant sooner rather
than later, thus avoiding unnecessary void periods.
Call or email your local office now:
Whetstone & Totteridge office 020 8343
9000 whetstone@simonclarke.co.uk
Finchley office 020 8349 9000 finchley@simonclarke.co.uk |
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