It is one of the first questions many potential sellers face: Do we put our property on the market now, or wait until we've found somewhere we want to buy? Waiting can feel like the safer option. You know where you're going before you start inviting buyers through the door

A good tenancy is not one where nothing ever goes wrong. Boilers can stop working. Circumstances change. Repairs come up. Questions need answering. What matters is how those things are handled.

For many landlords, using a managing agent sounds straightforward: the agent collects the rent, deals with the tenant and arranges repairs when something goes wrong. Those things are part of it. But good property management involves considerably more.

When your home is on the market, every viewing is an opportunity for a potential buyer to imagine themselves living there.