Property that is owned, let and looked after by the same company.

Braeside NW Limited lets and operates residential and commercial property across the North West — some of it owned outright by the company, some of it held on lease and let on. Because we are the landlord, not an agent standing between two other parties, a repair, a renewal or a question about a deposit is settled by the people who actually hold the property.

The office is in Grappenhall, on the south side of Warrington, and correspondence is handled from there.

Speak to the estates office

Two sides of the same arrangement

The company deals directly with the people who own property alongside us and the people who live and trade in it. Choose whichever describes you.

Property held with us

Where an owner would rather not run a building week to week, the company can take it on lease and operate it — which means we carry the letting, the occupancy and the day-to-day management, and the owner deals with one counterparty instead of a rotating cast of occupiers.

In practice that covers advertising and showing the space, taking up references, drawing the agreement, collecting the rent, arranging repairs and inspections, and keeping the paperwork in order so that a compliance question can be answered from the file instead of from memory. Residential and commercial premises are handled differently — a shop unit and a two-bedroom flat have almost nothing in common in terms of obligations — and we say at the outset which of the two we think a building really is.

Owners considering an arrangement of this kind are welcome to write to the estates office and describe the property: where it is, what it is, whether it is currently occupied, and what is prompting the change.

Renting from us

You are renting from the company that holds the property, so there is no separate managing agent to be referred to. Reports, requests and renewals come to the estates office and are dealt with there.

Before a tenancy starts we take up references, confirm the right to rent, and set out the agreement in writing with the rent, the term, the deposit arrangements and the responsibilities on each side stated plainly. During the tenancy, repairs that fall to the landlord are ours to arrange; you report them to the estates office and we tell you what is happening and roughly when. Inspections are arranged by appointment with proper notice, not sprung on you.

At the end of a term we would ordinarily discuss renewal well before the date, so nobody is left guessing. If you are still searching for space and have yet to take a tenancy with us, write to the estates office describing what you need and for roughly how long.

The letting process

Enquiry: You write in describing the property or the space you are after. We reply saying whether we have something suitable, or whether we are the wrong company for it.
Viewing: Arranged by appointment. Anything known to be wrong with a place is pointed out at the viewing, not discovered afterwards.
References: Identity, right to rent, and the usual affordability and previous-landlord checks. For commercial space, the checks look at the business taking the lease.
Agreement: Terms put in writing and read before signature: rent, term, deposit handling, what each side maintains, and how the agreement ends.
Handover: Condition recorded, meter readings taken, keys issued, and a written note of who to contact about what.
Occupation: Rent collected, repairs arranged, inspections by appointment, renewal discussed ahead of the end of the term.

The estates office

Everything reaches us in writing at one address, and it goes straight to the people who hold the property. Repairs, tenancy questions, enquiries about available space and approaches from owners are all handled from here.

estates@braesidenw.info

If you are reporting a repair, saying which property and which room, and what has actually happened, saves an exchange of letters.

Registered office

Braeside NW Limited
207 Knutsford Road
Grappenhall
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 2QL
United Kingdom