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A long lease direct with RPR.
Five-year initial term as standard, signed direct with RPR. No agent in the middle, no string of short tenancies.
5-year initial term
The proposition
If a row of this doesn’t fit your property or your plans, we’ll say so. A clean no is more useful than a slow maybe.
Five-year initial term as standard, signed direct with RPR. No agent in the middle, no string of short tenancies.
A fixed monthly rent, agreed before signing, paid on the same day of the month for the life of the lease. Voids are ours, not yours.
Statutory compliance, planned maintenance and reactive repairs are our problem. Your annual involvement is a single phone call to review the property.
Where the home needs work to meet the supported-living standard, we'll invest in agreed improvements as part of the deal. Documented, costed, and discussed first.
What suits
If your property sits at the edge of these, send it anyway. We’ll either say yes or explain plainly why not.
How it works
Five steps. Typically four to six weeks from initial enquiry to lease signing, subject to solicitor pace on your side.
Send us the postcode, the property type, the number of bedrooms, and the rent you have in mind. A few sentences is plenty.
We come back the same working day with whether the property looks like a fit, and if so what we'd need to see next.
A member of the team visits the property to look at condition, layout, and suitability for supported-living use.
You get an honest read on the property's strengths and any works we'd want done before signing. No costs, no commitment at this stage.
A short written proposal: the rent we'll pay, the term, any agreed property improvements, and the conditions on the lease.
Reviewed in person if helpful, or sent through to your solicitor. Everything important is on one or two pages.
Solicitors instructed on both sides. The lease uses a standard template suited to supported-living use, with edits as required.
Most landlord-side reviews are completed inside two weeks. We hold the date open while you take advice.
Lease signed; keys, alarm codes, and any agreed schedule of works move to RPR. First rent paid on the agreed date.
You step away from day-to-day management. We file the property compliance certificates and your single annual review point is in the calendar.
Side by side
One column isn’t right for every property; the other isn’t right for every landlord. Read the rows that matter most to you and decide which side you’d rather be on.
Questions landlords ask
The questions below are the ones we get most often. If yours isn't here, send it; we'll answer the same working day.
Five years as standard, with break options agreed up front. We can discuss shorter or longer terms where it makes sense, but the model is designed around a long, stable lease.
Rent is fixed for the initial term. A review point is agreed in the lease, typically at the end of year three or year five, usually tied to a published index, capped and collared so neither side gets a surprise. Reviews are written into the lease, not negotiated annually.
Rent, statutory compliance, day-to-day maintenance and reactive repairs sit with RPR for the lease term.
Buildings insurance, ground rent or service charge (where applicable), and any structural works generally stay with the landlord. Exact split is set out in the proposal before signing; nothing carries an asterisk.
Returned in the condition it was handed over, allowing for fair wear and tear, and inclusive of any agreed improvements RPR has made. We document the condition at the start and the end with photographs and a written schedule.
No tenancy deposit, because RPR is the tenant on a commercial lease, not an individual on an assured periodic tenancy. Some lease structures include a rent deposit or guarantor arrangement; we'll discuss what fits the deal in the proposal.
Yes. The lease moves with the property; a new owner steps into the same arrangement. We'll cooperate with conveyancing and provide whatever information your solicitor needs. Many landlords find the long lease makes the property easier to sell, not harder.
RPR. All statutory compliance is held by us during the lease, dated and current. We can share the pack with you on request; most landlords prefer to leave it filed with us and pick it up at end of term.
We discuss renewal in good time, typically 9–12 months before the end of the term.
If renewing isn't right for you, the property is returned in agreed condition with the compliance pack handed back. If you'd prefer to extend, we'll agree the next term on similar lines.