Author Archives: Sue Brennan

We are giving our teams a break during the festive period. Below are our opening hours for each department: Sales & Lettings OPEN on Christmas Eve 9am – 12pm CLOSED from Christmas Day until 3rd January 2022 Back open on Tuesday 4th January 2022 Property Management Tenants wanting to report an emergency repairs over the […]

A Positive Outlook for the Lettings Market Our team at Philip James Lettings in Manchester are leading the way, having lets agreed on 414 properties in the last 11 weeks. We have let more than double our closest competitor, which is a huge achievement. Data source: Rightmove, based on on lets agreed by Greater Manchester […]

A lot of landlords are not aware that in Manchester planning is required to rent out a property to more than two tenants (three or more separate households/tenants). This because the Council has used a legal process called an Article 4 Direction which means that development, which in other places would not usually need planning permission, […]

There are good returns still to be had by buying apartments in established buildings! The skyline of Manchester City Centre has changed dramatically over the past 10 years with buildings going up on every spare bit of land. A huge increase of Build to Rent (a new residential concept in the UK encompassing residential developments […]

We have recently launched a specialist investor club, where we work to place off market properties with investors. Below are just some of the benefits: You will have access to properties before they go on the open market. We have five sales departments across Manchester City Centre, Didsbury, Heaton Moor, Reddish and Denton as well as a […]

As we prepare to launch our student lettings for the academic year 2022-2023 we anticipate a rush of students looking to find accommodation. With universities welcoming students back to lectures more and more, student life is returning back to normal. Last year Philip James managed to let 100% of our student portfolio and were the […]