How Bidwells found a supplier that "seemed to offer everything" it wanted

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May 1 2026 - Renters' Rights Act Commencement Day

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Serve any final Section 21 notices

Stop accepting above-asking rent offers

Prepare for the rental bidding ban

Remove “No DSS” from adverts

Remove “No Children” from listings

Show one clear rent price

Stop using fixed-term agreements

Switch to periodic tenancy templates

Check which tenancies go periodic

Stop taking rent before signing

Take no more than one month’s rent

Move all evictions to Section 8

Train staff on new notice rules

Create Section 13 process flow

Add two months to rent reviews

File court claims for Section 21s

Update landlord move-in grounds

Update landlord selling grounds

Send the RRA Information Sheet

Create written terms where missing

Update How to Rent processes

Review tenant screening questions

Update pet request processes

Stop backdating rent increases

Discuss rent protection backbooks

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"We're becoming a nation of renters now," says Alex Bloxham, Partner and Head of Residential Lettings at Bidwells. "It's about having that flexibility and movement. We are finding that more and more people aren't really perceiving it as a necessity to get on the housing ladder anymore."

Bidwells is a property consultants which offers solutions across the lettings spectrum, ensuring its customers receive a complete service. "You've got a potential buyer, looking to buy some land and develop on it and we can offer a complete turn-key service, to then build and plan," says Alex. "We can then sell the new homes. And from there we can go on to rent them."

Goodlord offers a straightforward system for us to use and it's been really well received by our tenants.

Alex Bloxham

Bidwells

A straightforward system

With this all-encompassing service and the growth in demand from tenants, finding ways to be efficient and offer customers the best experience, such as with Goodlord for lettings, is key. "The simple nature of the Goodlord platform means that a tenant can just log on on their phone or tablet, and deal with everything remotely," says Alex. "From the referencing to the tenancy agreements, to the payments of the rent and the deposit, to the renewals, it's a really straightforward system for us to use and it's been really well received by our tenants.

"We've been using Goodlord for a couple of years now. I think we were one of the first few companies that joined initially, and we're delighted to have done so. There were a few other companies out there but Goodlord just seemed to offer everything that we wanted. And it helps a lot as well to have good people to take care of your account."

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