[Skip to content]

Sheffield - where everyone matters
You are here: Home » Housing & Neighbourhoods » Housing » Private Sector Housing Services » Private Rented » Landlords for Excellence

Landlords For Excellence Programme

 
This course is run in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University. This extremely successful training programme is available, free of charge, to all landlords currently owning and renting property in the Sheffield Council Tax area. 
 
 
 

Who is it for?

 
The course content is pitched at residential landlords already having experience in the private rented market, who want to hone their skills to be successful, professional and keep up to date in their business. It is suitable for landlords with any number of properties, but at least one property must be in the Sheffield Council Tax area.
 
We regret to say that the course is not suitable for someone who has no experience of private renting as a landlord, nor to someone who does not let residential property, for example, if your sole rental area is purpose built halls of residence.
 

What does it cover?

 
Some of the subjects covered include:
 
  • Managing the property
  • Marketing techniques
  • Risk assessments
  • Planning and development
  • Tenancy agreements
  • Managing tenants
 
Satisfactory completion of the programme leads to achieving the Landlords for Excellence Mark. This will be used by various agencies when promoting the properties.
 

When is it?

 
The next course we are running will be in September 2010, with the following course to be held in January 2011. If you would like to put your name down for either course, please call or email us (see ‘Contact us’ below).
  
 
The courses run one evening a week, on a Tuesday, 6.00pm to 8.30pm for a 10 week period. They are run from the city centre campus of Sheffield Hallam University.            
 

Comments from attendees

 
Some comments Landlords have made from the recent course have been:
 
"Enjoyable and definitely worthwhile - will recommend to others."
 
"Hugely educational. Very informative and brought together many aspects of running my business. Very glad to have been part of it and would recommend to others."
 
"Good sessions, enlightening, most of it in a common sense informal way"
 
"I would thoroughly recommend this course"
 
"Superb"
 
"Really, really enjoyed it. Recommended it already to colleagues, learned an awful lot as a new landlord, things I hadn't even thought about."
 
"Excellent programme.  The tutors are experienced and knowledgeable in their areas and very realistic in their approach.  My concerns had been that the course may be too academic"
 

Contact us

 
For further details please contact us on:
 
Tel: 0114 273 5134
 
or email us at rls@sheffield.gov.uk
 
or write to us:
 
Landlords for Excellence Programme
Private Sector Housing
3rd Floor Howden House
1 Union Street
Sheffield
S1 2SH