I have a client who rents out a property, instead of going through an agent who charge I think about 12% management fee for managing the property and making sure the client pays each month, my client is doing all of that herself. All the agent does is charge a one off fee for finding a client, and when that client leaves they then do the same again and find her a new one. What she would like to know is can she put in a claim for any amount say 10% for all her troubles as shes had to go to the property quite abit, sort the heating out in the winter and just generall be on hand just incase the client complains about anything (which they do I believe). Also can she claim mileage as she has had alot of trips back and forth, luckily its only a few miles away so we are not talking an awful lot of money. At the beginning she was down there alot decorating,(she has kept all the receipts), its years since I rented out a property, but I seem to recall that when I did it I claimed 10% of the furnitre (mine was furnished), for wear and tear, is this still allowed??
The client doesn't want to use an accountant and he just happy for me to do the bookkeeping and just get the paperwork in order so she can then go on line and file it herself. All she has the property for is abit extra income to help with her pension.
