Landlords who watched Andy Murray claim his second men’s singles title at Wimbledon risk missing out on seeing Team GB’s bid to win a record 48 Olympic medals at Rio 2016. The medal target for the likes of Jess Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford has been set by UK Sport and – if achieved – would make Rio 2016 Britain’s most successful Olympics on foreign soil.
Before the Olympics opening ceremony takes place at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 5 August, there are two sporting spectaculars coming to our TV screens.
The German Grand Prix takes place at Hockenheim on Sunday 31 July when current F1 champion Lewis Hamilton will continue his battle with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to finish top of this year’s drivers’ championship.
Three days later the third Test match between England and Pakistan gets underway in Birmingham.
Silver lining 
A landlord’s worst fear is void periods. But there is a silver lining for sports fans if the period your rental property remains empty extends to the first week of September.
Before the closing ceremony of the Olympics on 21 August, a glorious summer of sport continues with the start of the Premier League season when current champions Leicester City travel to newly-promoted Hull City for a fixture that starts at 12.30 on 13 August.
And Grand Slam tennis returns to our TV screens from 29 August when Novak Djokovic will be defending his US title at Flushing Meadow in New York.
We acknowledge that not every landlord spends their free time glued to the TV watching sport. This was made clear by the fact the peak audience for Sky Sports’ Open golf coverage earlier this month was just 267,000 viewers.
Even if televised sport leaves you reaching for the remote control, there are far better ways for a landlord to spend their free time than dealing with tenant issues.
Tenants can raise issues about a property with a landlord at any time of the day or night, from lost keys to flooded bathrooms and requests to redecorate.
New data from the National Landlords Association also reveals that 33% of rental home owners in London have had to deal with abandoned properties.
The NLA warns that if a property is abandoned before the end of a tenancy agreement, the tenant retains the legal right to return at any time – even if they are in arrears.
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You do not need to provide an insurance policy because we underwrite our guarantee in-house.
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