"I am a landlady with many properties and have dealt with Pace for about 10 years. Marcus is very friendly, honest, efficient and helpful and has made my letting experience extremely easy always finding me suitable tenants. I have nothing but praise for Marcus who has been with Pace many years.
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Welcome to Pace Properties, Southend on Sea
Pace is an estate agent & letting agent for tenants & landlords in Southend on Sea, Leigh on Sea, Shoeburyness, Rochford and Westcliff. We also provide a range of effective and reliable services for leaseholders and freeholders such as block management in the South East.
We are professional, ARLA & NAEA licensed property specialists. We pride ourselves in providing standards of individual care and service you will find second to none - in all aspects of property management, residential block management, sales, lettings and investment properties.
As a family-run firm of estate agents, letting agents and property management specialists we are able to offer a flexible, personalised service to customers across Southend-on-Sea, Thorpe Bay, Shoebury and Westcliff. Our staff are highly trained, industry qualified and here to assist you every step of the way - a reflection, we believe, of why so many people trust in Pace.
We stay ahead of the field by combining traditional values such as honesty, fairness and respect, with the very latest training and technologies to deliver a cutting edge service.
In the news...
Council Tax payable by Landlords under new Labour plans
Tenants would no longer have to pay council tax under plans being considered by the Labour Party. The charge would be replaced with a new “progressive property tax” set nationally instead of by local councils and paid for by landlords instead of tenants.
Owners of second homes, empty homes and those owned by people not resident in the UK for tax purposes would have to pay the new tax at a “significantly” higher rate.
Should you be buying or selling investment properties
A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year, according to recently published research. Of almost 2,500 landlords who responded to a survey carried out by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), just over 25 per cent said that they were planning to sell at least one property over the next year, the highest proportion since the RLA started asking this question regularly in 2016.
Holding Deposits
It has always been our company policy to take one month’s rent to protect the landlord’s position during the referencing process. Unfortunately, this has now become illegal. However, we are able take 7 days money on your behalf. We can hold this sum for a maximum of 15 days while referencing progresses.
Mary R
After renovating a block of 21 flats to place into our rental portfolio we instructed PACE and gave them two weeks to let all the units on a sole agency basis. They marketed the flats for a week and conducted a strict open house event on the following Sunday for 4 hours. Within this slot 15 flats were let with the remainder let the following week.
The Director of Runwood Homes
As a landlord with multiple HMO properties, I have employed the services of PACE for a number of years now as they ensure I have my required specification of tenant placed in all my rooms. I only let rooms to employed applicants and very much favour their opening hours as this attracts and accommodates the right people.
Johnathon Simons HMO Landlord
Sara is my dedicated property manager and has been for some time. I have always found Sara to be a very professional member of staff. Sara always keeps me informed and provides regular visit reports, which is important for any landlord. Sara deals with any problem that befalls her, contacting me if she needs to. Sara will discuss any problem and invariably come to a solution.
Raymond Durrant – multi property landlord
The staff are always friendly and helpful, my special thanks to Sara, we have built a very special rapport and I feel very comfortable phoning if I need anything. I feel very happy that I have one person to deal with all of my issues.
Evelin Jenkins - Tenant
We cannot stress how much we appreciate having a dedicated property manager for our properties. We live 350 miles away and also spend a great deal of the winter out of the country. To be able to phone our manager who understands our properties and how we operate is for us complete peace of mind.
Peter and Maureen Mason – Multi property landlords
I was extremely thankful I chose PACE to conduct the sale of my property and extremely grateful to Sue Mellor who worked very hard to ensure a smooth transaction. She was most knowledgeable and professional throughout, always reachable and approachable. She was able to answer all the questions I posed.
Yvonne White
I've recently purchased a property with the help of Pace. I found the staff extremely helpful and friendly. My first contact was Katie, she showed me around the property and liaised with the vendor. After, I dealt mostly with Sue Mellor. She was very knowledgeable and helpful. She kept me informed throughout the process and was the first to congratulate me on completion.
Roni Miller
I just thought I'd drop you a line about Adele Moore who is managing my flat. Adele is doing a great job and is a credit to Pace. She has done, and continues to do, exactly what she says she will do and as a customer that is exactly what I want. Adele doesn't take things at face value and investigates things when she needs to, again a thing that clients will prize.
Tony Mihill - Landlord
Thank you to the team at PACE for firstly providing excellent property management services over many years and secondly for helping me to sell my property recently.
All your hard work has been very much appreciated. Special mentions to Sara, Amy, Sue and Billy for their friendly and professional service!
Charlotte, (Property Management & Seller)
