Thermostats for HMOs in Chester
Controlling the heating in your HMOs is an important balance between tenant comfort and sound financial management.
Two brands of thermostatic controls have emerged as the preferred choices for most landlords:
Time-O-Stat
With TIME:O:STAT, landlords will no longer find the heating on full blast, while the tenants are not home. Tenants can easily turn on the heating by adding time to the countdown boost timer. When the timer runs out the heating turns off. This means tenants do not need to remember to turn off the heating and the landlord is not paying to heat an empty property.
These thermostats are perfect for landlords with one HMO or several. Battery-powered, they are the simplest way of managing your heating bills.
Inspire
The settings can be altered remotely by the account holder only, preventing tampering with the heating times. A convenient “Boost” feature is available for tenants to get heating outside the usual heating times.
Installation of the Ignite range is similar to that of a standard Programmer or Thermostat. An electrician/plumber/heating engineer confident in installing heating controls should have no problems installing the Ignite Thermostat.
More suited to landlords with multiple HMOs and who like data. Multiple properties can be controlled and monitored from a web or app-based portal, with the ability to micro-manage the whole system. A more technical option, this Inspire thermostat does need professional installation and set-up.
www.inspirehomeautomation.co.uk
For more information about managing your HMO in Chester, contact the team at Crown Rentals
