Could you find out for me a few of the best property managers in
london that can take care of managing a flat including the following
things: finding renters, taking care of collecting the rent and
expelling or dealing with none payers (if possible guaranteeing this)
as well as dealing with any repair issues necessary?

What we really want is to be able to purchase the flat and then forget
about anything to do with it, other than keeping in touch with the
managers and collecting our share of the rent. I hope it's not too
difficult.

Hi goodinquirer,

I am a London resident and although I have never personally had a
property to let, I have used some of the following property management
companies when searching for a property to rent. All of these
companies are well-known, reputable and have a long history in London.
They will take care of the entire letting process.

Foxtons
http://www.foxtons.co.uk/landlord/landlords_process.html

Savills
http://www.savills.co.uk/Residential/content.asp?subcategory=(Residential)%20Sales,%20Acquisitions%20and%20Lettings%20-%20Let

Knight Frank
http://www.knightfrank.com/Webui/uk/residential/other/rentProperty/

Douglas and Gordon
http://www.douglasandgordon.com/dng/pns/cpage/4/38/2

Hamptons
http://www.hamptons.co.uk/

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I hope the above information answers your question. If you require any
further clarification please do not hesitate to ask.

Regards,
lotd

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Request for Answer Clarification by goodinquirer-ga on 14 Nov 2005 19:43 PST

I just saw I was your first four star, and I didn't mean to be!! I
would like to change that, if possible, but if I cannot my appologies.
You did help me a lot and I guess I was taught never to give full
praise to leave space for improvement. But I didn't know you had a
clean record!

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Clarification of Answer by lotd-ga on 15 Nov 2005 06:25 PST

Hi goodinquirer,

Thanks for your message. Don't worry about it, I think your rating and
comment were fair. Unfortunately, it is not possible to revise the
rating. Thanks for using Google Answers.

Regards,
lotd

It was beyond adequate, though short of superb. Thank you!

If you really want to be able to forget about it, expect to have to
pay a premium rate to the agent.  I speak from experience - letting
even a nice new property with no delinquent tenants was a lot of
hassle.  You may also find you need an agent reasonably local to where
your flat is.  Try searching for "letting agents" on yell.com