Landlord Fees
This page provides details of fees for landlords.
Advertise Only Service
- Fee - £90 (£108 including VAT).
Service includes sending property details to prospective tenants in tenants database, advertising the property on our website and on a property portal, placing external ‘To Let’ board outside the property (catchment area only) and providing applicants with contact details for viewings.
Let Only Silver Service
- Set-up Fee - 60% of first month's rental income + VAT (72% including VAT) subject to a minimum of £590 (£708 including VAT).
The fee is payable upon the signing by the tenant of the Tenancy Agreement, and will be deducted from the monies received as advance rental payment.
Full Management Gold Service
- Set-up Fee - Tenant Reference - £30 per applicant (£36 including VAT).
- Property Management Fee - 10% of rental income received (12% including VAT). Reduced to 9% of rental income received (10.8% including VAT) for landlords or their immediate family using any of our Full Management services to manage more than one property.
Full Management Platinum Service
- Set-up Fee - No Fee
- Property Management Fee - 13% of rental income received (15.6% including VAT). Reduced to 12% of rental income received (14.4% including VAT) for landlords or their immediate family using any of our Full Management services to manage more than one property.
Full Management Lite Service
- Set-up Fee - £250 per tenancy (£300 including VAT).
- Property Management Fee - 9% of rental income received (10.8% including VAT). Reduced to 8% of rental income received (9.6% including VAT) for landlords or their immediate family using any of our Full Management services to manage more than one property.
- Carry out periodic or special inspection - £25 each inspection (£30 including VAT).
- Arrange repairs and maintenance and receive and arrange payment of contractor’s invoices for invoices over £250 including VAT - 10% of the net invoice (12% including VAT).
- Change tenancy agreement - £50 each change (£60 including VAT).
- Renew tenancy agreement (same tenant, landlord, property or substantially same property) - £50 each renewal (£60 including VAT).
- Provide annual financial statement - £85 each annual financial statement (£102 including VAT).
- Serve section 8 or section 13 or section 21 notice - £75 each notice (£90 including VAT).
Other Fees and Charges
Additional Work as Required
- Professional Fees - £42.20 per hour (£50.64 including. VAT). The fee covers any work additional to that covered by standard services (Let Only Silver, Full Management Gold, Full Management Platinum, Full Management Lite) the client has formally agreed to.
- Mail Redirection - £20 + postage + packing each time regardless of number of letters (£24 including VAT).
- Duplication of keys - charged at cost.
- Overseas telephone calls - charged at cost.
Third-Party Services as Required
- Energy Assessment (Energy Performance Certificate - EPC) - £70. The fee covers the cost of an accredited Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA).
- Gas Safety Check (incl. complete boiler service) - £85 (including VAT). The fee covers the cost of a Gas Safe registered engineer.
- Legionella Risk Assessment - £100. The fee covers the cost of a Legionella risk assessor.
- Electrical Installation Inspection and Testing (Electrical Installation Condition Report - EICR) - £ dependent on the complexity of the installation and time consumed inspecting and testing – up to £60 per hour (including VAT) for the first hour and £42 per hour (including VAT) thereafter. As a guide only, for up to and including 8 circuits cost would be minimum £180 (including VAT). Inspection and testing of electrical equipment and visual check of electrical installation (Visual Condition Report) at hourly rates.
- Inventory and Schedule of Condition Report (written and photographic) - See table below for guideline fees. The fee covers the cost of a professional inventory clerk and includes VAT. We request that clients ask for a quotation on large or unusual properties that fall outside standard specification to ensure pricing transparency.
Unfurnished |
Furnished |
1 Bedroom | |
£75-£78 | £96 |
2 Bedrooms |
|
£86-£96 | £108-£135 |
3 Bedrooms |
|
£102-£107 | £120-£155 |
4 Bedrooms |
|
£126-£140 | £150-£177 |
5 Bedrooms | |
£138=£171 | £174-£235 |
Where applicable additional charges may apply for en-suite bathrooms, conservatories, utility rooms, weekend appointments, use of a paid car park, paper copies of report sent via post, copies of original photographs on a DVD, larger than average rooms (containing lots of items), furnished holiday lets – please contact us for a bespoke quotation if required.
- Check-Out Report
Unfurnished |
Furnished |
1 Bedroom | |
£60-£65 |
£72-£80 |
2 Bedrooms | |
£66-£75 |
£78-£102 |
3 Bedrooms |
|
£78-£86 |
£90-£123 |
4 Bedrooms |
|
£84-£112 |
£96-£135 |
5 Bedrooms | |
£90-£118 |
£102-£171 |