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A typical 3-bed in the South East with a long-term tenant is undercharged by roughly £4,000 a year. Across a three-property portfolio, around £12,000 a year. It never shows up in any report, and when the tenant finally leaves, you still get the void.
Measured against your buy-to-let baseline. Miss it and we refund the furniture and decoration in full.
Daily inspections, signed inventory, a video after every check-out filed to your dashboard.
Block out any dates on the dashboard. Your property, your call.
Planning use, Article 4 directions, EPC, gas safety and EICR, all managed for you.
Founder, ERTE Properties
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Staging, furniture, decoration and full compliance paperwork. Live in 30 days.
Photography and listings across Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and 30+ more.
Dynamic pricing, weekly listing refinement, and a direct booking site.
Arrival, recommendations and issue resolution around the clock. You never get the midnight call.
Hotel-standard changeover cleaning, signed inventory, deposits, guest vetting, post-stay video.
ID checks, noise monitoring, CCTV, and complaint responses drafted on your behalf.
5 bedroom property. Long term let to serviced accommodation in under 30 days. Calendar filling 4 months ahead on real, paying nights.
Emerson helped us transition from a long term to a short term rental. We were anxious about the new laws on no fault evictions. The property is booking till July August already.
Azim had a five bed sitting under a long term let. With the Renters' Rights Bill and the end of no-fault evictions rewriting the rules underneath him, the whole portfolio felt fragile. We switched the property to serviced accommodation in under 30 days. Furnished and photographed it to a 5-star standard, listed it across 35+ booking platforms, and built a live calendar he can see for himself. He's now booked through July and August on real, paying nights.
9 property portfolio in Reading, including a fully compliant HMO. One point of contact. Council compliance handled. Transparent costs on every job.
Emerson has been managing 9 properties including an HMO property with complete compliance of the Reading Borough Council rules and regulations and liaising with them perfectly. He does all the maintenance work in the most economical ways and is fully transparent with all costs.
Saima runs a 9 property portfolio in Reading, including an HMO. The Borough Council compliance load alone, the inspections, the licensing, the regulation, was eating into her time and her margin. We took the whole portfolio onto our books. Every property now runs through one point of contact, with full Borough Council compliance, maintenance handled the most economical way, and a transparent cost breakdown on every job. She gets the income. We handle everything else.
ADI Ltd handed over a 10 bedroom property. We took it on the way an owner would, not a third party. The booking calendar tells the rest.
Emerson is the best at what he does, and not only does he provide honest feedback, he delivers on his promises. He provides a bespoke and tailored experience from the very start, and takes on the management role from an owner's perspective rather than a third party. You feel like he never sleeps, always on hand with any queries, along with making analytical recommendations which sets him apart from all competition.
A 10 bedroom house is a different animal. Get it wrong and it sits empty, gets damaged, or eats your margin in cleaning bills. We took it on the way we'd take on our own. That means honest feedback when something isn't working, analytical recommendations backed by booking data, and a hands-on approach the average letting agent simply can't match. The owner doesn't lift a phone. The property runs like a boutique hotel.
Our management fee is a flat 20% of booking revenue, with no lock-in and one month’s notice. No setup fee, no markup on maintenance, no surprises. Furniture and decoration are quoted upfront and shown in your report before you commit.
Most competitors charge a similar fee for a clean, a listing and a monthly invoice. The 20% here covers the full scope above, plus three written guarantees.
Possibly, but the position here is less strict than some councils. Cherwell District does not currently apply a blanket Article 4 direction on short lets, but entire-home short lets now sit in the C5 use class brought in across England in January 2025. Letting a whole home for more than 140 nights a year can amount to a material change of use requiring planning permission depending on frequency and scale. We assess each property against these thresholds before you commit and manage it within the rules.
Most charge a percentage of the rent. Our fee is 20% of income, with no lock-in contract and one month's notice. We earn only when you do. We also give you three written guarantees, including 30% more income in 12 months or we refund the furniture and decoration, plus a 4-Star Fee Guarantee. There are no setup fees hidden in the small print.
We manage across the town, including the town centre, Castle Quay, Grimsbury, Neithrop, Hardwick and Ruscote, as well as surrounding villages within the Cherwell area. Each area attracts a different guest, from business travellers and contractors in Grimsbury to leisure guests using Ruscote and the outer edges as a base for the Cotswolds. We price and position each property for the demand its postcode actually draws, and we switch a property over in 30 days.
Costs fall into three buckets: property overheads (mortgage, insurance, utilities), booking costs (channel commission, payment fees, our 20% management fee) and guest-ready costs (cleaning, linen, consumables). In practice the booking and guest-ready costs are built into the nightly rate and cleaning fee, so they are not unexpected. Your free report breaks down the numbers for your specific property.
A standard buy-to-let policy will not cover short-term lettings. You need specialist holiday let insurance covering public liability, contents and loss of income. We point you to the right cover and hold a deposit on every booking as a further layer of protection.
Holiday lets need a fire risk assessment, interlinked smoke and heat alarms, fire-safe furnishings and clear escape routes. We arrange the assessment and the certificates as part of the 30-day switch, so the property is compliant before the first guest arrives.
