OXFORD LANDLORDS: 30% MORE INCOME IN 12 MONTHS, OR WE REFUND THE FURNITURE

FOR OXFORD LANDLORDS WITH 3+ PROPERTIES

Holiday Let Management in Oxford, Including Full Airbnb Management

Holiday let management in Oxford should reduce your worry, not add to it. We convert your Oxford buy-to-lets into managed five-star short lets and run the whole operation for you: listings across 35+ channels, pricing, vetted guests, cleaning, linen and maintenance. The mechanism is simple. We earn only when you do, on a 20% management fee with no lock-in and one month's notice. We back the work with three written guarantees, starting with 30% more income in 12 months or we refund the furniture and decoration. You stay the owner. We do the work.
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3,000+

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20% fee

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30 days

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LISTED ACROSS

What full-service Airbnb and holiday let management in Oxford covers

Oxford is one of the strongest short-let markets in England, and most landlords are leaving money in it. Between the University of Oxford, the two big hospitals, year-round tourism and term dates that fill rooms in predictable waves, demand runs across the calendar, not just in summer.
We run the whole operation for you: professional photography, listings, dynamic pricing, changeover cleaning, guest vetting, maintenance and full compliance. One local team, one contract, one monthly statement your accountant can read in 30 seconds.

THE REALITY IN 2026

The numbers most landlords have stopped looking at

Section 24 took the tax relief. The Renters’ Rights Act took the Section 21 notice. Fixed rates taken at 1.8% are rolling off at 5.9%. None of those changes stop a landlord from earning more. They only stop a buy-to-let landlord from earning more.

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.

“Around £4,000 a year per property undercharged on long tenancies. Before a single short-let booking.”

WHAT CHANGES

What changes the day you hand us the keys

30% more income, year one

Measured against your buy-to-let baseline. Miss it and we refund the furniture and decoration in full.

More control of your asset

Daily inspections, signed inventory, a video after every check-out filed to your dashboard.

Use it yourself when you want

Block out any dates on the dashboard. Your property, your call.

Compliance handled

Planning use, Article 4 directions, EPC, gas safety and EICR, all managed for you.

WHY WE EXIST

We have watched too many good Oxford landlords get burned.

We know what it feels like to build a portfolio brick by brick, then watch the rules change underneath it. We started in 2022, after seeing landlords we respect lose control of properties they had looked after for years.
Three years and 3,000-plus guests later, we run properties from studio flats to ten-bedroom houses to a five-star standard for the guest, and a professional standard for the owner. The guarantee below is the proof we put it in writing.

Emerson Tenas

Founder, ERTE Properties

THE PLAN

Three steps. Thirty days. One property at a time.

1

Tell us your postcode.

We pull live short-let data and send a free Holiday Let Report within 24 hours: projected income, cost versus return, and a recommended strategy.
2

We refurbish, furnish and launch.

The 30-day switch: furniture, decoration, photography, compliance, and live across 35+ channels. You make no trips and buy nothing yourself.
3

You watch the income rise.

Twelve months later your income is at least 30% above your buy-to-let baseline. If not, we refund the furniture and decoration in full.

ONE TEAM · ONE CONTRACT · ONE STATEMENT

What our Oxford Airbnb management covers

Everything behind the 20% fee, so you don’t lift a finger.

The 30-Day Turnkey Switch

Staging, furniture, decoration and full compliance paperwork. Live in 30 days.

35-Channel Launch

Photography and listings across Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and 30+ more.

Booking Fill Engine

Dynamic pricing, weekly listing refinement, and a direct booking site.

24/7 Guest Desk

Arrival, recommendations and issue resolution around the clock. You never get the midnight call.

Asset Protection

Hotel-standard changeover cleaning, signed inventory, deposits, guest vetting, post-stay video.

Council-Proof Shield

ID checks, noise monitoring, CCTV, and complaint responses drafted on your behalf.

Airbnb management in Oxford, area by area.

We manage holiday lets across the parts of Oxford that book well and behave differently from one another. Jericho and the city centre draw guests who want to walk to the colleges, the Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera and the restaurants, and they carry the highest nightly rates. Summertown on the Banbury Road suits families and visiting academics who want quiet streets and easy access north. Headington serves the John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals plus Oxford Brookes, with steady year-round demand from medical and academic visitors. Cowley Road and east Oxford attract a younger, value-led guest, while Iffley and the riverside areas suit longer, calmer stays. We price and position each property for the guest its postcode actually attracts.
Oxford does not run short of reasons to visit. The city drew 547,000 international visitors in 2024 and the University of Oxford colleges gardens, libraries and museums recorded over 3.8 million visits in 2025. The Ashmolean Museum alone passed one million, and the Bodleian, the Radcliffe Camera and the colleges pull steady footfall through the year. Term dates, matriculation and graduation fill rooms in fixed, predictable waves, and they are joined by parents touring with applicants, visiting academics on short fellowships, and families attached to the two big hospitals. We build your calendar around these named demand windows rather than hoping bookings arrive.

Compliance in Oxford: Oxford is one of the stricter councils in England for short lets, so getting the compliance right matters. There is no Oxford-specific licence, and entire-home short lets now fall under the C5 use class introduced across England in January 2025. Oxford City Council treats letting a whole home for more than 140 nights a year as a material change of use that needs planning permission, it has enforced this against properties, and it has defended those decisions on appeal. Letting for 140 days or more also moves a property onto business rates. We assess each property against these thresholds before you commit, and we run it inside the rules.

Areas: Reading, London, Bristol, Slough, Windsor. See all the places we cover on our areas we cover page.

Serviced accommodation & short lets in Oxford

We also run serviced accommodation and short lets for corporate, academic and relocation guests, the bookings that want a fully managed flat or house rather than a hotel. Each property is listed, priced and cleaned to a five-star standard across 35+ channels.

THE HONEST QUESTION

"But will this work for my property?"

01

Due diligence before we accept.

We pull local short-let data for your postcode and tell you honestly if the maths works. If it does not, we say so in writing.

02

Furniture we've already tested.

Across 3,000+ guests we know what converts to five-star reviews. We do not experiment with your money.

03

The financial risk in writing.

Miss the 30% uplift in 12 months and we refund the furniture and decoration. In your signed contract.
ERTE · Case Study 01 · Azim Malik
Case Study 01 · Live Results

How Azim Switched a 5 Bed From Long Let to Booked Solid Through August

5 bedroom property. Long term let to serviced accommodation in under 30 days. Calendar filling 4 months ahead on real, paying nights.

Before · After
From tired long term let to guest-ready home
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AM
Azim Malik
5 Bed Property Owner
★★★★★

"We Have a 5 Bed Property"

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.

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What we did for Azim

A fragile portfolio, made bookable in 30 days

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.

His live booking calendar

Don't trust us. Look at the calendar.

Live Airbnb booking calendar pulled straight from Azim's listing. Every filled day is a confirmed, paying guest. No staged screenshots, no cherry picking.

Live Now
90%+
Average Occupancy
4+
Months Booked Ahead
5★
Average Guest Rating
ERTE · Case Study 02 · Saima Iqbal
Case Study 02 · Portfolio Owner

How Saima Runs 9 Properties Without Lifting a Phone

9 property portfolio in Reading, including a fully compliant HMO. One point of contact. Council compliance handled. Transparent costs on every job.

Inside the Portfolio
One of Saima's 9 managed properties
Fully compliant. Fully managed. Fully transparent.
One of Saima's 9 managed properties
SI
Saima Iqbal
9 Properties + HMO Owner
★★★★★

"Excellent Maintenance and Dealings"

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.

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What we did for Saima

A full portfolio under one roof, zero compliance stress

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.

What guests and tenants are saying

Real reviews across her portfolio.

Live reviews pulled across Saima's properties. Same standard maintained whether it's an HMO room or a long-stay let.

Live Now
9
Properties Managed
100%
Council Compliant
5★
Owner Rating
ERTE · Case Study 03 · ADI Ltd
Case Study 03 · 10 Bed House

A 10 Bedroom House Run Like a Boutique Hotel

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.

Inside the Property
10 bedrooms. Professionally staged. Listed everywhere.
Photographed for booking platforms and direct guests
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ADI Ltd
10 Bedroom House Owner
★★★★★

"Literally the Best Out There"

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.

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What we did for ADI Ltd

Owner-grade management, on a property that punishes shortcuts

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.

His live booking calendar

10 bedrooms. Filling up months ahead.

Live Airbnb calendar from the listing. Every filled night is a confirmed paying guest. Big properties book differently. This one books consistently.

Live Now
5★
Trustpilot Rating
24/7
Owner Support
100%
Hands-Off Management

TWO WRITTEN GUARANTEES

The risk is on our side of the line

30%+

REVENUE GUARANTEE

Earn 30% more in twelve months, or we refund your furniture and decoration in full. Measured against your buy-to-let baseline.

30 days

WORKS GUARANTEE

Live and earning within 30 days, or the refurbishment is on us. Furniture, decoration, photography and compliance, finished and let inside the 30-day switch.

4★

RATING GUARANTEE

If your rating slips below four stars, our fee stops. We work for free until it's back above 4.5. If we don't run it well, we don't get paid.

Airbnb management fees, and what you pay

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.

TWELVE MONTHS FROM TODAY

Twelve months from now, your Oxford portfolio could run without you

You have a local team running the property daily. The income is higher, conservatively 30% above your buy-to-let baseline, arriving every month with a statement your accountant reads in 30 seconds.
You haven’t been to the property, answered a guest message, or bought a curtain. You are no longer waiting on the next Renters’ Rights amendment or chasing arrears. The asset is back under your control, in better condition than it has been in years. That is a contract, not a promise.

ERTE Property Management's frequently asked questions

Holiday let and Airbnb management in Oxford

Often, yes. Oxford City Council treats letting an entire home for more than 140 nights a year as a material change of use requiring planning permission, and it has enforced this and defended it on appeal. There is no separate Oxford licence, and entire-home short lets now sit in the C5 use class brought in across England in January 2025. We assess each property against the 140-night threshold 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 city, including Jericho, the city centre, Summertown, Headington, Cowley Road and east Oxford, and the riverside areas around Iffley. Each area attracts a different guest, from college visitors and tourists in the centre to hospital and academic stays in Headington. 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 aren't 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.

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