Letting Only
Letting Only
Letting only
Letting only, also called tenant find, in Stockport and Manchester
We market your property, find the tenant, reference them properly, prepare the paperwork and hand you the file. From the first day of the tenancy, the property is yours to manage.
It’s the right choice for a particular kind of landlord: local, hands-on, confident with the rules, and either already managing other properties or genuinely enjoying it. If that’s you, a full management fee makes no sense, and we won’t pretend otherwise.
What is included
Tenant secured, paperwork sorted, so you can take it from day one with total confidence. Here’s what that includes.
- A realistic rental valuation, with the reasoning behind it
- Photography, floor plan and advert. Ask about our enhanced marketing packages
- Accompanied viewings, including evenings and weekends
- Full referencing: affordability, employment, previous landlord and credit checks
- Right to Rent checks, carried out and documented
- A compliant tenancy agreement
- Collection of the first month’s rent and the deposit, passed to you
- A full handover file: references, certificates and signed paperwork
What stays with you
Everything after move-in day. We’d rather be straight with you now than have you find out at 6pm on a Friday.
- Registering the deposit in an approved scheme within 30 days, and serving the prescribed information
- Rent collection, monthly reconciliation and chasing arrears
- All repairs and maintenance, including out-of-hours emergencies
- Routine inspections and the written records that go with them
- Keeping gas, electrical, EPC and alarm compliance current, and diarising every expiry
- Responding to damp, mould and hazard reports promptly, and within Awaab’s Law timescales once they apply to private lets
- Serving notice correctly, and any possession proceedings
- Registering on the national landlord database (North West deadline 14 August 2027) and joining the landlord ombudsman when it launches
- Deposit deductions, evidence and disputes at the end of the tenancy
Be honest with yourself about the paperwork
Most landlords who self-manage are good at it. The bit that catches people out isn’t the boiler, it’s the diary. A gas certificate that lapsed by a fortnight, prescribed information served a day late, a deposit registered on day 31. Any one of those can cost you the ability to regain possession, and some carry fines that dwarf a year of management fees.
If anything on that list made you wince, give us a ring. We’ll read your paperwork and tell you where you stand, free of charge.
Moving up later
Plenty of landlords start with letting only and switch to fully managed later, often the first time a tenancy gets complicated. You can switch at any time. If you started with us, we already know the property and the tenant, so there’s nothing to unpick. Easy.
What it costs
£780 including VAT, taken from the move-in money, plus referencing at £60 including VAT per tenant. No ongoing charge, and no fee for a tenancy we did not arrange. Every fee is listed on our fees page.
FAQs
Letting only: FAQs
Who protects the deposit on a letting only tenancy?
You do, as the landlord, within 30 days of receiving it, with the prescribed information served on the tenant in the same window. We pass the deposit to you with everything you need. If you would rather we registered it for you, we can, for £60 including VAT.
What paperwork must my tenant receive at the start?
At minimum: the gas safety certificate, the electrical safety report (EICR), the EPC, the deposit prescribed information, and the government information that tenants must now be given about their rights. Miss one and it can affect your ability to regain possession later.
We prepare and serve the start-of-tenancy paperwork with you, and put copies of everything in your handover file.
Can you help with a single job later, like a rent review or a notice?
Yes. You do not need to switch to fully managed for a one-off. We can serve a Section 13 rent increase with a supporting valuation (£204 including VAT) or a Section 8 notice (£174 including VAT), and every other one-off service is priced on our fees page.
What if the tenant you find stops paying?
We reference every applicant thoroughly, but no check can guarantee the future. On letting only, chasing arrears and any possession claim are yours to manage. Rent guarantee insurance, which we can arrange before the tenancy starts, is the simplest protection.
Do I need landlord insurance?
It is not a legal requirement, but your standard home insurance almost certainly will not cover a let property, and your mortgage lender will usually insist on proper cover. Look for buildings, landlord’s liability and, if it is furnished, contents. Loss of rent and legal expenses cover are worth considering too.
Get in touch
We’ll come round, give you a figure with the reasoning behind it, and tell you what we’d do differently. No fee, no obligation.
Call 0161 410 2401
hello@durrellandjoe.co.uk