Let it the way that pays you most.
We manage long lets, short lets and mid-term stays from Bolton, across Greater Manchester. Before you sign anything, we show you what each would leave in your account after every fee and bill, then run the one that pays.
- Free estimate in 48 hours
- Our fee halves if we miss it
- No tie-in, 30 days’ notice
What could your property earn?
Yearly take-home after fees and running costs, using typical figures for the area. Your free estimate uses real listings near you.
Get my exact figuresWhat owners complain about
High fees and slow replies
We charge 10% for long lets and 15% for short lets, and you get the mobile number of the person who actually manages your property.
No idea what the cleaners did
After every changeover you get photos of each room, the linen and anything that needs fixing.
Empty midweek and all of January
Prices are checked every day, and quiet weeks are filled with longer stays from contractors and business travellers.
Pushed into short letting regardless
We manage long lets too, so we have no reason to oversell. If a tenancy pays you more, that's what we'll recommend.
From a Bolton terrace to a flat at the Quays
Family houses, city flats and whole new blocks. Each one is let the way that suits it, and looked after by the same person.
Fees
No setup fee, no exit fee and no mark-up on repairs. See every fee in full.
For every landlord, long lets
Only 5% management fee for your first year
Full management at 5% of the rent for your first 12 months, then our normal 10%. Finding a tenant is £295. No tie-in: 30 days' notice and no exit fee.
Short lets
Of booking income. Guests pay the cleaning fee.
Mid-term stays
Of booking income, for stays from a week to six months.
Long lets
Of rent due. Tenant find £295. All landlords pay 5% for their first year.
- £0Setup. Photos and supplies at cost, with receipts.
- £0To leave. 30 days' notice, bookings handed over properly.
- At costRepairs. You approve anything over £100.
What you keep compared with a 20% + VAT manager
Based on the published Manchester starting rate of the UK's largest short-let operator. We're not currently VAT registered, so no VAT is added to our fee.
Priced for Manchester's calendar
Match days, arena concerts, conferences and the Christmas Markets move prices. We adjust every day, so busy nights earn more and quiet weeks still get booked.
August
Live in about two weeks
From your first message to your first booking, here's exactly what happens and when. Letting to a tenant instead? See how long lets work.
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Today
Tell us about it
Two minutes on the form, or a quick call.
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Within 48 hours
Your free estimate
Short, mid-term and long let side by side, after every cost.
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Week 1
Visit and checks
Lease, lender, insurance and safety certificates confirmed.
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Week 2
Photos and listing
Professional photos, listing and daily pricing set up.
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About 2 weeks
Live and taking bookings
Then a monthly statement and a quick call, every month.
Our terms, in plain English
Miss the estimate, and our fee halves.
Before your short let goes live, we agree a monthly estimate with you. Any month that comes in below it, we take half our usual fee for that month.
30 days' notice
No minimum term and no exit fee.
The money goes to you
Airbnb, Booking.com and tenants pay you directly. We send an invoice for our fee.
The listing stays yours
It stays in your name, with its reviews, if you ever leave.
Photos after every clean
And a statement every month showing income, fees and bookings ahead.
Checks before the first guest
Lease, mortgage lender, insurance and safety certificates.
Repairs at cost
Anything over £100 waits for your OK, unless it's an emergency.
I have an integrated master's degree in Planning and Real Estate from the University of Manchester, and went straight from there into managing homes for a living: as a property manager at Thornley Groves in Manchester, running market-rent and Rent to Buy tenancies at Onward Homes, and on development, sales and lettings at Oppida Estates in London.
From 2024 I also ran serviced accommodation of my own in Greater Manchester, so I know short lets from the owner's side too.
I'll be the one who visits your property and answers when you call. If short letting doesn't suit it, I'll tell you, and we'll look at a tenancy instead.
All our long-let landlords are managed at 5% instead of 10% for their first year. Our first 5 short-let owners pay 12% instead of 15% for their first 6 months.
Wahib
Founder, Mill & Key, Bolton
