HMO Management in Cheshire

HMO licence preparation is £350 plus VAT plus the council fee. Check-in is £65 and check-out £50 a room, plus VAT. No setup, renewal or exit fees. See all Caso pricing.

A mandatory HMO licence is needed when five or more people from two or more households share a home.

Cheshire is covered by Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington and Halton councils, so the fee is set by the council for your address. HMO licences on GOV.UK.

An agent that collects the rent is legally the person managing the HMO, so Caso checks the licence and the 2006 HMO Management Regulations before taking a property on.

Landlord licensing schemes by council

Average room rent in the North West, which covers Cheshire: £618 a month

Mean advertised room rent including bills, SpareRoom Rental Index, Q3 2026.

Worked example. Cheshire, 5 rooms at £618: rent £3,090 a month; typical agent at 12% £371; Caso at 9% £278; saving £93 a month, £1,112 a year. All fees plus VAT.

A high-street HMO agent typically charges 12% plus VAT of the room rent and around £300 a room each time they find a tenant, with inspections and licence work often billed on top.

Caso charges 9% plus VAT, or 7% with three or more HMOs, and includes:

• Rent collection room by room and arrears chased
• 4 inspections a year
• Fire safety and certificate tracking
• HMO licence conditions checked and kept
• Tenant communication for every room
• 24 hour maintenance line
• A monthly statement

You hold the HMO licence and Caso is named on it as manager.

Caso is your managing agent only. We do not do rent-to-rent and we do not offer guaranteed rent.

Tenant finding is through a local room-let agent at their fee, agreed with you first. Caso adds nothing to it.

Before we start, we check:

• The HMO licence, or the licence application
• A fire risk assessment
• Gas safety certificate
• Electrical installation report (EICR)
• Fire alarm and emergency lighting certificates
• Room sizes for every bedroom