Property management in Lymm, Cheshire

2 bed rent

£985 a month

3 bed rent

£1,290 a month

Typical sale price

£381,075

Gross yield

2.7%

Read around WA13. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Lymm is a village in the Warrington council area of Cheshire, within the WA13 postcode district. It sits east of Warrington and south of the Manchester Ship Canal. The village centre has shops, pubs and places to eat around its older streets. The Bridgewater Canal runs through Lymm, while Lymm Dam provides woodland and waterside walks nearby. For landlords, the setting offers a village base with access to employment across the surrounding towns and cities.

The housing stock includes older cottages and Victorian terraces near the centre, alongside later semi-detached and detached houses in the surrounding residential streets. There are also flats and more recent homes, so the local rental market is not limited to family houses. Older properties can bring maintenance needs that differ from those of newer stock. Roof condition, ventilation and heating deserve attention before marketing, particularly where a cottage has solid walls or limited space for modern services.

The A56 connects Lymm with Warrington and towards Altrincham. The M6 and M56 are nearby, providing routes towards Manchester, Chester and the wider motorway network. Lymm has no railway station, so landlords should describe onward rail travel accurately rather than imply a walk to a local platform. Employment destinations within the wider area include the business parks at Birchwood, Warrington Hospital and Manchester Airport. These provide a range of potential workplaces for tenants considering Lymm as a base.

The likely tenant audience includes working couples, families and people relocating for jobs in the wider Warrington and Manchester area. Houses with gardens may suit households looking for outdoor space, while smaller homes can appeal to couples or people renting alone. Access to schools, village services and a manageable commute will matter differently to each household. For a landlord, a practical starting point is to check the property's condition and compliance, then describe parking, outdoor space and travel options clearly without promising journey times.

• Rent collected and paid to you within 3 working days of your tenant paying
• Your rent held in a ring-fenced client account, separate from Caso's own money, until it is paid to you
• Tenant calls and messages answered 24 hours a day, every day
• Repairs assessed, priced and arranged for you, charged at the contractor's invoice with no markup
• A monthly statement for each property, with every invoice attached, in your portal
• Late rent chased from the first day it is overdue, with a dated record
• Tenancy agreement drawn up and signed online
• Renewals, changes of tenant and legal notices prepared and served
• Rent reviewed every year and the Section 13 rent increase notice served for you
• Deposit protected with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme within 30 days, and the deposit paperwork the law requires served on your tenant
• Deposit deductions agreed and the deposit returned at the end of the tenancy
• Gas safety, electrical safety and energy certificates renewed before they expire, at cost
• Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms checked and recorded
• Council landlord licence applied for where your area needs one, and its renewal date tracked
• Optional: rent guarantee at cost, with no markup. You are paid even when the tenant does not pay.

Selective or HMO licence (council licence). Warrington Council has no selective licensing scheme currently. A shared home let to five or more people from more than one household still needs a mandatory HMO licence.