Property management in Macclesfield, Cheshire

2 bed rent

£995 a month

3 bed rent

£1,425 a month

Typical sale price

£168,470

Gross yield

4.6%

Read around SK10. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Macclesfield sits close to the Cheshire average for rents, offering a wide range of property types across the town. The centre retains a good stock of Victorian terraces built during the town's silk industry days, while the surrounding areas include semi-detached and detached housing from later decades and newer estates on the edges of town.

Macclesfield railway station is on the main line between London and Manchester, giving fast services in both directions, and the A523 and A537 connect the town to Manchester Airport, Stockport and the Peak District. This rail link makes Macclesfield workable for commuters into both Manchester and London on the days they need to travel.

AstraZeneca's large site is one of the town's principal employers, bringing a steady flow of scientists and support staff looking for rented housing within easy reach of the campus. Macclesfield District General Hospital adds further healthcare employment, and together with the town's own retail and service sector this supports a varied tenant base across flats, terraces and family houses.

For a landlord, the presence of AstraZeneca and the hospital means Macclesfield tends to attract tenants in stable employment, and property near the station or within easy reach of the hospital and the AstraZeneca site is generally well placed to find a tenant quickly.

Macclesfield's housing stock also includes a significant number of stone-built cottages and larger Victorian villas on the hillside streets toward the Peak District edge, alongside the more typical terraces and semis found through the rest of the town. West Park and the town centre offer a range of smaller flats that suit young professionals and hospital staff working shifts, while the newer estates toward Tytherington and Upton Priory provide family housing within easy reach of AstraZeneca. The town's position on the fast Manchester to London line, combined with its lower rents than nearby Alderley Edge or Wilmslow, also draws some tenants who work in Manchester but prefer more affordable accommodation. For a landlord, this breadth of tenant types across flats, terraces and family homes means Macclesfield offers options for different letting strategies within the same town.

• 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). Cheshire East 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.