Property management in Great Boughton, Chester
Property management in Great Boughton, Chester
A typical 3 bed in Great Boughton lets for £1,391 a month (based on Chester averages). Caso manages it from 5% of rent, or 8%, with rent guarantee available at cost, plus VAT.
Landlords typically save £1,800 a year with Caso
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See how much you save monthly with Caso
3 bed rent based on Chester averages
A typical Great Boughton landlord paying a high-street agent keeps about £2,015 more a year with Caso
On £1,391 a month rent
You save
£168
a month
You save
£2,016
a year
Against a typical high-street agent at the same rent.
How the figures compare
Typical high-street agent
- Management at 13% (£750 minimum)£2,170
- Setup, referencing, inventory and first-year extras£1,181
A year£3,351
Caso Complete
- 8% of rent + VAT, capped at £150 a month including VAT£1,335
- Setup, referencing, inventory and first-year extras£0 included
A year£1,335
Included in your fee
- Add rent guarantee for about £31.16 a month: 2% of rent plus 12% Insurance Premium Tax, at cost through HomeLet, no excess (illustrative)
- Repairs at cost, no markup
- Rent paid within 3 working days
With rent guarantee (illustrative)
Caso: £1,976 a year including VAT. Typical high-street agent: £4,021 a year including VAT, excluding insurance.
High-street figures are taken from a published April 2026 landlord fee sheet, shown to illustrate a typical bill, not a specific agent. All figures exclude VAT. Finding a tenant is excluded on both sides.
Compare your agent with Caso
On £1,150 a month rent
What you pay now
£2,347 a year
A year, from the figures above
Caso Complete
£1,325 a year
8% of rent + VAT, capped at £150 a month including VAT
Caso Portfolio
£828 a year
5% plus VAT, two or more properties
Complete with rent guarantee (illustrative)
£1,634 a year
Against your agent total £2,347 a year. Supplied at cost, no markup.
You would pay £1,022 a year less on Caso Complete. That is 0.9 months of your rent.
Setup and renewal are spread over the tenancy length. Repairs, licences and insurance are excluded on both sides.
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Switching
Switch your property manager to Caso
Step 1
Tell us who manages it now
Your current agent, your tenancy dates and the rent. It takes a few minutes online.
Step 2
We serve notice and collect the file
We handle the notice with your current agent and collect the tenancy, the deposit details and the certificates.
Step 3
Your rent lands within 3 working days
From the handover, rent is paid within 3 working days of the tenant paying, with a statement every month.
Your tenant stays put while you switch. Rent guarantee is available at cost with Caso Portfolio and Caso Complete, for landlords in Great Boughton and everywhere else we manage.
Switch and see your savingLetting in Great Boughton
- 2 bed rent
- £1,150 a month
- 3 bed rent
- £1,391 a month (based on Chester averages)
- Typical sale price
- £336,149 (based on Chester averages)
- Gross yield
- 4.2% (based on Chester averages)
Read around CH3. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.
Great Boughton is a residential area on the eastern side of Chester, distinct from the smaller Boughton nearer the centre, and rents here sit around or slightly above the Chester average. Housing is a mix of postwar semi-detached and detached houses, with newer estates on the edge of the village adding further family homes to the area.
The A41 runs through Great Boughton, giving direct access towards the A55 and the wider motorway network for commuters heading to Chester city centre, Liverpool or Manchester, while Chester station is a short drive away. The Wrexham Road and nearby retail parks add everyday convenience for residents living in the area.
The tenant mix is largely families and professional commuters, with some demand from university staff given the reasonable distance to the University of Chester campuses. Local schools and the more suburban, spacious feel of the area appeal to households moving out from the city centre in search of more space.
For a landlord, Great Boughton's supply of family-sized houses and good road links tend to support consistent demand from settled tenants, making it a comparatively straightforward area for longer-term lets with fewer changes of occupancy than more central parts of Chester.
The village's own shops, church and community facilities, alongside the newer housing on its edges, help sustain demand from tenants who want a suburban setting within easy reach of Chester city centre. This generally supports a dependable, lower-turnover rental market in the village.
The area sits close to Chester Business Park, which provides local employment for some residents, while nearby Christleton and its canal-side setting offer further green space and walking routes within easy reach of Great Boughton itself.
Local data
Great Boughton rental market, October 2026
| 2 bed rent | £1,150 a month |
|---|---|
| 3 bed rent | £1,390 a month (based on Chester averages) |
| Typical sale price | £336,149 (based on Chester averages) |
| Gross yield | 5.0% (based on Chester averages) |
| Council | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
Last updated 27 Oct 2026. Source: advertised rents and completed sales in the last twelve months for CH3.
What Caso does in Great Boughton
- 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 West and Chester 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.
Finding your tenant
We manage, we do not let. When your property is empty we appoint one of the best letting agents in your area to find the tenant. Their fee is agreed with you in writing before anything starts, and Caso adds nothing to it. We brief the agent, approve the marketing, check every applicant's referencing, handle the move-in and protect the deposit. You deal with one company throughout.
- Agent chosen on results, not on who we know
- Fee agreed in writing before marketing starts
- Caso takes nothing from the agent
Great Boughton management questions
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