Property management in Upton, Chester
Property management in Upton, Chester
A typical 3 bed in Upton lets for £1,400 a month. 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
Step 1 of 2
See how much you save monthly with Caso
On a typical Upton 3 bed rent
A typical Upton landlord paying a high-street agent keeps about £2,021 more a year with Caso
On £1,400 a month rent
You save
£168
a month
You save
£2,021
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)£2,184
- Setup, referencing, inventory and first-year extras£1,181
A year£3,365
Caso Complete
- 8% of rent + VAT, capped at £150 a month including VAT£1,344
- Setup, referencing, inventory and first-year extras£0 included
A year£1,344
Included in your fee
- Add rent guarantee for about £31.36 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: £1,989 a year including VAT. Typical high-street agent: £4,038 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 Upton and everywhere else we manage.
Switch and see your savingLetting in Upton
- 2 bed rent
- £1,150 a month
- 3 bed rent
- £1,400 a month
- Typical sale price
- £329,650
- Gross yield
- 5.2%
Read around CH2. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.
Upton lies to the north of Chester city centre and is a popular family area, with rents around the Chester average. Housing is predominantly semi-detached and detached houses from the postwar decades onwards, with larger gardens than are typical closer to the centre, and the area sits near both the Countess of Chester Hospital and Chester Zoo.
The A41 and A5116 run through Upton, giving direct access to the A55 for commuters heading towards Liverpool, the Wirral or North Wales, while Chester station and the city centre are a short drive or bus ride away. The proximity to the Countess of Chester Hospital makes Upton particularly popular with hospital staff seeking a short commute.
The tenant mix is largely made up of families and hospital workers, together with some university staff given the reasonable distance to the University of Chester campuses. Upton's schools, parks and everyday amenities add to its appeal for households with children looking for a settled base.
For a landlord, Upton's combination of family-sized housing and proximity to the hospital tends to generate reliable, longer-term demand, making it a comparatively low-turnover area to manage, with tenants often staying for several years at a time.
The presence of Chester Zoo and several well-regarded schools nearby also adds to the area's appeal for families, helping to sustain demand from households looking for a long-term family home. This helps explain why family homes here rarely stand empty for long. For a landlord, understanding this specific mix of families and hospital workers matters when setting a fair rent and preparing a property, since it shapes both how quickly a home is likely to let and the kind of presentation these tenants expect.
Local data
Upton rental market, October 2026
| 2 bed rent | £1,150 a month |
|---|---|
| 3 bed rent | £1,400 a month |
| Typical sale price | £329,650 |
| Gross yield | 5.1% |
| Council | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
Last updated 11 Oct 2026. Source: advertised rents and completed sales in the last twelve months for CH2.
What Caso does in Upton
- 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
Upton management questions
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