Property management in Moortown, Leeds

2 bed rent

£1,040 a month

3 bed rent

£1,500 a month

Typical sale price

£280,000

Gross yield

3.0%

Read around LS17. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Moortown, further north than Chapel Allerton along the Harrogate Road corridor, has rents above the Leeds average, in line with its reputation as a comfortable, established suburb. The area is characterised by semi-detached and detached houses from the interwar and postwar periods, generally with gardens, alongside some smaller terraces closer to the main road.

Harrogate Road remains the main route through Moortown, connecting it to Chapel Allerton and the city centre to the south and Wetherby and Harrogate to the north, while the Leeds Ring Road passes close by, giving access across the city without needing to enter the centre. There is no railway station directly in Moortown, so bus services and car travel are the main options.

Families make up a significant part of the tenant base in Moortown, drawn by the larger housing stock, gardens and local schools, alongside professionals who want a quieter suburban setting within reasonable reach of the city centre. There is limited demand from undergraduate students, given the distance from the main university campuses.

For a landlord, Moortown's larger family homes and settled population tend to produce longer tenancies with less frequent turnover than areas nearer the universities. This suburban, family-oriented character means marketing and referencing should focus on households rather than shared occupiers, and maintaining gardens and outdoor space is often a factor tenants weigh heavily. Tenants here also tend to stay connected to the wider Leeds Ring Road network, making Moortown convenient for those commuting to other parts of the city rather than only the centre.

• 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). Leeds City Council has run selective licensing in parts of Beeston, Holbeck and Harehills. We check the register against your exact address before the first tenancy.