Property management in Aintree, Liverpool

2 bed rent

£970 a month

3 bed rent

£1,085 a month

Typical sale price

£231,600

Gross yield

5.3%

Read around L10. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Aintree sits on the northern side of the Liverpool area, within the borough of Sefton. The local lettings market covers homes in L9 and L10, although postcode boundaries do not neatly follow neighbourhood or council boundaries. Its character combines established residential streets with the racecourse and commercial activity around the main roads. For landlords, the immediate setting matters. A house on a quieter residential road offers a different proposition from a home close to passing traffic.

Housing includes older terraced cottages and houses, interwar and later semi-detached homes, detached properties and flats. This gives landlords scope to cater for different household sizes rather than a single type of tenant. Gardens, parking and usable living space are practical considerations for family homes. With older stock, condition deserves particular attention. Roofs, gutters, ventilation and heating should be checked before marketing, rather than leaving a new tenant to discover problems after moving in.

Aintree station is on Merseyrail's Northern line, with services towards Liverpool city centre and Ormskirk. The A59 provides a road route towards Liverpool and northwards, while the M57 and M58 are accessible at Switch Island. These links make the area a practical option for tenants travelling to work beyond Aintree itself. Aintree University Hospital is nearby in Fazakerley, rather than within Sefton. It is a major local institution relevant to demand from healthcare staff. The racecourse and nearby retail premises also provide employment.

Likely tenants include families seeking a house with outdoor space, working couples and commuters, alongside hospital staff looking for a manageable journey to work. The balance will depend on the property's layout, condition and precise location. Avoid assuming that every Aintree address offers the same walk to a station or local facilities. Before setting the marketing approach, check those journeys from the front door and confirm the property's council area, licensing position and safety requirements.

• 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). Sefton Council runs selective licensing in parts of Bootle, Litherland and Seaforth. We check the register against your exact address before the first tenancy.