Property management in Birkenhead, Liverpool

2 bed rent

£800 a month

3 bed rent

£1,210 a month

Typical sale price

£117,925

Gross yield

11.2%

Read around CH41. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Birkenhead, across the Mersey from Liverpool on the Wirral peninsula, has rents below the Liverpool average, with a housing stock that includes Victorian terraces near the town centre, later semi-detached streets further out, and some new waterfront developments close to the docks. It offers a wide range of property types and price points for landlords.

Birkenhead is connected to Liverpool by the Mersey rail tunnel, with Birkenhead Central, Birkenhead Park and Hamilton Square stations all providing direct Merseyrail links into Liverpool city centre in a matter of minutes, as well as the Kingsway road tunnel for drivers. This makes the town a genuinely practical commuter base despite being across the river.

Tenants here are a mix of commuters working in Liverpool, families in the more residential streets, and workers connected to Wirral's own industrial and dockside employers. Birkenhead also has some student demand given its proximity to Wirral Metropolitan College, though this is smaller than the demand seen in Liverpool's own university areas.

For a landlord, Birkenhead's tunnel and rail links to Liverpool are its main draw, allowing tenants to access the city's jobs and amenities while paying lower rents than they would across the river. Properties close to Hamilton Square or Birkenhead Park stations tend to be the easiest to keep let, given how directly they connect to Liverpool city centre. Landlords should also consider that Birkenhead's waterfront regeneration is gradually adding newer stock to the market, which may broaden the tenant pool beyond traditional terraced housing over time.

• 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). Wirral Council runs selective licensing in named parts of Birkenhead and Wallasey. We check the register against your exact address before the first tenancy.