Property management in Kensington, Liverpool

2 bed rent

£820 a month

3 bed rent

£605 a month

Typical sale price

£133,700

Gross yield

4.7%

Read around L7. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Kensington, in Liverpool L7, sits close to the city centre and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, and rents here are generally around or slightly below the Liverpool average. The area is dominated by Victorian terraced housing, much of it converted into flats and shared houses over the years, which suits the mixed tenant base drawn to this part of the city.

Its position just off the A5047 and close to Edge Lane makes Kensington easy to reach by bus or car from the city centre, and Edge Hill and Wavertree Technology Park stations are both within reach for those wanting a rail link. Being a short walk from the Royal Liverpool hospital site makes the area popular with hospital staff, including nurses and junior doctors working shifts.

Kensington also attracts students, given its proximity to the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University campuses, along with young professionals looking for affordable flats close to the city centre. This mix of hospital workers, students and young professionals gives the area fairly consistent demand throughout the year, rather than the sharp seasonal swings seen in more purely student-dominated streets.

For a landlord, Kensington's closeness to the hospital and city centre supports steady demand for both flats and shared houses, though the age of the housing stock means ongoing maintenance and energy efficiency improvements are worth prioritising. A property that suits shift-working tenants, with good transport links and secure storage, will generally find a tenant quickly here. Landlords should also think carefully about noise and privacy when letting to shift-working hospital staff, since this tenant group often keeps unusual hours compared with students or standard nine-to-five professionals.

• 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). Liverpool City Council runs a selective licensing scheme covering much of the city's privately rented housing. Whether a street falls inside it depends on the ward. We check the register against your exact address before the first tenancy.