Property management in Burnage, Manchester

2 bed rent

£1,245 a month

3 bed rent

£1,675 a month

Typical sale price

£243,410

Gross yield

5.4%

Read around M19. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.

Burnage sits in south Manchester, within the Manchester council area and Greater Manchester. It is closely associated with M19 and lies near Didsbury and Levenshulme. Its character is mainly residential, with established streets of houses and local shopping along Burnage Lane. For landlords, the setting suits tenants who want a home outside the city centre while keeping access to work, shops and services. The immediate street matters as much as the wider area when assessing a property's appeal.

The housing stock includes older terraces, interwar semi-detached houses and later flats. Bay windows, gardens and driveways feature on many of the suburban houses, although layouts and outside space vary from street to street. This gives landlords scope to serve different households rather than a single type of tenant. Older properties need careful checks for damp, roof defects and ageing services. A well-maintained house with usable outdoor space can suit tenants looking for a settled family home.

Burnage and Mauldeth Road stations provide rail links to Manchester Piccadilly. Bus services along local routes add options for journeys across south Manchester and towards the city centre. These connections make Burnage a practical base for people working in central Manchester. The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and the hospitals around Oxford Road are wider employment and study destinations relevant to rental demand here. They are not in Burnage itself, so landlords should assess the actual journey from each property.

The tenant mix includes families, working couples and sharers, including people whose jobs or studies take them elsewhere in Manchester. Houses with gardens are relevant to family searches, while smaller homes can suit couples or individual tenants. Marketing should explain the layout, storage, outside space and transport access clearly, without assuming every address offers the same convenience. Before advertising, check the property's condition, safety paperwork and any applicable Manchester council licensing requirements. Deal with maintenance issues early and set clear arrangements for reporting repairs.

• 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). Manchester City Council runs selective licensing in named neighbourhoods. We check the register against your exact address before the first tenancy.