Property management in Northern Quarter, Manchester
Property management in Northern Quarter, Manchester
A typical 3 bed in Northern Quarter lets for £2,315 a month. Caso manages it from 5% of rent, or 8%, with rent guarantee available at cost, plus VAT.
Landlords typically save £2,000 a year with Caso
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See how much you save monthly with Caso
On a typical Northern Quarter 3 bed rent
A typical Northern Quarter landlord paying a high-street agent keeps about £3,292 more a year with Caso
On £2,315 a month rent
You save
£274
a month
You save
£3,292
a year
Against a typical high-street agent at the same rent.
How the figures compare
Typical high-street agent
- Management at 13% (£750 minimum)£3,611
- Setup, referencing, inventory and first-year extras£1,181
A year£4,792
Caso Complete
- 8% of rent + VAT, capped at £150 a month including VAT£1,500
- Setup, referencing, inventory and first-year extras£0 included
A year£1,500
Included in your fee
- Add rent guarantee for about £51.86 a month: 2% of rent plus 12% Insurance Premium Tax, at cost through HomeLet, no excess (illustrative)
- Repairs at cost, no markup
- Rent paid within 3 working days
With rent guarantee (illustrative)
Caso: £2,422 a year including VAT. Typical high-street agent: £5,751 a year including VAT, excluding insurance.
High-street figures are taken from a published April 2026 landlord fee sheet, shown to illustrate a typical bill, not a specific agent. All figures exclude VAT. Finding a tenant is excluded on both sides.
Compare your agent with Caso
On £1,440 a month rent
What you pay now
£2,848 a year
A year, from the figures above
Caso Complete
£1,659 a year
8% of rent + VAT, capped at £150 a month including VAT
Caso Portfolio
£1,037 a year
5% plus VAT, two or more properties
Complete with rent guarantee (illustrative)
£2,046 a year
Against your agent total £2,848 a year. Supplied at cost, no markup.
You would pay £1,189 a year less on Caso Complete. That is 0.8 months of your rent.
Setup and renewal are spread over the tenancy length. Repairs, licences and insurance are excluded on both sides.
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Switching
Switch your property manager to Caso
Step 1
Tell us who manages it now
Your current agent, your tenancy dates and the rent. It takes a few minutes online.
Step 2
We serve notice and collect the file
We handle the notice with your current agent and collect the tenancy, the deposit details and the certificates.
Step 3
Your rent lands within 3 working days
From the handover, rent is paid within 3 working days of the tenant paying, with a statement every month.
Your tenant stays put while you switch. Rent guarantee is available at cost with Caso Portfolio and Caso Complete, for landlords in Northern Quarter and everywhere else we manage.
Switch and see your savingLetting in Northern Quarter
- 2 bed rent
- £1,440 a month
- 3 bed rent
- £2,315 a month
- Typical sale price
- £191,771
- Gross yield
- 6.2%
Read around M4. Rents are advertised rents; the sale price is the average of completed sales in the last twelve months.
The Northern Quarter sits at the heart of Manchester city centre and commands some of the highest rents in the conurbation, reflecting its position among shops, bars, independent businesses and its short walk to Manchester Piccadilly station. The housing stock here is almost entirely apartments, many converted from former warehouses and textile buildings, rather than houses of any kind.
Its central location means tenants can walk to offices, Piccadilly station and the wider Metrolink network within a few minutes, which makes a car unnecessary for most daily journeys. The area's mix of independent shops, markets and its position next to the main shopping streets of the city centre keeps footfall high throughout the week, and this supports strong demand for apartments from people who want to live where they work and socialise.
Tenants in the Northern Quarter are almost entirely young professionals and couples renting one and two bedroom flats, rather than families, given the lack of larger properties or nearby schools. For a landlord, the area's popularity with this tenant group tends to support quick re-letting when a flat becomes available, though the concentration of similar apartment developments nearby means presentation and condition matter when it comes to attracting tenants at the top of the local rent range. Afflecks and the independent stalls around Stevenson Square give the area its distinctive character, and landlords letting flats here should expect tenants to place real weight on being within walking distance of these shops, bars and markets rather than on garden space or parking.
Local data
Northern Quarter rental market, October 2026
| 2 bed rent | £1,440 a month |
|---|---|
| 3 bed rent | £2,315 a month |
| Typical sale price | £191,771 |
| Gross yield | 14.5% |
| Council | Manchester City Council |
Last updated 18 Oct 2026. Source: advertised rents and completed sales in the last twelve months for M4.
What Caso does in Northern Quarter
- 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.
Finding your tenant
We manage, we do not let. When your property is empty we appoint one of the best letting agents in your area to find the tenant. Their fee is agreed with you in writing before anything starts, and Caso adds nothing to it. We brief the agent, approve the marketing, check every applicant's referencing, handle the move-in and protect the deposit. You deal with one company throughout.
- Agent chosen on results, not on who we know
- Fee agreed in writing before marketing starts
- Caso takes nothing from the agent
Northern Quarter management questions
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L3 1BP
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