Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire · Management and fees

Property management in Milton Keynes

One fee, no setup charge, no renewal charge and no exit charge, with rent paid to you within 3 working days of your tenant paying. Below is what a typical high street agent charges on Milton Keynes's real average rent, and what the same work costs with Caso.

Figures refreshed on 16 Oct 2026.

Yearly difference on Milton Keynes's average rent

£1,979

A typical high street first year on £1,330 a month comes to about £3,256. Caso Complete, rent guarantee available at cost, on the same rent is £1,277. All figures exclude VAT.

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What management costs in Milton Keynes

Comparing agents in Milton Keynes means comparing first years, since that is where the setup and tenancy charges land. The published fee sheet of a typical high street agent shows 13% of rent for full management with a £750 yearly minimum, a £295 tenancy agreement fee, £50 to reference each tenant, £25 for each Right to Rent check, inventory and check-in charges, a monthly charge to protect the deposit, a monthly compliance charge and £250 each time the tenancy renews.

On Milton Keynes's average advertised rent of £1,330 a month that is about £3,256 in a first year. Caso Complete, rent guarantee available at cost, on the same rent is £1,277, a difference of £1,979 in the first year alone. All figures exclude VAT. The high-street year is 13% of rent (or the £750 minimum if higher) plus the one-off extras a first year typically carries. High-street figures exclude VAT and are taken from a published April 2026 landlord fee sheet.

  • Typical high street agent, first year£3,256

    Fees, before VAT

  • Caso Complete, first year£1,277

    Fees, before VAT

Figures refreshed on 16 Oct 2026.
Figures refreshed on 16 Oct 2026.
Typical high street agentCaso Complete
Management a year£3,256£1,277
Setup and tenancy agreement£295None
Renewal£250None
ExitVariesNone
Rent reaches you5 to 10 working daysWithin 3 working days
  • Sold prices, twelve months

    -20.5%

  • Gross yield

    10.4%

  • Days to let

    55 days

Our rates are shown ex VAT, at 5% and 8%, rent guarantee available at cost, of rent collected. VAT is added at the standard rate and shown on your statement. On the Milton Keynes average that is £67 a month for Portfolio and £106 a month for Complete, before VAT. There is nothing to pay to start, nothing to pay when a tenancy renews and nothing to pay to leave.

What Caso does in Milton Keynes

  • 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.

Everything sits in one portal: the tenancy, the money, the certificates, the documents and the messages. You can see the state of your property from anywhere, at any hour, without asking anybody for an update.

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

How the report and setting up work

Start with the free report on your address. It reads what is letting and what has sold around your postcode right now and gives you the rent your property should achieve, what it is worth, the yield and the Caso Ready to Rent score, which tells you what a tenant will notice before they notice anything else.

If you want us to manage it, you press one button on the report and the setup opens straight away: your plan, the management agreement to sign, who you are, the property, the safety documents and the account your rent goes to. It is one question a screen and it saves as you go, so you can leave it and come back. Owners in the United Kingdom answer five short stages; owners living abroad answer a sixth about receiving their rent in full, which we then handle with HM Revenue and Customs.

After that your property page shows the stages we are working through, what is still with you and what is with us, each with its live state. Nothing about your property lives only in somebody's inbox.

The rules a Milton Keynes landlord has to meet

  • Selective or HMO licence (council licence): Milton Keynes City Council licenses houses in multiple occupation and can apply selective licensing in named streets, so the register is checked for the exact address. We check the register against your exact address.
  • Gas safety certificate (CP12): renewed every year where there is a gas appliance and given to the tenant at the start of the tenancy.
  • Electrical safety report (EICR): renewed at least every five years, with urgent work done within 28 days.
  • Energy certificate (EPC): at least an E to let today, with the minimum for new tenancies planned to rise to C from 2028.
  • Deposit protection scheme: the deposit goes into a government approved scheme within 30 days and the prescribed information goes to the tenant.
  • Right to Rent check: carried out on every adult before they move in, with the evidence held on file.
  • Renters' Rights Act: assured shorthold tenancies move to periodic tenancies, section 21 no-fault evictions end, and rent rises follow one route once a year. We hold the dates and handle the paperwork.
  • Non-resident landlord tax approval (HMRC NRL scheme): needed if you live abroad, otherwise 20% of your rent is held back. Included in management.

None of this is optional, and most of it carries a fine or an unenforceable tenancy if it is missed. The point of management is that the dates are somebody's job rather than something you remember.

Your property

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This page reads the market across Milton Keynes. Your own report reads the homes closest to yours at your bedroom count, with the rent, the value, the yield, the local demand and the rules that apply to your address. It is free and it takes about a minute.

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