Sheffield, South Yorkshire · Management and fees
Property management in Sheffield
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 Sheffield's real average rent, and what the same work costs with Caso.
Figures refreshed on 16 Sep 2026.
Yearly difference on Sheffield's average rent
£1,754
A typical high street first year on £955 a month comes to about £2,671. Caso Complete on the same rent is £917. All figures exclude VAT.
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What management costs in Sheffield
Most letting agents advertise a percentage and charge a good deal more than that percentage once the extras are added. 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 Sheffield's average advertised rent of £955 a month that is about £2,671 in a first year. Caso Complete on the same rent is £917, a difference of £1,754 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 | Caso Complete | |
|---|---|---|
| Management a year | £2,671 | £917 |
| Setup and tenancy agreement | £295 | None |
| Renewal | £250 | None |
| Exit | Varies | None |
| Rent reaches you | 5 to 10 working days | Within 3 working days |
Our rates are shown ex VAT, at 6% and 8% of rent collected. VAT is added at the standard rate and shown on your statement. On the Sheffield average that is £57 a month for Essential and £76 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 Sheffield
- Prices your property from live comparables around your postcode, not last year's average.
- Advertises it, handles the viewings and references every applicant, including a Right to Rent check on each adult.
- Prepares the tenancy and protects the deposit in a government approved scheme with the prescribed information sent.
- Collects the rent and pays it to you within 3 working days of your tenant paying, with a statement every month.
- Keeps your gas safety certificate, electrical safety report and energy certificate current, and holds the renewal dates.
- Handles repairs with your tenants and comes to you for a decision on anything above your own approval limit.
- Handles the HM Revenue and Customs non-resident landlord approval free of charge if you live outside the United Kingdom.
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.
The rules a Sheffield landlord has to meet
- Selective or HMO licence (council licence): Sheffield City Council runs licensing for houses in multiple occupation and can apply selective licensing in named streets, so we check the register against the address itself. 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.
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.