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🏡Residential Lettings
🗂️Property Management
🔑Tenancy Takeovers
🛠️Property Maintenance

Working with Landlords, Tenants & Property Investors

Covering Cheshire East & South Manchester
whilst continuing my management rentals in Sheffield

17/09/2026

Everyone’s talking about the Landlord Database … but there’s another register coming too 👀

Short-term lets & Airbnbs you’re on their radar 🎯🏡

Different rules. Different register. Still regulated. 🫠

16/09/2026

Answering your questions on the new NATIONAL LANDLORD DATABASE … 😞🫠

ONE OF THOSE SHAKE YOUR HEAD AND CLOSE YOUR EYE MOMENTS … I saw a post locally today from a homeowner looking to rent th...
15/09/2026

ONE OF THOSE SHAKE YOUR HEAD AND CLOSE YOUR EYE MOMENTS …

I saw a post locally today from a homeowner looking to rent their home out from October until around May while they’re away ✈️

They’d quite sensibly said they wanted everything done properly through an agent.

BUT … I commented to say I would strongly recommend they take proper advice before doing it.

And here’s exactly why 😞

Since the Renters Rights changes came into force on 1 May 2026, you can no longer simply give someone a standard private tenancy for “6 or 7 months” and assume you’ll automatically get your house back at the end.

❌ Fixed term assured tenancies with a guaranteed end date are gone.

❌ Section 21 “no fault” eviction is gone.

New assured tenancies are PERIODIC.

So let’s use this exact scenario …

🏡 You rent your home out in October 2026.

✈️ You go travelling.

📅 You plan to come home in May 2027.

You may have agreed with the tenant that they only intend to stay until May.

But what happens if May arrives and they say…

“Actually, we’re not leaving.”

That’s where you have a BIG problem 🤯

If you want your property back because you intend to move back into it yourself, Ground 1 is available.

BUT …

⚠️ The tenant has a 12 MONTH protected period at the beginning of a new tenancy.

You cannot require them to leave under Ground 1 during those first 12 months.

So a tenancy beginning in October 2026 cannot simply be brought to an end in May 2027 because that’s when your flight home is booked.

And Ground 1 normally requires FOUR MONTHS’ notice 😳

Even after a valid notice expires, if the tenant doesn’t leave voluntarily, you don’t get to simply change the locks and move back in.

You may have to apply to court for possession.

Meanwhile … Where the hell are YOU living? 😬

This is exactly why I’d be extremely cautious about renting out your main home for six or seven months under an ordinary private tenancy simply because you’ll be away travelling.

A Facebook post saying “6-7 month let only” doesn’t override housing legislation.

A tenant saying “Yep, that’s fine, I’ll definitely be gone by May” doesn’t give you guaranteed possession in May either.

And putting an end date into the tenancy agreement doesn’t solve it for an assured tenancy, that end date simply doesn’t operate as a fixed term expiry under the new system.

There may be situations where a different type of genuine short-term occupation arrangement falls outside the assured tenancy regime, but that depends on the actual circumstances not simply what you call the agreement.

So please, PLEASE take proper advice before handing over the keys to your home 🙏

Because renting your home out for seven months might sound like a brilliant way of covering the mortgage while you travel …

Until you’re standing at Manchester Airport with your suitcases in May and the people living in your house are legally still your tenants😳🏡

This is exactly the sort of scenario where the Renters Rights changes really matter.

Don’t rely on a handshake, a Facebook agreement or “they’ve promised they’ll leave.”

Know exactly what you’re entering into BEFORE you become a landlord.

12/09/2026

… if your wondering what’s wrong with any of these, please don’t call me ok?

10/09/2026

LANDLORDS … we finally have a date.

And yep … another annual bill. 🙃

The new national landlord database is officially starting its rollout from 15th December 2026.

Watch the reel to find out more 🖤🦉

🚨👀NEWS JUST IN LANDLORDS … we finally have a date.And yep, another annual bill🙃The new national landlord database is off...
09/09/2026

🚨👀NEWS JUST IN
LANDLORDS … we finally have a date.

And yep, another annual bill🙃

The new national landlord database is officially starting its rollout from 15th December 2026.

And the cost?

£65. PER PROPERTY. PER YEAR. 🙃

So if you’ve got 10 properties … that’s another £650 a year.

This isn’t optional either.

If you have properties occupied under assured or regulated tenancies, you’ll have to register each property individually including your property details and, potentially, information around your EPC, EICR, gas safety, rent and licensing.

And here’s the really important bit …

Your letting agent CANNOT register it for you.

We can make sure you’ve got everything organised and ready, but ultimately the landlord has to physically register.

The rollout is happening region by region over 12 months, starting in the West Midlands, with landlords being given a three month window to comply when it reaches their area.

And please don’t think, “Ahhh, I’ll sort it eventually.”

Because failure to register could mean a civil penalty of up to £7,000 rising to £40,000 for repeated or continued breaches 🤯🤯🤯

This is exactly what I’ve been banging on about.

Being a landlord in 2026 isn’t just about collecting the rent anymore.

The admin.
The compliance.
The legislation.
The deadlines.
It’s now becoming a full time job in itself.

And whilst I can’t physically register you on this database

I CAN make bloody sure the rest of your property management isn’t keeping you awake at night.

Welcome to the new PRS 🙃

THINGS YOU SHOULD REFUSE TO STRUGGLE WITH AS A LANDLORD IN 2026 🏡🚨Just 10 for now … 1. Chasing rent every month.2. Keepi...
08/09/2026

THINGS YOU SHOULD REFUSE TO STRUGGLE WITH AS A LANDLORD IN 2026 🏡🚨

Just 10 for now …

1. Chasing rent every month.

2. Keeping up with ever changing legislation.

3. Tenants messaging you at all hours.

4. Finding reliable contractors who actually
turn up.

5. Wondering whether your property is
fully compliant.

6. Spending your evenings arranging repairs
and inspections.

7. Feeling awkward about rent increases
and difficult conversations.

8. Worrying that small maintenance issues
are becoming expensive problems.

9. Handling check outs, deposits and
disputes alone.

10. Paying a big agency, only to still
end up managing the property yourself.

Being a landlord doesn’t have to become your second full time job.

With the right independent property manager, you get one point of contact, honest advice, trusted local trades and somebody who treats your investment like it actually matters.

That’s exactly what I do at Black
Owl Property 🖤🦉

You own the property
I handle the struggle

HAS THE RENTAL MARKET SLOWED DOWN?Im gonna be real with you and say Yes … but that doesn’t mean it’s stopped.Over the pa...
07/09/2026

HAS THE RENTAL MARKET SLOWED DOWN?

Im gonna be real with you and say Yes …
but that doesn’t mean it’s stopped.

Over the past six months, I’ve noticed a definite change across Cheshire East and South Manchester.

Now don’t get me wrong, properties are still letting. Good homes are still attracting strong interest. But the days of launching absolutely anything at any price and receiving a stampede of perfect applicants within hours?
They are easing.

Tenants are being more cautious, more price conscious and far more selective.
They’re comparing properties, questioning value and taking affordability seriously.

And the figures back that up.

Rightmove reports that the average rental property now receives around 10 enquiries, compared with 11 last year and a ridiculous 22 at the height of the market in 2022.

But here in the North West, demand remains considerably stronger, averaging 14 enquiries per available property the highest imbalance between supply and demand of any UK region.

Locally, rents are still climbing:

🏠 Cheshire East: £984 average monthly rent
— up 6.3% annually
🏠 Stockport: £1,111 — up 5.1%
🏠 Trafford: £1,367 — up 2.5%

So no, the market hasn’t fallen off a cliff.
What has slowed is the frenzy.

We now have a more considered and increasingly two tier market:

✅ Well presented homes
✅ Maintained properly
✅ Priced realistically
✅ Marketed professionally

These are still attracting good applicants.

But properties that are tired, overpriced or launched with the attitude of “someone will take it” are beginning to sit around.

Landlords can still achieve excellent rents
BUT pricing and presentation matter again.
You cannot simply add another £100 because the market was mental two years ago and expect tenants to swallow it.

The market hasn’t stopped.
Its just stopped forgiving poor decisions.

That’s what I’m seeing on the ground across Cheshire East and South Manchester.
Are other landlords, agents and tenants noticing the same shift? 🤔

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Knutsford

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Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
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Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
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