Student Accommodation Management
Student property is a calendar business. Miss the letting cycle by six weeks and you carry a void for a full academic year — no amount of rent discounting recovers it.
Get a student portfolio proposal
Tell us the city, number of beds and current occupancy and we'll show you what full management looks like.
Running the letting cycle
- Re-let campaigns launched to align with each city's cycle, not the calendar year
- Group tenancies with joint and several liability, or individual room contracts for PBSA-style stock
- UK guarantors, or guarantor services for international students
- Rent scheduled to instalments that match student finance payment dates
- Summer turnaround: deep clean, redecoration and repairs booked before the handover gap closes
Licensing and compliance
Most student houses are HMOs. Mandatory licensing applies to properties let to five or more people forming more than one household, and many councils run additional licensing schemes that catch three- and four-bed properties too.
Licensing conditions bite on room sizes, amenity ratios, fire doors, detection and escape routes. An unlicensed HMO exposes the landlord to a rent repayment order of up to twelve months' rent and a civil penalty of up to £30,000 per offence.
- Mandatory and additional HMO licensing applications and renewals
- Fire risk assessment, interlinked detection, fire doors and escape lighting
- Gas safety, EICR and PAT
- Minimum room sizes and amenity standards
- Deposit protection for each tenancy or contract
Reporting for portfolio owners
- Bed-level occupancy and re-let pipeline against the same point last cycle
- Arrears by tenancy and by guarantor
- Maintenance spend per bed and recurring-fault analysis
- Licence expiry and compliance certificate calendar
Frequently asked questions
Do you manage single student houses or only portfolios?
Both. Single houses are managed on standard HMO terms; portfolios of ten beds or more get bed-level reporting and a dedicated cycle plan.
What happens if a student drops out mid-year?
Under a joint and several group tenancy the remaining tenants stay liable, and we work with them to find a replacement. On individual room contracts we re-market the room immediately.
Do student lets need an HMO licence?
If five or more unrelated occupants share facilities, mandatory licensing applies. Many councils also operate additional licensing that captures smaller shared houses — we check the specific scheme in each city.