Letting Agents Leeds.

Advocate Lettings charges between 8% and 13% of the monthly rent plus VAT, depending on the level of service. Rent Collection starts at 8% + VAT and covers rent processing, statements, and arrears chasing. Full Property Management sits at the top of the range and includes inspections, contractor management, and full compliance protection. There is no setup fee waiver for short tenancies, and we do not offer a let-only service at any price point.

Full Property Management covers the entire tenancy life cycle: marketing and tenant referencing, deposit registration, rent collection and arrears chasing, property inspections, contractor coordination for repairs, compliance tracking across gas, electrical, EPC and Right to Rent, and end-of-tenancy deposit adjudication. For Leeds landlords, it also includes handling selective licensing renewals and Article 4 direction queries where they apply to your postcode.

Let-only services typically end at move-in, which is exactly where landlord risk begins. Post-2025, the Renters' Rights Act places continuing obligations on landlords around rent reviews, repairs, decent homes standards and possession — and a let-only agent has no incentive to help you meet them. We only take managed instructions because our model only works when we're accountable for the entire tenancy, not just the first month.

Yes. Every letting agent in England is legally required to belong to a government-approved redress scheme — either The Property Ombudsman (TPO) or the Property Redress Scheme. Advocate Lettings is a member of The Property Ombudsman, which means both landlords and tenants have access to free, independent dispute resolution if anything goes wrong during a tenancy. Leeds has one of the largest pools of letting agents in the North of England, so redress scheme membership is a sensible minimum standard to insist on when you're choosing who to work with.

The average void period across our managed Leeds portfolio is 12 days between tenancies. Well-presented two-bedroom properties in strong LS postcodes — Roundhay (LS8), Chapel Allerton (LS7), Headingley (LS6), Horsforth (LS18) — typically let within that window at or above asking rent. Properties that have been refurbished, professionally photographed and marketed at the correct price often let before a tenancy ends, with no void at all.

Every rented property in Leeds requires: a valid Gas Safety Certificate (annual, if gas-appliances are present), an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR, every 5 years), a valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of E or better, smoke alarms on every storey and a CO alarm in every room with a solid fuel appliance, and documented Right to Rent checks on all adult tenants. In Leeds specifically, selective licensing applies across parts of LS7, LS8 and elsewhere, and Article 4 directions restrict HMO conversions in LS6. We track all of this on your behalf under Full Management.

Tenant referencing is handled through Goodlord, one of the most established tenancy platforms in the UK letting sector. Every applicant is assessed against Goodlord's affordability rule: an annual income of at least 30 times the monthly rent, which means a property let at £1,000 per month requires a tenant earning at least £30,000 per year. Referencing also covers identity and Right to Rent verification, employment confirmation, current and previous landlord references, and a full credit check including any County Court Judgments. Self-employed applicants are assessed on the same 30× affordability basis using their most recent tax documents, and guarantors — where needed — must meet the 30× threshold on their own income. Leeds demand levels mean we can often select from multiple affordability-passing applicants, so we prioritise tenant fit alongside the hard financial criteria.