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How guaranteed rent works
Your home, without the variables.
HTS takes the home on its own lease and runs it from start to finish. Here is what that means for landlords, agents and developers.
For landlords
Who carries what.
One home or a portfolio, the arrangement is the same. HTS becomes your tenant on a company let and pays a guaranteed rent for the term.
| Item | Who carries it |
|---|---|
| Rent | Guaranteed, same date every month, occupied or not |
| Council tax, gas, electricity, water, broadband | Covered by HTS |
| Running the home and looking after occupants | Covered by HTS |
| Day to day repairs | Covered by HTS |
| Damage caused by our occupants | Covered by HTS |
| Decorating, furnishing and staging | Covered by HTS |
| Identity checks and screening of every occupant | Covered by HTS |
| Boiler and roof | Stays with the owner |
| Fees to landlord or agent | None |
| Term | Three to five years, breaks agreed in heads of terms |
How we reach your number
Nothing about our figure is hidden.
Every formal offer comes with a rental report. These are the four steps behind it.
We look at the home
A viewing with you or your agent: size, specification, condition and what it needs to be ready.
We check the market
Comparable lets nearby, plus our own booking data for similar homes in the area.
We show our working
The rental report sets out the comparables, the demand, our costs and how they lead to the figure.
We agree it together
If something looks wrong to you, we go through it and look again before anything is signed.
For letting & estate agents
Stock off your books, your fee intact.
If you have high specification homes on your books, we would like to see them, wherever they are.
Houses two bed and up, luxury and executive homes, and flats where the lease permits. You keep the management relationship and your fee. Your landlord gets a company backed tenant for three to five years.
For developers & block owners
We rent the units. We do not manage them.
A management contract hands the income risk back to you. HTS takes the units on its own lease and carries occupancy from day one.
The model runs at scale in the United States. We have not seen anyone doing it across whole developments in the UK, and we intend to be first. We start with floors, then take on whole buildings.
The contracting party is the trading company, not a special purpose vehicle. Commercial terms are agreed scheme by scheme.
Landlords on HTS
Rent on time, homes kept well.
From the first phone call to the first rent payment took less than two weeks. They've handled everything, and I haven't had a single empty week in three years.
I cannot fault HTS as they have saved me from nightmare tenants, the rent is always paid on time and their team are always quick to answer my questions. Cannot recommend them enough.
I have three properties with HTS now. Rent is always early, communication is always clear. They're the only operator I'd recommend.
HTS Property Holdings have been nothing but amazing, they always pay on time and ensure the property is kept to a high standard. They have taken several of my properties.
Honest, professional and reliable. The property comes back to us serviced to a higher standard than when we handed it over.
Questions
What landlords ask us first.
What is guaranteed rent?
HTS becomes the tenant on a three to five year company let and pays you the same rent on the same date every month, whether the home is occupied or not. There are no fees and no voids.
Is the rent really paid even if the property is empty?
Yes. The agreement is between you and HTS, not between you and an occupant, so the agreed rent arrives every month for the whole term.
Who actually lives in the property?
Occupants are contractors on local projects and clients placed by relocation companies, on stays of a few weeks to a few months, with shorter stays filling the gaps. Every occupant is identity checked and screened before they arrive. Whole house, one booking at a time. No room by room letting and no sharers.
How do you work out the rent you offer?
From comparable lets nearby, our own booking data for similar homes and the costs we carry for the term. All of it is set out in the rental report that comes with every formal offer.
Are there any fees?
No. We are not an agency. There is no setup fee, no management fee and no commission, to the landlord or to an introducing agent.
What maintenance do you cover?
Day to day repairs and any damage caused by our occupants. The boiler and the roof stay with the owner.
How long are the agreements?
Three to five years, with break provisions agreed together in heads of terms.
Does the property need to be furnished?
No. Furnished or unfurnished both work. If it's empty, we decorate, furnish and stage it at our cost. If it's already furnished, we take it on as it is.
What changes under the Renters' Rights Act?
A tenant on a standard tenancy can now leave on two months' notice, so the term can't be fixed. A company let with HTS sits outside that regime: one company, three to five years.
Do you take luxury or high value homes?
Yes. Luxury homes are a growing part of the portfolio and we are looking for more, alongside houses, apartments, floors and blocks.
Where do you take on homes?
Across Manchester, the Peaks, the Lakes, Lancashire, the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire, Merseyside and the wider North West. The map grows as we do.
My mortgage or lease has conditions. Is that a problem?
Tell us at the start. Some lenders and leases need consent for a company let, and we would rather check that with you before anyone commits.
Start here
Three ways to get a figure.
Whichever suits you. The same team answers all three.
Social housing owners
Before you sign a scheme lease, compare.
Many of the owners who contact us are looking at a council or housing scheme lease. It is worth seeing guaranteed rent with HTS alongside it.
Our occupants are working professionals and relocation clients on stays of weeks or months. The house comes back in the condition we took it, the bills are ours for the term, and the agreement is with one company for three to five years.
Tell us about the property and the scheme you are considering, and we will tell you plainly whether it fits.