Yorkshire holiday let management that actually works
We manage your short-term rental so you do not have to. One team, one fee, one standard. Hotel-grade operations, transparent reporting, real humans who answer the phone.
- Not a franchise
- No mark-ups
- Real humans 24/7
- Photo-verified quality
- 90-day pilot
- 15 min
- Average response time
- 24/7
- Human guest support
- 20%
- One simple fee
- 90 days
- Pilot before you commit
Three steps to hands-off income
Most owners come to us after a bad experience with another management company, or after trying to self-manage and burning out. Here is how we build trust before asking for commitment.
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Free property audit
We visit your property, assess its earning potential against comparable listings, photograph every room, and deliver a 48-hour report with a four-week pricing calendar. If the projected numbers do not beat your current income after our fee, you walk away with a useful report at no cost. No sales pressure, no follow-up calls you did not ask for.
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90-day pilot with weekly scorecards
We list your property across Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia, and 60+ other channels. We handle every guest communication, coordinate professional housekeeping with photo verification, manage maintenance, and optimise pricing daily. Every week you receive a scorecard with traffic-light ratings across 10 indicators: occupancy, revenue, guest satisfaction, response time, cleaning quality, and more.
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Ongoing management or walk away
If the numbers work after 90 days, we continue on the same terms. If they do not, you leave with no penalties, no notice period, and no fees owed. You keep your listings, your reviews, and your guest data. Monthly statements arrive by the 5th working day showing gross revenue, channel commissions, our fee, every cost itemised, and your net payment.
See what your property could earn
Most owners we speak to are surprised by the gap between long-let income and short-term rental income, even after our 20% management fee. Enter your details for an instant estimate based on real Yorkshire market data.
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One company. One standard. Every property.
Stay Managed is not a franchise. Every property is managed by the same team, to the same standard, under one operating playbook. There is no variation in quality between your property and the next.
Our founder spent 15 years in cybersecurity governance, designing assurance systems for organisations that needed to prove they were doing what they said. The same discipline applies here: documented processes, measurable outcomes, evidence-based reporting.
When something goes wrong at 2am, a real person answers within 15 minutes. Not a call centre. Not a chatbot. Someone who knows your property by name.
92M
Day visits to Yorkshire per year
12.8M
Overnight visitors per year
9B
Annual tourism revenue
20%
Our fee, all-inclusive
Everything you need, nothing you do not
Full-service means full-service. We handle every aspect of your holiday let from listing creation to guest checkout, with transparent reporting you can actually understand.
Revenue and dynamic pricing
Event-aware pricing that responds to LUFC fixtures, school holidays, bank holidays, and local demand. We use Wheelhouse with daily manual overrides. Your calendar is never on autopilot.
See our pricing →Guest operations
Guest screening with ID verification, automated check-in via smart locks, 24/7 guest support with 15-minute response SLA, professional housekeeping, and photo-verified quality after every turnover.
How it works →Compliance and safety
Gas safety certificates, EICR, fire risk assessments, the new STR registration scheme, planning permission guidance, and insurance advice from specialist providers. We diarise every renewal.
Our services →Monthly owner reporting
Gross revenue by channel, platform commissions, our 20% fee, housekeeping costs, maintenance costs, and net to you. Two-ledger accounting keeps your money separate from ours. One clear page, every month.
Why us →60+ channel distribution
Listed across Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia, TripAdvisor, Google Vacation Rentals, and direct booking channels. One synchronised calendar across every platform. No double-bookings, ever.
Learn more →Property protection
Multi-layer guest screening, Minut smart home monitoring for noise and occupancy, before-and-after photo documentation for every stay, damage deposit management, and specialist STR insurance guidance.
Learn more →Who we help
We work with four types of Yorkshire property owner. Each has different priorities, risk tolerances, and income goals. Our service adapts to match.
Portfolio landlords
You own 2-10 city-centre apartments and want better net yield than long-letting, without managing guests yourself. We handle everything from LUFC-weekend pricing to pillow mints.
Portfolio landlords →Holiday home owners
Your property is your family's place first, a holiday let second. We work around your personal use, keep standards hotel-grade, and make sure you still enjoy coming back.
Holiday home owners →Premium home owners
A design-led family home in Harrogate, York, or Ilkley. Boutique standards, curated welcome touches, and guest communications that match the quality of your interiors.
Premium homes →Rural and remote owners
A cottage in the Dales or Moors, where finding reliable cleaning teams and local tradespeople makes all the difference. Valley-based teams who know the area, not city-based call centres.
Rural owners →What owners say
The weekly scorecards during the pilot gave us confidence we had never had with our previous management company. By week six we knew the numbers were working. By week twelve we stopped checking because we trusted the process.
What sold us was the transparency. Every cost itemised, every decision explained, every cleaning photographed. After two years with an agency that could not tell us where our money went, this felt like a different industry entirely.
We were losing money trying to manage our Dales cottage remotely from London. Stay Managed took over, and within three months occupancy was up 30 percent and we had not had a single guest complaint. The local cleaning team makes all the difference.
Founded on governance, not guesswork
Stay Managed was founded by a former cybersecurity and governance professional who spent 15 years building evidence frameworks for regulated industries. Financial services, healthcare, critical infrastructure.
The same principles now apply to your property: if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. If you cannot show the evidence, the trust is not real. That is why every owner gets monthly statements, weekly pilot scorecards, photo-verified turnovers, and direct access to the person managing their property.
Property management should not be a black box. It should be auditable, measurable, and transparent. That is what we are building.
Your property, listed across 60+ channels
What makes us different
Not a franchise
One company manages every property to one standard. No sub-contractors, no variable quality.
Franchises vary wildly. The brand on the door means nothing if the person behind it changes every six months.
Same team, same playbook, same accountability. You deal with the same people from audit to ongoing management.
No mark-ups, ever
All costs passed through at exactly what we pay. Cleaning, maintenance, linen, consumables.
Hidden margins are the industry norm. They erode trust, inflate your costs, and create perverse incentives.
Receipts for everything. What the cleaner charges us is what appears on your statement. Same for every supplier.
90-day pilot, not a lock-in
Try before you commit. If the numbers do not work by day 90, walk away owing nothing.
Lock-in contracts protect the agent, not the owner. If we are good enough, you will stay because it works.
Weekly scorecards during the pilot, monthly statements after. Exit at any time, keep your listings and reviews.
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Holiday Let vs Long-Let: The Real Numbers for Yorkshire
A data-driven comparison of holiday let income against traditional letting for Yorkshire properties. Net figures, not gross. After fees, not before. Including real examples from Leeds, York, Harrogate, and the Dales.
Get instant access to practical insights for Yorkshire property owners considering short-term letting.
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Common questions
What does the 20% management fee cover?
Everything. Guest communications and 24/7 support, channel management across 60+ platforms, dynamic pricing with daily adjustments, professional housekeeping coordination with photo verification, maintenance triage and contractor management, compliance tracking and certificate renewals, monthly owner reporting with full cost breakdown. There are no hidden extras, percentage add-ons, or surprise charges.
What if I want to use the property myself?
Your property, your calendar. Block out dates in the owner portal or tell us directly. We adjust pricing forecasts around your personal use and ensure the property is guest-ready when you arrive too. Many of our holiday home owners use their property 8-12 weeks per year and still earn strong returns in the remaining months.
How quickly can I start earning?
From first contact to first live listing, typically 2-3 weeks. We visit the property, photograph every room, build optimised listings across all channels, set up dynamic pricing, coordinate your housekeeping team, and arrange smart home technology. The 90-day pilot begins from your first guest booking, not from listing date.
What happens if the 90-day pilot does not work?
You leave. No penalties, no notice period, no fees owed for the exit. You keep your listings, your guest reviews, your booking history, and all your data. We believe that if we cannot demonstrate value in 90 days with weekly evidence, we do not deserve your business.
Do you handle compliance and the new STR registration scheme?
Yes. We manage gas safety certificates, EICR electrical inspections, fire risk assessments, EPC ratings, and the upcoming mandatory STR registration scheme. We diarise every renewal date, flag expiring certificates before they lapse, and guide you through planning permission requirements for your specific property and local authority.
How is Stay Managed different from other management companies?
Three things. First, we are not a franchise - one company, one standard, no variation in quality. Second, we never mark up costs - what the cleaner charges us is what you pay, with receipts. Third, we prove our value before asking for commitment - 90-day pilot with weekly scorecards, not a 12-month lock-in with quarterly reports. If those three things matter to you, we should talk.
See what your property could earn
We deliver a free 48-hour listing audit and four-week pricing calendar for your property. If the projected numbers beat your current income after our fee, we start a 90-day pilot. If they do not, you have a detailed, useful report at no cost and no obligation.