Long-stay management. Your property, cared for while you're away.
3-, 7-, 14- or 30-night minimum stays. Vetted contractors, corporate relocations, NHS placements and families between homes. Zero one-night parties, no lock-in, and a proper monthly report so you know exactly how your property is doing.
If any of this sounds like you, medium-let is probably the model you want.
Most landlords who come to us for long-stay management fall into one of four situations. If you're outside these, we'll say so - and probably point you at nightly Airbnb or guaranteed rent instead.
Landlords travelling or based abroad
You're overseas for months at a time and need someone to look after the property, not maximise every bank-holiday weekend. We run vetted medium-stay guests and send you a proper monthly report - you check in when you want.
Talk to usBetween long-term tenancies
You're waiting to sell, refurbish, or move back in. Long-stay guests cover the mortgage, keep the property occupied and warm, and you keep flexibility to give notice when you're ready.
Talk to usSecond-home and holiday-home owners
You use the property yourself a few times a year and want it earning - but not with strangers in and out every weekend. Medium-stay guests treat it like their home for a fortnight, not a Saturday-night rental.
Talk to usPortfolio landlords moving away from ASTs
Renters' Reform Bill, Section 24, EPC-C rules. Medium-let is the middle ground between full nightly Airbnb and a fixed tenancy - higher yield than an AST, none of the eviction risk, and you keep control of your asset.
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We target 7-night stays and longer, never one-night parties.
One-night bookings are the source of almost every horror story landlords hear about short-lets - parties, damage, noise complaints, extra cleaning. We don't take them. Not on our own properties, not on yours. Every UK property we manage runs with a minimum-stay rule, vetted guests and a corporate-first booking mix.
We set every listing to a 3-night, 7-night, 14-night or 1-month minimum depending on the building, postcode and your risk appetite. You choose - we enforce it across Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and direct.
We never accept single-night bookings - not on client properties, not on our own. This single rule removes almost every party and antisocial-behaviour risk landlords worry about.
Our national pipeline is weighted toward contractors, corporate relocations, NHS placements and families between homes - guests who book a week or a month, not a Saturday night.
Longer stays mean fewer changeovers, less wear and tear, lower cleaning bills, fewer guest interactions and a smoother monthly payout. Same revenue ceiling, much less drama.
Worried about parties or damage? You shouldn't be. Talk to us about the minimum-stay rule we'd put on your property - three free ways to start below.
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PriceLabs sets the price. SmartCal enforces the floor. We never price manually.
Every property runs on the same operating stack whether you're on a 3-night or 30-night minimum. It's the reason the rule actually holds across Airbnb, Booking.com and direct - not just when someone remembers to check.
Hyper-local pricing algorithm updates your nightly rate every hour across every channel. Weekday, weekend, event, off-peak - it moves the price, not us.
Enforces your chosen minimum-stay floor and closes tiny gaps that would otherwise pull in one-nighters. Nightly automation across Airbnb, Booking.com and direct.
Scans guest messages, reviews and booking behaviour every day and flags problem guests early - before they land at the property.
Every stay carries a security deposit through the platform or held by us directly. Corporate bookings sit on top of platform-level damage cover.
Long-stay vs nightly Airbnb vs guaranteed rent.
The honest trade-offs. We run all three - so we've got no incentive to push you into the wrong one.
Long-stay / medium-let
- Yield
- High
- Your effort
- Low - we run it
- Wear & tear
- Low
- Void risk
- Minimal - rolling pipeline
- Control
- Full - you keep the asset
- Best for
- Property-first landlords, owners abroad, second-home owners
Nightly Airbnb (short-stay)
- Yield
- Highest ceiling
- Your effort
- Low - we run it
- Wear & tear
- High
- Void risk
- Weekend-loaded
- Control
- Full - you keep the asset
- Best for
- City-centre owners chasing peak-season yield
Guaranteed rent
- Yield
- Fixed - lower ceiling
- Your effort
- Zero - contract only
- Wear & tear
- Low
- Void risk
- None - contracted
- Control
- Rented to PMP for the term
- Best for
- Landlords who want a fixed monthly cheque, no surprises
Not stag do's. Not weekend tourists. Not one-nighters.
The medium-stay demand we plug into is boringly professional - and that's exactly what you want for a property that has to stay in good shape.
A three-bed semi in Salford, owner travelling for six months. Instead of nightly Airbnb we set a 14-night floor, targeted MediaCityUK contractors and Salford Royal medical placements, and ran two rolling 28-night bookings back to back. Same monthly payout, zero party risk, one changeover a fortnight, and the owner got a WhatsApp update after every inspection. That's what medium-let looks like when it's running properly.
Medium-let, honestly answered.
Will I lose income if I switch to 7-night or 30-night minimums?+
In most postcodes the ADR (average nightly rate) drops slightly but occupancy climbs and costs fall (cleaning, linen, guest comms). Net payout is usually within 5-10% of a nightly model - and in some corporate-heavy areas it beats it. We model both scenarios for your address before you commit.
Can I change the minimum-stay rule later?+
Yes. We can move you between 3-, 7-, 14- or 30-night floors at any time, and we do this seasonally for a lot of clients - shorter minimums in Christmas / summer peaks, longer minimums outside those windows. You never sign into one strategy for a year.
What if I want to switch back to an AST (long-term tenancy) later?+
No lock-in. We give notice, the property empties on the last guest checkout and it's yours to hand over to a letting agent. No tenant deposit dispute, no Section 21 wait, no fixed-term overhang.
How do you screen medium-term guests?+
Every stay over 7 nights is manually vetted - ID check, purpose of stay, employer or contract confirmation for corporate bookings, and a security deposit held on the platform or by us directly. Contractor and NHS placements come through vetted agencies we've worked with for years.
Is this the same as a company let?+
No. A company let is one AST-style tenancy to one company for a fixed term. Our long-stay model is still a serviced-accommodation licence: guests come and go, you keep full control of the property, and you can price nightly through PriceLabs. The similarity is only the length of stay.
Do you have corporate and contractor clients in my area?+
We have direct pipeline from construction, engineering, NHS and relocation agencies across most of the UK. On the discovery call we'll tell you honestly what demand looks like in your specific postcode before you sign anything.
Can guests still book a single night if I want?+
Only if you specifically opt in. Our default is a hard 3-night floor across every channel; most owners keep it at 7 nights or higher. One-night bookings account for almost every horror story landlords hear about short-lets - we removed them from our model on purpose.
Who cares for the property while I'm travelling?+
The same team that runs the guest side - property inspections after every stay, monthly deep-clean audits, maintenance triage through our vetted contractor list, and a WhatsApp thread you can dip into from anywhere in the world. You don't need to be reachable for us to run the property.
Send us the address. We'll come back with a min-stay strategy, projected income and a package - free, no obligation.
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