Letting Agents in Saffron Walden

We list 16 letting agents covering Saffron Walden. 3 of them publish a full management fee: from 14.4% to 15.5% of monthly rent including VAT, with a median of 15%. Highest rated on Google: Cheffins Residential (4.9 from 164 reviews), Cheffins Saffron Walden (4.9 from 164 reviews), Intercounty Lettings (4.8 from 338 reviews).

Saffron Walden is a historic market town in the Uttlesford district of north-west Essex, covered by the CB10 postcode district. It is one of the best-preserved medieval market towns in the county, and that character is not incidental to the lettings market: the pargeted frontages, the common, the maze and the streets around the Market Square are what draw tenants who could otherwise rent more cheaply in Bishop's Stortford or Cambridge. The town has no railway station of its own, which shapes everything about how it lets. Tenants here are either working locally, working in Cambridge and driving, or commuting from Audley End station a couple of miles out. That filters the tenant pool towards households with a car and a settled reason to be in the town, and it produces longer average tenancies than a station town of the same size. Property divides between the period centre, where Georgian and earlier stock dominates and where conversion to flats has been constrained by conservation rules, and the twentieth-century housing on the approaches, which supplies most of the family lettings. Beyond the town the market extends into genuinely rural villages, where individual houses can be excellent lets but where the tenant pool for any one property is small. There are 14 letting agents covering Saffron Walden, a smaller field than most comparable towns, so landlords should compare terms carefully rather than assuming the local rate is the market rate.

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Compare 14 verified letting agents serving Saffron Walden

Average rating 4.8★ across 1,877 verified Google reviews.

Top letting agents serving Saffron Walden

  1. Cheffins Residential
    4.9★ (164 reviews) · Management 14.4%
  2. Arkwright and Co
    4.8★ (141 reviews) · Management 15%
  3. Intercounty Lettings
    4.8★ (338 reviews) · Management 15.5%
  4. Kevin Henry
    4.7★ (484 reviews)
  5. Mullucks
    4.8★ (95 reviews)
  6. Cheffins Saffron Walden
    4.9★ (164 reviews) · Management 14.4%
  7. Arkwright & Co
    4.8★ (140 reviews) · Management 15%
  8. Intercounty Saffron Walden
    4.8★ (333 reviews) · Management 15.5%
  9. Tucker Gardner Sales and Letting Agents Saffron Walden
    4.4★ (9 reviews)
  10. Mark Liell Property Consultants
    5.0★ (1 reviews)

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Average letting agent fees in Saffron Walden

15%
Full management
(of monthly rent)
£382
Typical setup fee

Based on 6 local agents in and around Saffron Walden that publish their fees. Fees vary by agent and service level, so compare the agents below for exact quotes. See the UK letting agent fee index for national figures.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do letting agents charge in Saffron Walden?

Of the 3 letting agents covering Saffron Walden that publish a full management fee, charges run from 14.4% to 15.5% of monthly rent including VAT. The median is 15%. Ask each agent for a written fee schedule before you sign.

Which letting agents in Saffron Walden have the best Google reviews?

Among agents with 25 or more Google reviews: Cheffins Residential (4.9 from 164 reviews); Cheffins Saffron Walden (4.9 from 164 reviews); Intercounty Lettings (4.8 from 338 reviews). Ratings are weighted by review volume, so a 4.9 from hundreds of reviews ranks above a 5.0 from a handful.

Is there high tenant demand in Saffron Walden?

Demand in Saffron Walden is dominated by households rather than sharers. The largest group is families, drawn by the town's schools and prepared to take three and four-bedroom houses on long tenancies; these are the most reliable lettings in the town and frequently run for several years. The second group is professionals working in and around Cambridge who want a market town rather than a city and are willing to drive. They take a wide spread of property, from period flats in the centre to modern houses on the approaches, and they are generally the least price-sensitive tenants in the town. A third, smaller group commutes to London from Audley End. They concentrate in property with parking and reasonable access to the station road, and they behave more seasonally than the other two groups. Village properties in the surrounding parishes draw a distinct and much narrower pool, usually people with an existing tie to the area. Those lettings can be excellent but need realistic expectations about marketing time. There is no student market and no single dominant employer inside the town itself.

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