How much do letting agents charge in Banbury?

Stepping Stones Letting charges a flat commission rate with no hidden fees. Our fully managed service, rent collection service, and tenant find service are all competitively priced. Contact us on 01295 275 909 for a detailed fee breakdown.

Do I need a letting agent to rent out my property in Banbury?

While you can self-manage, a professional letting agent ensures legal compliance with landlord regulations, handles tenant referencing, manages maintenance, and provides expertise on the Banbury rental market. With over 50 years combined experience, Stepping Stones manages the largest rental portfolio in Banbury.

What is included in your full management service?

Our full management service includes marketing your property, tenant referencing and selection, inventory preparation, rent collection, routine inspections, maintenance coordination, legal compliance checks, and end-of-tenancy management. We treat every property as if it were our own.

Are Stepping Stones Letting members of a professional body?

Yes, we are members of ARLA Propertymark, The Property Ombudsman, and comply with the TSI Code of Practice. All client money is protected in a designated client account.

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Landlord Services in Banbury

Q: What areas do Stepping Stones Letting cover?

We cover Banbury and surrounding villages within approximately a 10-mile radius, including Bodicote, Bloxham, Adderbury, Deddington, Kings Sutton, Wroxton, Hook Norton, Middleton Cheney, and parts of South Warwickshire and South Northamptonshire.

If you’re a landlord in Banbury or a nearby village, Stepping Stones Letting offers professional landlord services designed specifically for the private rented sector. We specialise exclusively in residential lettings and property management, helping landlords let efficiently, manage tenancies correctly, and protect their rental income.

Our services are flexible, clearly priced, and supported by local market knowledge — whether you need full property management, rent collection, or help finding and installing a suitable tenant.

At Stepping Stones, we pride ourselves on giving a personal, professional service to help you every step of the way. We let and manage hundreds of properties from our Banbury Cross offices and are proud to be the largest letting agents in Banbury with the largest rental portfolio in the area (Rightmove). We let and manage more properties locally than our corporate competition and are proud to say that the vast majority of our work comes from personal recommendations.

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Our Fees

Stepping Stones offer a full range of award-winning services, from simply finding tenants to full property management. As the leading independent letting agent in the area, we rent out more properties—faster—than anyone else. Over the past 20 years, we've built a reputation for high-quality, straightforward management, making us the areas largest letting agents with the most properties to rent in Banbury.

We offer the best rates and service to ensure your property is let quickly to great tenants, helping you maximise your investment. Plus, our pricing is transparent—no hidden fees! We charge only a flat commission rate with an upfront setup fee, so you’ll always know exactly what you're paying. Unlike some agencies that raise fees after a few months, we’ve kept our rates steady for the last five years.

We are quite happy to visit you in the comfort of your home and talk through the procedures of renting and discuss which of our services is best suited to your particular needs. You will find that, being a family run company, we are far more flexible and approachable than our corporate competition and can tailor our service to your particular needs. Whichever of our services you decide to use you can rest assured that your property is in safe hands with Stepping Stones

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Landlord Services Across Banbury & Surrounding Villages

We provide landlord services across Banbury and surrounding villages within approximately a 10-mile radius, including Bodicote, Bloxham, Adderbury, Deddington, Kings Sutton, Wroxton and nearby locations.

If your property is slightly outside this area, contact us — we may still be able to help depending on the property and service required.

The Full Management Service

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Full management Plus

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The Rent Collection Service

Rent Collection Details

The Tenant Find & Install Service

Tenant Find Details

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Buy To Let

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Overseas Landlords

Landlord Services

Fees

You will find we at Stepping Stones offer the best rates and the best service to ensure that your property is let quickly to the best tenants. This enables you to maximise the return on your investment. In addition, our straight forward pricing policy means that there are absolutely no hidden fees. As a family run Banbury letting agent, we believe strongly in building a relationship with our clients so we do not offer "low start" commission rates which then increase after six months. With Stepping Stones, you know exactly what you are going to pay before you start. In addition, as members of NALS (The National Approved Letting Scheme) and ARLA (The Association of Residential Letting Agents) you can rest assured that our service will always be of the highest standard

Letting & Property Management Fees (Summary)

We offer clear, transparent fees based on the level of service you choose:

Full Management Plus – 16.8% (inc. VAT) of monthly rent collected
Full Management – 14.4% (inc. VAT) of monthly rent collected
Rent Collection – 9.6% (inc. VAT) of monthly rent collected

Additional fixed fees may apply at the start of a tenancy or during a tenancy (such as documentation, deposit registration, renewals or optional extras), depending on the service selected.

A full breakdown of all fees and charges is available in our detailed landlord fee schedule.

Detailed Loandlord Fees

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Frequently Asked Questions for Banbury Landlords

Choosing an agent

The lettings industry is still unregulated and as such there are an awful lot of poor quality letting agents out there. As a landlord it is very difficult for you to tell who is good and who isn’t!

Here are some pointers that you should be looking for when choosing an agent.

Are they members of ARLA or another regulated body?

It is vital to find a company that has voluntarily joined a redress scheme as it shows that they are willing to be bound by their complaints procedure and that they have met certain levels of service standard. The main body for the lettings industry is ARLA (the Association of Residential Letting Agents) and you can check on their website if the company is a member. We are also Propertmark protected! You can find further information on Propertymark's conduct and membership rules here: www.propertymark.co.uk/professional-standards/rules.html

Are your monies protected?

ALL agents should hold their deposit and rent monies in a specific client account and this should be protected with Client Money Protection Insurance. This means that if the company goes bankrupt or worse your monies are safe and protected. Ask to see their certificate or ask if they are a "Safe Agent". This is an organisation that ensures that their members have such protection in place.

You can find our Client Money Protection certificate here: Download

Are they qualified?

Who is managing your property?

This is a really important one that most people forget when looking at agents. Most agents are very interested in letting the property as they see this as the money maker for them but then pass the boring day to day management to either another office or to the least experienced, youngest member of staff. You need to ensure that you know exactly who is doing what with your house and that they are dedicated to that job. You should have an experienced and trained property manager looking after your house who you can discuss all aspects of the management with.

Who does the accounts?

Are they Landlords?

Are they members of a Redress Scheme?

Until the industry is fully regulated all agents are definitely not equal! I hope that these all make sense and this gives you some idea on what to look for when looking through your options.