What will a letting agent really cost you?
Real fees from 101 North East letting agents, added up into one first year cost. No sign up, no phone calls, nobody passing on your number.
Where's your property?
- Free, no sign up
- We never ask for your phone number
- No agent pays to be listed or ranked
- Every fee links to the agent's own page
Cheapest fully managed in Newcastle
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
35 agents in Newcastle publish prices. The dearest comes to £2,251.
- 10% monthly£420 set up£1,260
- BowsonJesmond12% monthly£462 set up£1,470
- Andrew CraigGosforth12% monthly£510 set up£1,518
- 14.4% monthly£330 set up£1,540
Cheapest fully managed in Gateshead
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
10 agents in Gateshead publish prices. The dearest comes to £2,251.
- 12% monthlyNo set up£1,008
- HuntersGateshead12% monthly£300 set up£1,308
- Seal PropertiesGateshead12% monthly£360 set up£1,368
- Fraser LakeGateshead12% monthly£420 set up£1,428
Cheapest fully managed in North Tyneside
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
13 agents in North Tyneside publish prices. The dearest comes to £2,251.
- 12% monthly£420 set up£1,428
- 14.4% monthly£330 set up£1,540
- LetsafeWhitley Bay12% monthly£546 set up£1,554
- Lucas JamesKillingworth12% monthly£615 set up£1,623
Cheapest fully managed in South Tyneside
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
8 agents in South Tyneside publish prices. The dearest comes to £1,809.
- 10.8% monthly£350 set up£1,257
- Andrew CraigBoldon12% monthly£510 set up£1,518
- EstatioSouth Shields14.4% monthly£420 set up£1,630
- Susan SpokesSouth Shields12% monthly£690 set up£1,698
Cheapest fully managed in Sunderland
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
16 agents in Sunderland publish prices. The dearest comes to £2,251.
- 12% monthly£420 set up£1,428
- HuntersSunderland12% monthly£504 set up£1,512
- Andrew CraigSunderland12% monthly£510 set up£1,518
- CooperletsSunderland14.4% monthly£350 set up£1,560
Cheapest fully managed in County Durham
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
24 agents in County Durham publish prices. The dearest comes to £2,251.
- 10% monthly£474 set up£1,314
- Venture PropertiesMeadowfield10% monthly£474 set up£1,314
- KDM EstatesPeterlee12% monthly£420 set up£1,428
- Sylvester PropertiesStanley12% monthly£420 set up£1,428
Cheapest fully managed in Northumberland
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
10 agents in Northumberland publish prices. The dearest comes to £1,840.
- 14.4% monthly£330 set up£1,540
- Mace EstatesHexham12% monthly£594 set up£1,602
- Lucas JamesBlyth12% monthly£615 set up£1,623
- BelvoirTynedale13.2% monthly£540 set up£1,649
Cheapest fully managed in Middlesbrough
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
12 agents in Middlesbrough publish prices. The dearest comes to £2,003.
- 12% monthly£275 set up£1,283
- G R EstatesNormanby12% monthly£300 set up£1,308
- HuntersTeesside Lettings15% monthly£300 set up£1,560
- 14.4% monthly£360 set up£1,570
Cheapest fully managed in Stockton
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
9 agents in Stockton publish prices. The dearest comes to £2,003.
- 12% monthly£300 set up£1,308
- Gowland WhiteStockton12% monthly£390 set up£1,398
- Anthony JonesWynyard12% monthly£420 set up£1,428
- Ingleby HomesStockton-on-Tees12% monthly£480 set up£1,488
Cheapest fully managed in Hartlepool
£700 a month let · first year · VAT included
5 agents in Hartlepool publish prices. The dearest comes to £2,003.
- 13.6% monthly£450 set up£1,592
- Smith & FriendsHartlepool13% monthly£500 set up£1,592
- Manners & HarrisonHartlepool19.2% monthly£330 set up£2,003
Every area at a glance
Cheapest to dearest first year cost, fully managed on a £700 let. Tap an area to see its cheapest agents.
- GatesheadRent North East£1,008 to £2,251
- South TynesideThe Letting Group£1,257 to £1,809
- NewcastleBarrie Wardrobe & Co£1,260 to £2,251
- MiddlesbroughProperty Management Services£1,283 to £2,003
- StocktonG R Estates£1,308 to £2,003
- County DurhamHunters£1,314 to £2,251
- North TynesideHunters£1,428 to £2,251
- SunderlandThe Good Estate Agent£1,428 to £2,251
- NorthumberlandRook Matthews Sayer£1,540 to £1,840
- HartlepoolDowen£1,592 to £2,003
How it works
1. Pick your area
See the agents near your property that publish a price.
2. Compare the real total
Monthly fee, set up fee and VAT added up into one first year cost, so a low headline rate can't hide the extras.
3. Contact them yourself
Go straight to the agent's own fee page. Nobody here passes your details on.
Things to watch for
don't put landlord fees online at all. You'd have to ring round.
are still using fee lists from 2021 to 2023. Ask for this year's prices.
don't say whether VAT is extra. A 12% fee plus VAT is really 14.4%.
Questions landlords ask
How is this different from sites that ask for my postcode and phone number?
Those sites usually pass your details to agents who pay for leads. Here you just see the fees agents publish and decide who to contact yourself.
Why a £700 a month property?
It's close to a typical North East rent, and using one figure makes every agent comparable.
My agent isn't in the list. Why?
53 agents don't publish landlord fees online, so there's nothing to compare. Each area page says how many.
Is the cheapest agent the best one?
Not always. Check what's included, the notice period and the complaints scheme. The guides below cover what to ask.
Why I made this
I'm Tom, from the North East. When I went through this myself, comparing letting agents meant opening dozens of fee pages and PDFs, all laid out differently. So I read them all and added them up.
I'm not an agent, and no agent pays to be listed or ranked. Every figure links to the agent's own page, with the date I checked it. More about the site.
Guides
- What letting agents charge in the North East
- Fully managed, rent collection or tenant find?
- How to read a letting agent's fee schedule
- Letting agent extras to ask about before you sign
- How to check an agent's complaints scheme and money protection
- Landlord costs beyond the agent's fee
- The Renters' Rights Act: what it means for landlords