Own a home in Ashton, Hyde or Stalybridge? Beacon Living Group gets it booked on Airbnb, Booking.com and our own site. We run the pricing, guests, cleaning and repairs, with the booking income paid to you. Tameside General Hospital, the M67 corridor and the trains and trams into Manchester keep working guests coming all year. This is serviced accommodation and short-let management for owners who want the income without the work.
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Summary: Beacon Living Group provides Airbnb management in Tameside, from Droylsden and Audenshaw out to Mossley and Longdendale. We run the listings, set the rates, vet the guests and organise cleaning and repairs for a fee you agree in writing first. Bookings pay you. The running costs are yours. A fixed monthly rent is also available on selected properties.
Short lets in Tameside run on hospital rotas, motorway contracts and commuter moves. These are the jobs we take on.
A Tameside General registrar might book through Airbnb and an M67 site manager through Booking.com. We list on both and on our own site, where a direct booking costs the guest far less in fees.
Hospital rotations, contract starts and Manchester events all move demand in Tameside. Prices are checked every day so the calendar fills at the right level.
Guests are identity checked before they get access. We answer every message and run self check-in, which suits a contractor arriving in Hyde late on a Sunday.
Our cleaners turn the home round between a locum leaving and an engineer arriving, with clean linen each time. Every turnaround ends with a condition check.
A blocked drain in Denton or a broken lock in Dukinfield is ours to sort with a contractor. Repairs are a running cost, so the invoice passes to you with details.
Furnishing a Stalybridge terrace for guests takes work. We buy and set everything up. You pay for it and it is yours.
Antony owns Briar House in Wythenshawe, on the other side of Greater Manchester from Tameside. Beacon has managed it for him since August 2026.
Beacon has paid me on time every single month and I’ve never had to chase a thing.
Prefer to check us out? Ask for a reference call with Antony and put your questions to him.
Briar House is in Wythenshawe, not Tameside. We name it because we can show it to you in full. Find out how it is run.
Tameside has four year-round sources of demand. They are a district general hospital, the M67 linking to the M60, TransPennine Express trains from Stalybridge and Metrolink running from Ashton into the city.
Healthcare workers, contractors and commuters do not book on holiday patterns, which is useful when your income is the booking income. Investment in Ashton town centre adds project teams on longer contracts.
Homes here are often more affordable than in central Manchester. That draws professionals who want space and a manageable commute while they decide where to settle.
Pictured: the sofa-bed space at Briar House in Wythenshawe, a home we manage for its owner. Flexible sleeping like this helps a Tameside house take small crews.
Six groups drive short-stay demand in Tameside. None of them depends on the tourist season.
Consultants, registrars, nurses and locums on rotation who want a kitchen, a washing machine and a short drive to work.
Site engineers and specialist trades covering Tameside, Trafford Park and East Manchester, using the M67 as their base route.
Project staff on multi-month town-centre contracts who need more than a budget hotel room.
Staff who drive the M60 and M56 to Manchester Airport and find Droylsden or Denton a practical base.
Movers using Stalybridge or Ashton as a temporary home while house-hunting, commuting by train.
Households between homes or waiting on repairs, staying anywhere from two weeks to six months.
A Mossley cottage, a Hyde semi and an Ashton flat each need a different plan, so our fee is set after a strategic assessment of yours. It is confirmed to you in writing before you sign.
You pay the running costs from the bookings. For a three- or four-bedroom Tameside house, expect around:
Lower purchase prices in Tameside do not change these running costs much, so check the numbers carefully. The calculator lets you try your own rate.
You are not tied in. Four months of underperformance gives you the right to leave on one month's notice.
Share the Tameside address. We consider the street, the size and whether hospital staff, contractors or commuters would book it.
The agreement sets out our fee, your running costs and the exit clause. You read it in full before signing.
Furniture is bought and installed by us and paid for and owned by you. Photographs are taken and the listings go up.
We welcome guests and look after the home throughout. Income is paid to you monthly.
A long let in Tameside gives one predictable rent. Management gives you the booking income from hospital, contract and commuter stays, which moves more. Here is how they line up.
| What changes | Long let through an agent | Beacon management |
|---|---|---|
| Income | One fixed rent per month | Income from each night booked |
| Fees | Around 10% to 15% of the rent | An agreed fee on booking income |
| Empty periods | No income while the agent finds a tenant | Gaps priced to fill, yet quieter months still earn less |
| Condition | Seen properly when the tenant leaves | Cleaned and inspected after each stay |
| Who deals with guests | The owner or the agent | Beacon, from booking to check-out |
| Leaving | Notice periods set by tenancy law | One month's notice after four months of underperformance |
| Renters' Rights Act | Full assured-tenancy rules apply | Short stays generally sit outside them |
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General information, not legal or tax advice. How management works.
Owners usually start with the Renters' Rights Act and local planning.
Since 1 May 2026 the Act's private-renting reforms have ended fixed-term Assured Shorthold Tenancies and Section 21 evictions for residential landlords in England.
A short-stay guest who lives elsewhere is generally not an assured tenant, so a managed short let sits differently from a tenancy. Longer mid-term stays can blur that line, so get advice for your property.
Councils set their own licensing rules and change them over time. Before a Tameside property is listed, ask Tameside Council whether selective, additional or mandatory HMO licensing applies to your address.
Using a whole home for guests all year can be treated as a change of use. Tell us what you know on the appraisal form and we will check it before any agreement is signed.
This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Check your position with a professional before you sign.
Prefer certainty to the ups and downs of short lets? Guaranteed rent is also available on selected properties in Tameside.
See the Manchester guaranteed rent guide for how it compares. Read how much guaranteed rent pays in Manchester before you decide.
Every Tameside town is covered, from Droylsden on the city side to Mossley and Longdendale by the Pennines.
We set our fee after a strategic assessment of your Tameside property and confirm it in writing before you sign. The running costs are yours, paid from bookings. A three- or four-bedroom house usually needs about £500 a month for bills, roughly £60 per clean, £30 to £50 a month for consumables and about 18.8% in platform fees, much less on direct bookings. Test your own numbers.
Yes. We take the property on and relaunch it under the Beacon Living Group brand, so it carries our reviews and reputation rather than starting again. It also reaches the guests we already serve, including the contractor teams we work with. You keep the income and we run it from the day it switches over.
That covers listings across Airbnb, Booking.com and our website, plus daily pricing shaped by hospital, contract and commuter demand. It also covers ID checks, messaging, self check-in, a clean with fresh linen between stays and repair work organised for you. We buy and set up the furniture, which you pay for and own.
Expect NHS staff and locums at Tameside General Hospital, contractors on the M67 and M60, airport workers, Ashton regeneration teams, professionals relocating via Stalybridge station and people between homes. Each one is ID verified and agrees to our house rules.
Before any stay the guest is ID checked and signs up to house rules. If they booked direct, they authorise a £100 security hold near check-in. Channel bookings come under the platform's terms. Airbnb stays are covered by Airbnb's damage protection, subject to Airbnb's terms. After the stay we inspect, organise the repair and recover the cost through the hold or the platform.
Very likely. Lenders frequently need to give written consent before a mortgaged property takes short-stay guests. Leasehold homes may need the freeholder's agreement and your insurer must be told. General information only, not legal advice.
It might. Article 4 directions remove some permitted development rights in specific areas. They mostly affect HMO conversions. Tameside Council's planning team can confirm whether one applies at your address and whether a short let there needs consent. We will not list a property that needs planning consent it does not have. This is general information, not legal advice.
Yes. We list on our own website too. Each channel reaches different guests. Direct bookings carry far lower platform fees than either.
Yes. If the property underperforms for four months, you may give one month's notice and leave. It is written into the agreement from the outset.
Choose management to keep the booking income and its upside, knowing it varies with demand. Choose guaranteed rent for a fixed monthly sum. Beacon would hold a three- to five-year corporate commercial lease, pay a fixed rent and charge no fees. Voids, bills, council tax and maintenance would be ours. The rent is typically set below an agent's advertised rent. Guaranteed rent is also available on selected properties.
Yes. Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Hyde, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Denton, Audenshaw, Mossley and Longdendale are all covered, across OL5, OL6, OL7, SK14, SK15, SK16, M34 and M43.
About Beacon Living Group. Beacon Living Group is a Manchester serviced accommodation operator. It runs landlords’ properties as serviced accommodation, where the owner keeps the income, and also offers guaranteed rent on 3- to 5-year corporate leases with a fixed monthly rent and no fees. Beacon Living Group Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company no. 17076795.
Give us the address. We will come back with the guests it would suit, the running costs and our fee, written down for you to consider.
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