From a Stretford terrace to a Sale semi, Beacon Living Group markets your Trafford property on Airbnb, Booking.com and our own site. We run the pricing, guests, cleaning and maintenance so the income lands with you. Trafford Park crews, Trafford General Hospital staff and event days at Old Trafford give the borough a steady flow of visitors. We offer serviced accommodation and short-let management for owners who want the income without the work.
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Summary: Beacon Living Group handles Airbnb management in Trafford for owners in Old Trafford, Stretford, Urmston, Sale and Altrincham. Guests, nightly prices, cleaning, maintenance and the listings themselves are our job, for a fee you agree in writing before signing. The income from bookings is yours, as are the running costs. A fixed monthly rent is also available on selected properties.
Match weekends, contractor rotas and hospital placements all need managing. Here is how we cover them.
Contractors heading for Trafford Park tend to search Booking.com, while match-day groups often use Airbnb. Your listing sits on both and on our own website, where direct guests pay much lower fees.
Rates on a United home game weekend should not match a quiet Tuesday in February. We review prices every day so event nights earn more and slow nights still sell.
Every guest shows ID before arrival. We take the calls and messages and send self check-in instructions, so nobody waits on a Gorse Hill doorstep for keys.
Turnarounds between match-weekend groups and Trafford Park crews are done by our cleaners with fresh linen, finished with a check of the house.
If the boiler gives out in Urmston or a window sticks in Firswood, we line up the contractor. The bill is a running cost, so it comes to you itemised.
Many Trafford terraces are let unfurnished. We buy and set up the furniture. You pay for it, so it is yours to keep.
Antony's house, Briar House, is in Sharston, Wythenshawe, just beyond Trafford's south-eastern edge. Beacon has run it under a management agreement since August 2026.
Beacon has paid me on time every single month and I’ve never had to chase a thing.
Still deciding? We can set up a call with Antony so you hear it first hand.
Briar House is in Wythenshawe, not Trafford. It is the Beacon property we are able to name. See the house and how it runs.
Trafford wraps around the south and west of Manchester city centre and holds one of the North West's busiest employment corridors. Trafford Park runs along the Manchester Ship Canal beside the M60, packed with engineering, logistics, manufacturing and distribution firms that bring in contractors and project teams.
Old Trafford (M16) and Stretford (M32) are full of Victorian terraces and semis. Metrolink runs into the city, with the Cornbrook interchange connecting to MediaCityUK and Salford Quays. Trafford General Hospital in Davyhulme adds NHS staff and locums on placement.
Then there are the event days. Emirates Old Trafford hosts cricket and concerts and the Manchester United stadium sits next door. Those dates bring groups, crews and hospitality staff on top of the weekday trade.
Pictured: a twin room at Briar House in Wythenshawe, a home we manage for its owner. Trafford Park crews often want exactly this layout in a Trafford house.
Industry, healthcare and sport each bring a different guest. Trafford has all three within a few miles.
Engineering and skilled-trades teams on projects lasting weeks or months, who want twin rooms and parking near the site. Read more on contractor stays near Trafford Park.
Rotational NHS staff, community nurses and locums working at Trafford General Hospital and clinics across the borough.
Auditors, trainers and secondees from firms along the ring road, splitting time between the city centre and other sites.
Movers drawn by the Metrolink and the range of homes in Sale, Urmston and Altrincham, renting short while they buy. See our Urmston relocation guide.
Cricket crowds, concert crews and media teams around event days. Read about match-day stays in Old Trafford.
Households waiting on repairs or a house move, staying from a fortnight to several months.
Trafford runs from two-up two-down terraces in Old Trafford to large houses in Hale and Bowdon, so our fee is not a fixed number. We carry out a strategic assessment of your home first, then confirm the fee in writing so you see it before you sign.
Running costs come out of the bookings and are the owner's to pay. As a rough guide for a three- or four-bedroom Trafford house:
Event weekends mean more turnarounds, so cleaning totals rise in those months alongside the income. Model your own figures here.
And if the property underperforms for four months running, a month's notice brings the agreement to an end.
Tell us where the property is, from Stretford to Altrincham. We weigh up the location, the rooms and the guests it would attract.
We send the agreement with the fee, the expected running costs and the way out set down in writing. Read it at your own pace before signing.
We fit out the home with furniture you pay for and own. The photographs are taken and the listings switch on.
Guests arrive and we deal with everything during their stay. You receive your income each month.
Long lets in Trafford are steady and predictable. Managed short stays can earn more on event and contract weeks but move more month to month. Both sides, plainly.
| What changes | Long let through an agent | Beacon management |
|---|---|---|
| Income | One rent from one tenant | Nightly income that climbs on event and contract weeks |
| Fees | Often 10% to 15% of the rent | A written, agreed fee taken from bookings |
| Empty periods | Void weeks between tenancies | Gaps priced to fill, though a slow month still earns less |
| Condition | Checked at check-out after a long tenancy | Checked after each stay |
| Who deals with guests | You, or the agent at a cost | Beacon |
| Leaving | Possession and notice under tenancy law | One month's notice after four months of underperformance |
| Renters' Rights Act | Inside the full assured-tenancy regime | Short stays generally outside it |
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General information, not legal or tax advice. How the options compare.
Tenancy reform and borough boundaries both matter here. This is where a short let sits.
The Act's private-renting changes took effect on 1 May 2026. Fixed-term Assured Shorthold Tenancies and Section 21 notices are gone for residential landlords in England.
Short-stay guests with a permanent home elsewhere are generally not assured tenants. Trafford landlords facing the new regime are weighing that difference. Stays of several months need closer thought, so take advice on your own setup.
Licensing and planning are set council by council and can change. Before a Trafford home is listed, confirm with Trafford Council whether selective, additional or mandatory HMO licensing applies at your address.
Near the Manchester boundary, check which council your street actually falls under.
A property that has been an HMO should be flagged at the start. Licensing across Greater Manchester.
General information only. Take advice from a solicitor or accountant on your own position.
Not every Trafford owner wants the swing of event weekends. Guaranteed rent is also available on selected properties.
Read the guaranteed rent guide for Manchester before you choose. Then see how much guaranteed rent pays in Manchester.
North Trafford's terraces, the Metrolink suburbs of Sale and Altrincham and the villages towards Partington are all in our patch.
The fee comes after a strategic assessment of your Trafford home and is confirmed in writing before you sign. Running costs are paid by you from the bookings. For a three- or four-bedroom house the guide is roughly £500 a month in bills, about £60 per clean, £30 to £50 a month in consumables and around 18.8% in platform fees, much lower for direct guests. Use the calculator.
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 your listing on Airbnb, Booking.com and our site, plus prices adjusted daily for match days, concerts and contract work. It also covers guest vetting, every message, self check-in, cleaning and linen after each stay and contractors arranged for repairs. We buy and install the furniture, which you pay for and keep.
Expect Trafford Park engineers and trades, NHS staff at Trafford General, project teams along the M60, families moving to Sale or Urmston, event crews around Old Trafford and households in between homes. All are ID checked and must follow house rules.
No one books without an ID check and agreeing to house rules. Direct guests authorise a £100 security hold near check-in. Bookings made through a channel follow that platform's terms. Airbnb stays fall under Airbnb's damage protection, subject to Airbnb's terms. We inspect after every stay, put the damage right and pursue the cost via the hold or the platform.
Probably. Lenders often require written consent before a mortgaged home is used for short stays. Leasehold flats in Sale or Altrincham may need freeholder consent too. Speak to your insurer as well. This is general information, not legal advice.
Not always. Many standard landlord policies expect you to tell the insurer before the home is used for paying guests. Some owners move to a short-let policy. Check with your insurer before the first booking. Not telling your insurer can put a claim at risk. This is general information, not insurance advice.
Yes. Contractors and corporate bookers lean towards Booking.com, groups and families towards Airbnb. Our website catches repeat and direct guests at a lower platform cost.
You can. When the property has underperformed for four months, one month's notice ends the agreement. The clause is in writing before you sign.
Pick management if you want the booking income, strong event weeks included, knowing that it varies. Pick guaranteed rent if a single fixed payment suits you better. Beacon takes a three- to five-year corporate commercial lease, pays a fixed monthly rent and charges no fees on it. We carry voids, bills, council tax and maintenance. The rent is typically below an agent's advertised rent. Guaranteed rent is also available on selected properties.
Yes. Old Trafford, Stretford, Gorse Hill, Firswood, Davyhulme, Urmston, Flixton, Sale, Altrincham, Timperley, Hale, Bowdon and Partington are all covered. Send us any Trafford address.
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.
Tell us the street. We will set out who would book it, the likely running costs and our fee, all on paper before you decide.
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