Airbnb Management in Cambridge

It is the most valuable one here. Clinicians, researchers and relocating staff need furnished homes near the campus at short notice, and Trumpington, Cherry Hinton and central locations with cycling access perform best.

Well-run Cambridge homes typically achieve £120–£220 a night on short lets, and strong monthly figures on corporate mid-lets. We model both routes for your specific property inside 48 hours before you commit to either.

Well-run homes in Cambridge typically achieve £130–£240 a night, but your real return depends on bedrooms, parking, location and how tightly the calendar is priced. AV Property gives Cambridge owners a free income assessment within 48 hours, based on comparable Cambridgeshire properties rather than a national average.

Our management fee is 12% + VAT of booking revenue, plus a one-off onboarding fee based on the size of the property. That covers listing creation and photography, dynamic nightly pricing, multi-platform distribution, guest vetting and messaging, housekeeping and linen, maintenance coordination and compliance tracking. There are no separate fees per booking.

We manage properties across Cambridge City Centre, Newnham, Chesterton, Cherry Hinton, Trumpington and Romsey and the wider Cambridgeshire area, covering the CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4 and CB5 postcodes. Because cleaners and maintenance cover are local to the property, we can turn a home around same-day between guests.

Cambridge is one of England's strongest mid-stay markets. The university, Addenbrooke's and the biomedical campus, and the tech and life-sciences cluster on the science parks bring visiting researchers, clinicians and relocating professionals who book 28 nights to six months, on top of heavy heritage tourism. The strongest demand drivers here are University & academic visits, Biotech & tech corporate stays, Addenbrooke's placements and Heritage tourism, with King's College, The Backs & punting and Addenbrooke's Hospital pulling in leisure bookings.

Cambridge has no short-let licence, but the city is planning-active on change of use for whole-home holiday lets and many central flats have lease restrictions. Because 28-night-plus corporate and academic lets are so strong here, they are often both the more compliant and the more profitable route — we will tell you which fits your property. We check your property's position before it goes live and will tell you honestly if short-letting is not the right route for it.

Genuinely year-round. Graduation and May Week are the sharpest peaks, summer is tourism-heavy, and the autumn and winter are underpinned by research and clinical placements, which is why Cambridge rarely needs deep discounting.

Most homes are earning within two to three weeks. That covers the walkthrough, professional photography, safety certificates where they are missing, furnishing advice if needed, and listing across Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and our direct channels on one synced calendar.

We also offer guaranteed rent in Cambridge: we become your sole corporate tenant for 1–5 years, paying a fixed monthly rent that's at least 5% above the local long-let market. There are no void periods, no management fees and no tenant or deposit headaches for you — you simply receive your agreed rent on the same day each month.

Everything. Listing creation and professional photography, dynamic pricing, multi-platform marketing on Airbnb / Booking.com / Vrbo and 13+ other channels, 24/7 guest communication, strict guest vetting, hotel-standard cleaning and linen, restocking, maintenance coordination, inspections, compliance, insurance, accounting and a single transparent monthly statement.

Most of our owners earn 30–60% more than they would on a standard long-let, after our management fee. Actual earnings depend on the city, postcode, property size, finish and seasonality. We provide a free, no-obligation valuation with realistic monthly income projections within 48 hours.

Our pricing is fully transparent and detailed on our Fees page (/fees), including the management fee, the separate one-off onboarding fee, what's included and what isn't.

Typically within 7–14 days of signing. We handle photography, listing copy, smart-lock setup, compliance checks, pricing strategy and onboarding to every platform.

Yes — properties need to be furnished to a guest-ready standard. If yours isn't, we can either advise you on what's needed or arrange a turnkey furnishing package via our trusted partners.

We do, completely. You will not need to speak to a guest, manage a cleaner, or coordinate a tradesperson. Our local team handles every operational detail and reports back to you monthly.

We collect all booking revenue from every platform, reconcile it, and pay you the net amount via bank transfer with a clean PDF statement showing every booking, every cost and every payout.

In most well-located UK markets, yes — significantly. Short-lets typically generate 20–60% more gross income, you avoid problem-tenant risk, you can use the property yourself when you want, and the property is professionally cleaned weekly.

Absolutely. You can block out personal dates in the calendar at any time. We just ask for reasonable notice so we can manage existing bookings.

We make sure your property meets every short-let-specific requirement: short-let insurance, annual gas safety, EICR (electrical), EPC, fire risk assessment, smoke and CO alarms. Local council short-let registration is included where applicable.