Kent · London · Bedfordshire
We partner with investors and landlords to source the deal, project-manage the refurb, launch it and then run it as serviced accommodation — targeting contractors, relocators and insurance stays, so your property earns more than a standard let and never sits empty waiting for a tenant.
Straight answer within one working day — including if the numbers don't work.
Three ways to work with us
Whether you already own the property, want the certainty of a guaranteed rent, or want to buy into serviced accommodation with a partner who already does it.
You own it, we run it. Set-up, listings, pricing, guests, cleaning and maintenance — you get a monthly statement and the net income.
Best for: landlords who want the upside and none of the day-to-day — from a one-bed flat to a large house.
Ask about full managementWe take a company let for 3–5 years and pay you a fixed monthly rent whether the property is booked or not. We carry the risk; you get a standing order.
Best for: landlords who want certainty and to be completely hands-off.
Get a guaranteed rent offerThe full service for investors buying into serviced accommodation: we find and appraise the deal, project-manage the refurb, furnish and launch it, then run it under a JV or management agreement.
Best for: investors with capital who want a hands-off SA portfolio.
See the full serviceThe full service
Most investors don't want four different companies and four different excuses. We source the property, run the refurb, furnish and launch it, then manage it as serviced accommodation — one team, one point of contact, all the way through.
We find and appraise properties that actually work as serviced accommodation — not just ones that are for sale.
We scope the work, price it, appoint the trades and run the site — so you're not managing builders from your day job.
The bit that decides your reviews. Furnished for people staying weeks, photographed properly, and listed with copy written per guest type.
Then we run it. Guests, pricing, changeovers, maintenance and a monthly statement — for as long as you want us to.
Prefer to take some of it yourself? Each stage stands alone — plenty of clients bring us in only for the refurb, or only for the management. Tell us where you're up to and we'll price the parts you need.
What we actually do
Each property runs as a small hospitality business on a repeatable system: a launch checklist, a changeover checklist, an ops calendar and an order list. Nothing depends on memory.
We aim at mid-stay guests — contractors on a job, families between houses, households on an insurance claim. Longer stays mean fewer changeovers, less wear and far steadier months than weekend lets.
Refurb scope, interior design brief, furniture and linen order list, photography, floor plan, and listing copy written per guest segment.
One property, several targeted listings — long stay, contractors, insurance, relocation, family — on Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo, plus a direct-booking page on TDR Stays. Rates set by season, length of stay and local demand.
Enquiries, vetting, booking terms, automated smart-lock check-in, house guide, 24/7 guest line and reviews. Bookings are approved before they're confirmed, so nothing lands unvetted.
Cleans between stays are checklist-driven and photographed, with linen rotation, consumables restock and same-day damage reporting.
Property compliance stays your responsibility as the landlord — but we keep the calendar and tell you what's due before it lapses. Day-to-day maintenance call-outs are covered by us up to an agreed limit, set with you at the start. Electrical work comes from TDR Electrical at discounted rates for our landlords.
Monthly statement showing bookings, occupancy, average nightly rate, costs and the net paid to you — plus your direct-booking share, so you can watch platform fees fall.
Our properties
The same system we offer investors, running on real properties — so you can see exactly what you'd be buying.
A three-storey, 2.5-bathroom townhouse close to the town centre and station, set up for mid-stays rather than weekend breaks. Zip-link beds on two floors make up as twins or doubles, so the same house suits a contractor crew one month and a relocating family the next.
Launched with five segment-targeted listings — long stay, contractors, insurance stays, relocation and family — each with its own copy, alongside a direct-booking page on TDR Stays. Automated smart-lock check-in, a dedicated desk workspace, off-street parking, and bookings approved before they are confirmed.
A larger house a short walk from a hospital, being appraised as a guaranteed-rent unit aimed at NHS and locum agency block bookings. The appraisal covers lease terms, HMO and planning position, furnishing budget, achievable weekly rates from comparable stays, and a break-even occupancy — before a pound of set-up is committed.
This is the same process we run on every investor deal: if the numbers don't stand up at a conservative occupancy, we say so and walk away.
Inside our properties
Our direct-booking brand
TDR Stays is where our properties get booked directly — guests save up to 10% against platform prices, businesses and insurers get proper invoices, and stays flex around a job, a move or a repair.
Every property we manage is listed on TDR Stays alongside Airbnb and Booking.com. For owners it's the route to repeat, fee-free bookings; for guests it's a better rate and a real person on the phone.
Weekly and monthly rates, parking, fast Wi-Fi, invoices to the company.
A settled base for one to six months while the next home comes together.
Alternative accommodation while a claim is repaired — billed to the insurer or loss adjuster.
The TDR group
Investor partnerships, sourcing and serviced accommodation management.
Direct bookings for contractors, relocators and insurance stays — guests save up to 10% booking direct.
tdrelectrical.co.uk ↗NAPIT-registered, TrustMark-approved electricians in Sevenoaks & Kent — inspection, certification and installation, at discounted rates for our landlords.
Partners
We partner with other operators and investors — sharing deals, covering each other's overflow bookings, and working together on projects that are bigger than any one of us.
Serviced accommodation operator, booking direct at hughchampneysltd.directstays.com.
Partner ↗Oliver Mitchell Estates — serviced accommodation and property investment.
Property investment and serviced accommodation partner.
Before you ask
You are — property compliance is the landlord's legal responsibility and we won't pretend otherwise. What we do is keep the calendar for you: we track what's due, tell you before it lapses, arrange access around bookings, and offer discounted rates on all electrical compliance work through TDR Electrical, our own NAPIT-registered and TrustMark-approved firm. Gas, fire risk assessment and anything outside electrical we'll coordinate with your existing contractors.
On a guaranteed-rent lease, nothing happens to you — the rent lands on the same date regardless, because the occupancy risk is ours. On full management, income varies with bookings, which is why we target mid-stay guests and build the direct-booking channel: longer bookings and repeat guests smooth out the quiet weeks.
Most standard buy-to-let mortgages and landlord policies don't cover short-let or serviced accommodation without consent, so this is one of the first things we check with you. You'll usually need consent-to-let or a product that permits short lets, plus a policy written for serviced accommodation. We'll tell you exactly what to ask your lender and broker before anything is set up. We're not brokers or advisers, so the final word comes from them.
No stay begins without a person approving it. Guests are vetted, booking terms are signed, and the guest mix we target (contractors on company accounts, insurers, relocating families) is about as far from a party crowd as short-let gets. Changeovers are photographed, so damage is spotted and reported the same day.
We cover maintenance call-outs up to an agreed limit, so the small stuff — a leaking trap, a tripped circuit, a broken blind — gets fixed the same day without a phone call to you. That limit is set with you at the outset and depends on the property: an older house with an ageing boiler and original wiring carries more risk than a new-build flat, so the figure is agreed case by case. Anything above the limit, or anything structural, comes to you with a quote before work starts.
A furnished, compliant property can be live in two to three weeks — photography, listings, pricing and check-in setup. If it needs a refurb or furnishing, allow six to ten weeks depending on scope. We'll give you a dated plan with the appraisal.
Kent and the south London boroughs around our base near Sevenoaks, plus Bedfordshire and the wider Midlands where we operate. If you're outside that, ask anyway — if we can't run it well we'll say so rather than take it on.
Free property appraisal
Send us the address or the area and we'll come back with achievable rates, a realistic occupancy, and a straight answer on whether serviced accommodation is right for it.