Do you let and manage property in Shirley?

Yes. We take on rental homes in Shirley for landlords, managed or let only, on the same published fees as everywhere else we work.

How much does a letting agent cost in Shirley?

Our managed service is 75% of the first month's rent up front for each new tenancy, then 12% of the monthly rent. Let only is first month's rent for each new tenancy. Every fee is on our fees page.

Do you cover Solihull as well as Birmingham?

Yes. Solihull has its own council and its own rules, which we know as well as Birmingham's.

Letting Agent in Shirley for Landlords

Renting out a home in Shirley

Shirley grew along the North Warwickshire railway between the wars and after, with estates such as Jacey Road from the 1930s. Newer homes include flats around the Parkgate centre, opened in 2015, and Dickens Heath.

Tenants here include families and people working in Birmingham, Solihull, the airport, the NEC and Jaguar Land Rover.

Blythe Valley Park business park at M42 junction 4
Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant and the airport within commuting distance
Light Hall School, with Tudor Grange and other Solihull catchments covering parts of Shirley
Parkgate, the Stratford Road shops and Shirley Park

Our work in Shirley

We have let or managed more than ten homes in Shirley over the last few years, and the rents we achieve sit in line with the local market.

Solihull has different rules from Birmingham, and landlords who own on both sides of the boundary are a big part of our work here. We keep each property on the right council's rules.

A lot of landlords who book a Tenancy Health Check with us think their property is fully compliant and find gaps. Lettings involves more than 170 laws and regulations, and a managed service that only collects rent tends to miss some of them.

We also run landlord seminars in Birmingham on the new rules, licensing and tax. The next one is in the last week of November 2026. Join the seminar waitlist.

Shirley in numbers

Far fewer households rent privately in Shirley than in Birmingham, yet asking rents are higher, so there are fewer homes to choose from and tenants pay more for them.

At the 2021 Census, 12% of the 15,352 households in Shirley East, Shirley South and Shirley West wards rented privately, against 13% across Solihull borough and 20% in England.
Homes: 54% semi-detached houses, 21% detached houses, 14% purpose-built flats, 10% terraced houses (Census 2021).
60 homes were listed to let in Shirley on Rightmove on 31 October 2026. Leaving out rooms and student lets left 57 homes, with a middle asking rent of £1,500 a month.
By size: 1 bed £1,100 (10 homes), 2 bed £1,200 (20 homes), 3 bed £1,525 (16 homes), 4+ bed £2,020 (10 homes). Only sizes with five or more listings are shown.

Asking rents are what landlords advertise, not what tenants end up paying, and a snapshot of a few dozen homes moves from week to week.

Why tenants want to live here

Shirley station on the North Warwickshire line, to Moor Street and Snow Hill
The A34 Stratford Road, the main bus and shopping corridor
M42 junction 4 at the south end of Shirley

Licensing and the rules in Shirley

Shirley comes under Solihull Council. Not a selective licence. Solihull Council runs no selective or additional licensing scheme, so a normal let to one household needs no council licence. Shared houses with five or more people from two or more households still need a mandatory HMO licence.

Small HMOs (three to six sharers) do not currently need planning permission in Solihull, unlike Birmingham. In April 2026 councillors agreed to pursue an Article 4 direction that would change this, so check the position before converting a house.

Shirley borders Hall Green, which is in Birmingham. Homes on the Birmingham side follow Birmingham's rules, including planning permission for any new small HMO.

Rents in Shirley

£1,284 a month: average private rent across Solihull borough (1 bed £861, 2 bed £1,069, 3 bed £1,268, 4+ bed £1,885; semi-detached £1,326, detached £1,819), up 3.3% on a year earlier (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026)

Published averages lag behind the market and mix every kind of home. For a figure for your own property, book a free Tenancy Health Check. By the end of the call you'll know exactly where you stand.

What we charge landlords in Shirley

The same published fees as everywhere we work. Managed is what we recommend for most landlords.

Managed (our recommendation)75% of the first month's rent up front for each new tenancy, then 12% of the monthly rent

Advertising and finding the tenant; referencing; setting up the tenancy; collecting the rent every month; arranging repairs with our contractors, up to £250 per item without needing to ask you; tracking certificates and deadlines, with reminders; keeping the paperwork right as the rules change; your landlord portal for statements, documents and maintenance.

Let onlyFirst month's rent for each new tenancy

Advertising and finding the tenant; referencing; setting up the tenancy. After move-in, the tenancy and the paperwork are yours to handle. Utility and council tax changeover is not included and can be added from the list below.

See all our fees, or read about letting a buy-to-let with us.

Letting agent in Shirley for landlords