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Homes wanted · ShirleyOwners in Shirley: three ways to work with us.
The homes our guests book come from owners like you. Here is how it works in Shirley.
The people we host
Working guests, not holidaymakers.
Our guests are people with a reason to be in the area: a contract, a hospital rota, a relocation or a house being repaired. They need a whole home, not a room.
Contractors, clinicians, corporate teams and relocating families all look for the same thing: a whole, furnished home rather than a hotel room. Homes in and around Shirley can give them that.
Homes that suit
The kind of property we are after.
We look for homes a working guest would be glad to come back to after a long day.
- Current gas, electrical and energy certificates
- A layout that gives each guest some privacy
- Good repair, with no major works outstanding
- A lender and insurer who allow the use
- A whole house or a self-contained flat
Your options
Management, a company let or a quiet sale.
We manage it
A fee on room revenue, never on cleaning charges, shown on a monthly statement you can check.
Read more →Lease it to us
A fixed monthly sum from Maine Property Solutions as lessee, with the term and the repairs split agreed before you sign.
Read more →Sell it quietly
Register the home with Maine Property Solutions for introduction to investors on its list.
Read more →Homes for councils
Council placements need whole homes and the right consents. Maine Property Solutions arranges both with you.
Read more →Where you are
Before you decide.
For a home in Shirley, the local authority is Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands. The planning and council tax questions a change of use raises are settled with you before we begin.
The homes Maine Stays runs today are in Coventry and in Brierley Hill, each one named on our site.
Guests looking for a stay in Shirley can see how Maine Stays presents it on our Shirley accommodation page.
Housing officers at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council can read our accommodation page for the council.
Maine Property Solutions sets out its own company let terms for Solihull and its management service.
The process
What happens after you get in touch.
First message
A few lines about the home is enough.
A conversation
We ask what matters to you.
Written terms
Draft terms for you to read at your own pace.
Your call
Go ahead, wait or walk away.
Useful to have
What to gather first.
- The buildings insurance schedule
- The title or lease for the property
- Any planning permission for changes you have made
- The gas safety record
- A note of any works planned or needed
Tell Us About It
Got a home in Shirley? Tell us about it.
Questions
Questions from owners in Shirley.
Do you need the home to be vacant?
For management or a company let, yes, when it starts. For a quiet sale it can be let.
Who cleans between guests?
Maine Stays arranges cleaning and linen between stays.
What about council tax?
It depends on how the home is used. We go through it with you before anything starts.
Can you take more than one home?
Yes. Each home is looked at on its own merits.
Talk to the company that signs.
Tell Maine Property Solutions where the home is, its size and what you would like to happen.
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