For properties that suit a short or mid-term guest better than a standard tenancy — or landlords who simply want the flexibility. Handled personally, not run through a platform.
Most short-let management in London is built to scale — a dashboard, a call centre, hundreds of properties moving through the same pipeline. Kastel takes on a limited number, and manages each one personally.
Everything needed to run a short or mid-term let properly, start to finish.
Live on Airbnb, Booking.com, and matched directly through Kastel's own network — from a single calendar, so nothing double-books.
Rates reviewed against real demand — events, seasonality, comparable listings — not left on a fixed rate and forgotten.
Guests screened before booking, with support covered day and night — not just office hours.
Cleaning, linen, and restocking coordinated between every stay, with a consistent standard guests notice.
Four stages, before your property ever goes live.
An honest read on whether short-let, mid-term, or a standard tenancy fits your property and your goals — and what compliance it involves.
Professional photography, listing copy, and a pricing strategy built for your specific street and property type.
Bookings, guest communication, cleaning, and turnover handled from day one — you're not on call for any of it.
Clear monthly performance and income reporting, so you always know exactly where things stand.
Short-let regulation in London has been tightening, and it keeps moving. Here's the current picture — kept up to date as an instruction runs, not treated as a one-off checkbox.
Entire-home short lets in Greater London are capped at 90 nights per calendar year without planning permission, under the Deregulation Act 2015. The count is per property, across all platforms combined, and resets each 1 January. Letting beyond the cap without permission risks council enforcement.
Stays of 28 nights or more are treated differently in law and sit outside the 90-night cap entirely — no planning permission required. It's why a hybrid of short and mid-term lets can keep a property earning year-round without breaching the limit.
England is introducing a mandatory registration scheme for short-term lets, with a unique property number required on every listing. Requirements are still rolling out through 2026 — Kastel tracks this as it firms up and registers instructions accordingly.
Many London flats carry lease terms that restrict or prohibit short-letting outright, regardless of the 90-night rule. This is checked before any property goes live, alongside any borough-specific licensing.