About First 4 Lettings | Leicester Letting Agents Since 2005

First 4 Lettings has been one of Leicester’s most trusted independent letting agents since 2005. Based in Clarendon Park, we provide residential lettings, professional lets, student lets, HMO management, and full property management services across Leicester and Leicestershire.

We’re not a franchise or a national chain. We’re a local, independent agency with two decades of hands-on experience in the Leicester rental market — and lettings is all we do.

Local Knowledge That Actually Makes a Difference
Twenty years letting property across Leicester teaches you things no algorithm can replicate. We know rental demand across every part of the city — from Clarendon Park, Stoneygate and Knighton in the south, to the city centre, Oadby, Wigston, and beyond into the wider Leicestershire area.

We understand what tenants in different postcodes expect, what landlords in those areas need, and how to price, position, and manage a property to get the right result — quickly and with minimal void periods.

 

What We Do

Residential & professional lettings — Tenant find, referencing, tenancy setup, and ongoing management for landlords across Leicester and Leicestershire.
Student lettings — Specialist support for student properties near the University of Leicester and De Montfort University.
HMO management — Licensing compliance, tenant coordination, maintenance management, and rent collection.
Full property management — Inspections, maintenance, rent collection, arrears handling, and tenant communications.
Tenant find service — Thorough referencing, credit checks, and right-to-rent compliance.
Rental valuations — Honest, evidence-based valuations that reflect current market conditions.
Landlord compliance support — Gas safety, EPCs, deposit protection, HMO licensing, and legislative guidance.

Why Leicester Landlords Choose First 4 Lettings
In a city with no shortage of letting agents, landlords stay with the agents who deliver what they promise. Many of our landlords have trusted us to manage their properties for over a decade — a reflection of our consistent service and long-term relationships.

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Fees

PERMITTED PAYMENTS

As well as paying the rent, you may also be required to make the following permitted payments:

1) Holding Deposit: Up to one week’s rental

2) Deposit: One month’s rental (5 weeks rental dependent on individual’s circumstances)

3) Payments for utilities (gas, electricity & water), communication services (telephone & broadband), Installation/Subscription of cable/satellite, TV licence and council tax

4) Default Fee (late payment of rent): If full Rent is not paid within 14 days or more of the Rent Due Date there will be a charge 3% plus the Bank of England base interest rate of the full rental amount until full payment is received

5) Default Fee (breach of tenancy agreement, any other permitted payments, under relevant legislation including contractual damages): For any breach of the tenancy agreement based on the reasonably incurred costs of the agent or landlord

6) Replacement of keys, fobs or other security devices

7) Default Fee (changes to the tenancy): An administrative charge of £50.00 or greater for any assignment, variation or novation of the tenancy agreement made at the tenant’s request (only if agreed by The Landlord and/or The Landlord’s Agent)

8) Payments in respect of early termination of a tenancy agreement at the tenant’s request


TENANT PROTECTION

First 4 Lettings is a member of Client Money Protect which is a client money protection scheme, and also a member of PRS (Property Redress Scheme), which is a redress scheme.