Legal & Compliance

Everything, on the record.

Our fees, our protections, and how we handle your data. Published in full, not available on request.

Fees and charges

A headline percentage is rarely what a landlord actually ends up paying. Ours is published in full, alongside every other fee we could charge you, including the ones you would hope never to need.

Management is 12% of the rent we collect, or 15% on Premium Managed where the fee is capped at £400 a month however high the rent. A one-off £300 when we find your tenant, nothing to move a tenanted property to us, and certificates and contractors' invoices passed on at cost with no commission on either.

View our full fees here(to follow)

Client Money Protection

Relio Limited is a member of the Propertymark Client Money Protection Scheme, membership number C0142559, valid to 31 August 2027. A copy of our certificate is available free of charge on request.

Client Money Protection is a government-approved scheme that reimburses landlords and tenants if an agent misappropriates their money or becomes insolvent. It is separate from tenancy deposit protection, which covers deposits only.

If our membership is revoked, or we move to a different scheme, we will notify our clients in writing within 14 days.

How your money is held day to day is set out under How we handle client money.

View our CMP certificate — PDF

How we handle client money

Rent and pre-tenancy monies are held in a ring-fenced client account with National Westminster Bank Plc, owned and operated by The Letting Partnership Limited, our named client accounting service provider. Only TLP can make payments from it, and client money never passes through a Relio account.

Rent is collected through Goodlord and paid into that account. It is reconciled every working day, with a full reconciliation at least every two months signed off by a director. We do not accept cash.

Deposits are not held by us. A traditional deposit is protected in the TDS Custodial scheme; a tenant may instead choose a deposit replacement product, but is never required to.

Read our full Client Money Handling Procedures — PDF

Client account interest

Any interest earned on client money is retained by Relio Limited or by our client accounting service provider. Under Propertymark rules an agent may only do this where there is a written arrangement with the client — ours is in the Terms of Business, agreed at the point of instruction.

Balances are modest and short-dated, largely rent in transit, and apportioning interest across individual balances would cost more than the sums involved.

The same terms apply to every client without exception.

Read our full Client Account Interest Policy — PDF

The Property Ombudsman

Relio Limited is a full member of The Property Ombudsman, the government-approved redress scheme for property businesses. Membership number T14730, branch T14730-0, valid to 31 July 2027.

As a full member we are bound by TPO's Code of Practice for Residential Letting Agents, which sets standards above the minimum required by law.

The Property Ombudsman
Unit 159756, PO Box 7169, Poole BH15 9EL
01722 333 306 · www.tpos.co.uk

How to raise a complaint, and when you can refer it to the Ombudsman, is set out under Complaints.

The Property Ombudsman — full member

Complaints

Service complaints

If something goes wrong, tell us at office@relioproperty.co.uk, by phone, or by post to our registered office. We record every complaint, verbal or written, and will confirm a verbal complaint back to you in writing.

Stage one. We acknowledge your complaint in writing within 3 working days and send a full written response within 15 working days of receiving it. The investigation is carried out by someone not directly involved in the matter complained about. If we ever need longer, we will tell you why and keep you updated.

Stage two. If our response doesn't resolve it, tell us and we will carry out a separate review within a further 15 working days, by someone who was not involved in stage one. That reply is our final viewpoint.

The Property Ombudsman. If you remain dissatisfied after our final viewpoint, you can refer the complaint to TPO within 12 months of its date. You can also go to TPO if 8 weeks have passed since you first complained to us in writing and the matter is still unresolved.

01722 333 306 · www.tpos.co.uk

Read our full Complaints Procedure — PDF

Data protection complaints

If your complaint is about how we handle your personal data, raise it with us at office@relioproperty.co.uk. We will acknowledge it within 30 days, keep you informed of progress and tell you the outcome.

If you're not satisfied with our response you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. You can do that at any time and you do not have to come to us first.

Referral fees and commissions

Awaiting the current arrangements table from Relio. Copy below is final.

Relio may receive a commission or referral fee from third parties we introduce you to. Where that happens we tell you in writing, in advance and before you decide anything — who the provider is, what we receive, and that you are free to make your own arrangements instead.

No client or tenant should ever be surprised to learn that we were paid for a referral.

Current arrangements

Provider · nature of arrangement · amount or basis — table to follow

Relio Limited is not VAT registered, so no VAT is added to the amounts shown.

Read our full Referral Fee and Commission Disclosure Policy — PDF(to follow)

Conflicts of interest

Our largest client is a company connected to our directors. Our policy explains how we manage that, and every other conflict we expect to encounter.

Read our full Conflicts of Interest Policy — PDF

Privacy notice

Relio Limited is the data controller for the personal data we hold. Our ICO registration number is ZC191363.

Calls to and from our landline are recorded. We may also record some meetings, and we tell you before we do.

Read our full Privacy Notice — PDF

Cookies

Our site uses essential cookies to function. Analytics cookies are blocked until you opt in — nothing non-essential is set before you choose.

Our booking calendar and WhatsApp button do not load until you click to use them. When you do, that provider sets the cookies it needs.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using at the bottom of any page.

Cookie declaration — name, provider, purpose and duration for each cookie set. Generated from the finished build and linked here.
Read our full Cookie Notice — PDF