Company standing
Registered name and number confirmed at Companies House: how long the company has traded, whether accounts are filed and current, and whether the person we’re dealing with is actually a director.
We Introduce. The Vetting Comes First.
Calbra matches London landlords with company-let operators who offer fixed monthly rent with no void periods. We don't let and we don't manage, and no rent or deposit passes through us. Our job is to make sure the company you're about to sign with is one worth signing with.
What Calbra is — and what it isn't
Plenty of companies in this market are vague about which side of the table they sit on. Here is ours, in plain terms.
What we are
An introducer. We hold live briefs from company-let operators, match your property against them, and check the operator before you ever speak. The agreement that follows is between you and them — signed directly, on terms you see in full before you commit.
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What we are not
We are not a letting agent, a managing agent, or an operator ourselves. We are not a party to your tenancy, and no rent or deposit passes through us at any point. If something goes wrong, your contract is with the operator, not with Calbra.
If we can't stand behind an operator, we don't introduce them.
Fewer introductions is the acceptable cost of that Submit your propertyHow we vet an operator
A landlord's biggest fear with a company let is handing keys to someone who disappears. This is what happens before we introduce anyone — and what separates us from a lead form that sells your details on.
Track record
We ask what they’ve run before: how many units, for how long, and where. An operator taking on their first property is a different proposition from one running fifteen, and we tell you which one you’re being introduced to.
Funds to proceed
We check they can actually afford it: the rent, the deposit, furnishing the property, and the gap before income starts.
Commitment
We check they’re ready to move now, not in six months. Operators who aren’t in a position to proceed don’t get introduced.
Landlord references where they exist
Where an operator already works with landlords, we ask to speak to one about payment record, communication and how the property came back. Not every operator has that history. Where they don’t, we say so rather than skip past it.
Live demand, not a database
We only introduce you to operators actively looking for stock like yours right now. Your details don’t go onto a list to be worked through later.
What we check, and what we don’t
We describe only the checks we carry out ourselves, and the depth of them varies from operator to operator — some have years of history and landlords we can call, others don’t. None of it is a guarantee of how an operator will behave. We do not carry out referencing, credit checks or guarantor checks on your behalf, and you should repeat any of these checks yourself, and make your own, before you sign anything. We will help you with what to ask.
How we're paid
The introduction is free to the landlord. We're paid by the operator, once you sign with them. Nothing is deducted from your rent and there is nothing to pay us at any stage.
You, the landlord
Submit the property. Hear back within one working day.
Calbra
Checks the operator, then makes the introduction.
The operator
Contracts with you directly and pays the rent under that agreement.
The obvious question
If the operator pays us, whose side are we on? It's a fair thing to ask, and you should ask it of anyone in this position. Our answer is that a fee paid once, on signing, gives us no reason to push a match that falls apart three months later — the operators we work with repeatedly are the ones who keep landlords happy. You're free to walk away at any point, there's no tie-in, and we'd rather you made your own checks on top of ours.
The compliance basics
Property sourcing is a lightly regulated corner of the market, which is precisely why the paperwork behind a sourcer matters. Ours is set out below, with reference numbers so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Registered limited company
Calbra Sourcing Limited, registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 124 City Road, London, England, EC1V 2NX.
Company no. 17380941Property Redress Scheme
A government-approved redress scheme, giving you an independent route to complain about us if we get something wrong.
Membership no. PRS060674ICO registration
Registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office for handling your personal data.
Registration no. ZC243502Professional indemnity cover
Insurance is in place covering the introductions we make. There is no public register for this, so there is no number to quote.
Cover heldTerms of business
Written terms behind every introduction, and a complaints procedure with timescales we are held to.
Terms · ComplaintsHow we describe what we do
This corner of the market has a reputation for overstating things. We would rather be precise, even where precision is less flattering — so here is how we talk about each part of it.
Whose guarantee it is
The fixed monthly rent is the operator's commitment, written into their fixed-term agreement with you. Calbra makes the introduction and checks the operator; the promise itself is theirs.
Your money never touches us
The operator pays you directly under your agreement with them. No rent and no deposit is routed through Calbra at any stage.
Only figures we can evidence
You will not find a running total of tenancies on this site. If we cannot put a document behind a number, we leave the number off.
Memberships described precisely
A government-approved redress scheme gives you an independent route to complain. It is not the same thing as being regulated, and we describe it as what it is.
Where the risk actually sits
Every letting arrangement carries risk. Here it sits with the operator's financial strength — which is why we vet them, and why we encourage you to repeat those checks yourself.
Who runs the let
The operator manages the property and the occupants. They are a separate business with their own obligations to you, and we say so rather than blur the line.
Where we work
Our weight sits in prime Central and inner West London — Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Camden — with a strong second ring across Wandsworth and Merton where the appetite for blocks and multiple units is strongest. We also hold live briefs in Ealing and Acton, Wembley, North and North West London, and outside the capital in Reading and the Slough, Windsor and Ascot corridor.
Every area on that list comes from an operator brief we're holding, not from a map we'd like to cover. Where we have no demand, we'll tell you rather than take the enquiry.
Submit Your Property
Six fields, about thirty seconds. We'll come back within one working day with vetted operators looking for a property like yours.
Email
Inquiries@calbrahomes.com
Phone — Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm
020 3400 9890
Step 1 of 2 — your property and contact details
That's in — thank you.
We'll be in touch within one working day with vetted operators looking for a property like yours.
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