£500 fixed fee Tenant Find. If we have not produced a referenced applicant within 30 days of your property going live, the first £250 is refunded in full, or carried forward to a future instruction if you prefer. Your choice.

Lettings across the North East

Let your North East property for a fixed £500.

We prepare the marketing, run the viewings, reference the applicant properly and set up the tenancy. No tie in.

  • You approve the tenant. You hold the rent and the deposit. We never touch client money.
  • Full referencing at our cost: credit, income, employer, previous landlord, Right to Rent, anti fraud.
  • No referenced applicant within 30 days? Your first £250 back, or carried forward.

For landlords

Tell us about your property, request an initial rental appraisal and prepare for professional marketing, coordinated viewings and structured applicant updates.

Fee terms

  • £500 fixed fee.
  • No VAT currently charged.
  • £250 payable on instruction, £250 payable when the tenancy is signed.
  • If we have not produced a referenced applicant within 30 days of your property going live, the first £250 is refunded in full, or carried forward to a future instruction if you prefer. Your choice.
  • Includes accompanied viewings up to three viewing blocks.
  • Property Redress Scheme member PRS059901.

For tenants

Looking for a home to rent in the North East? Register for alerts and we will contact you when a matching property is listed.

For tenants: search and register for alerts →

Launch service

Tenant Find

Prepare and market your property, coordinate enquiries and viewings, manage applications and arrange referencing. You select the applicant. KeyMoment completes the agreed tenancy setup and hands the property back to you for ongoing management.

Included

  • Property information review
  • Marketing preparation
  • Property listing
  • Enquiry coordination
  • Viewing coordination
  • Application administration
  • Referencing administration
  • Applicant summary for the landlord
  • Agreed tenancy setup administration

KeyMoment does not currently hold rent, tenancy deposits or other client money. Full service responsibilities and payment arrangements will be confirmed before any instruction is accepted.

See the full included and not included detail

What stays in your control

  • Your rent

    Paid directly to you. We never handle client money.

  • Your deposit

    Protected in your own name in a government approved scheme. We provide the checklist and confirm each step is completed.

  • Your choice of tenant

    We present evidenced applicant summaries. The decision is always yours.

How we reference

Since Section 21 was abolished, removing a tenant who stops paying takes months. Choosing the right applicant matters more than finding a lot of them. Every applicant is assessed the same way.

  • Identity verification.
  • Right to Rent check.
  • Credit check, including CCJs and insolvency.
  • Income and employment verification against an affordability threshold.
  • Previous or current landlord reference.
  • Anti fraud check.
  • Guarantor referencing where required.

We arrange and pay for full referencing. If a referenced applicant fails or withdraws, we re market at no additional cost and reference the next applicant at our expense. You are never charged twice for the same let.

Read our Applicant Selection Policy

Why landlords choose KeyMoment

  • You hold the rent and the deposit

    We never touch client money. Rent is paid directly to you and the deposit is protected in your own name. Nothing passes through us, so nothing can go missing.

  • No tie-in

    Tenant Find ends when the tenancy starts and the property hands back to you. No notice period, no renewal fee, no obligation to use us again.

  • One fixed fee, no portal surcharge

    £500 total. £250 on instruction, £250 when the tenancy is signed.

  • Property Redress Scheme member

    Membership number PRS059901. Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office, reference ZC205074.

How it works

Two clear journeys.

  1. Step 1

    Free rental appraisal

    Tell us about the property. We confirm achievable rent, service scope and fees before anything is agreed.

  2. Step 2

    Prepare and publish

    You provide compliance documents and photographs. Marketing goes live within 3 working days.

  3. Step 3

    Viewings and referencing

    We run accompanied viewings and fully reference applicants at our cost.

  4. Step 4

    You approve, we complete

    You review evidenced applicant summaries and select. We complete the tenancy setup and hand the property back to you.

Why KeyMoment

Built to make renting and letting clearer.

Landlord and tenant portals

Log in to view applicants, see viewing feedback, approve or decline, and download your documents in one place.

See the landlord portal →

Clear process

See the status of your enquiry, property, viewing or application without chasing for basic updates.

Direct human support

Speak to a real person when a decision, document or problem needs attention.

Sell or Let

Property not selling?

Before reducing the asking price again, understand what the rental option could look like.

Free rental appraisal for North East property owners.

More services planned: Property Management is coming soon. Register interest.

Have a question, or a property to let?

Message KeyMoment. We reply during working hours.

Founder

Meet Joe Norman

Joe Norman, founder of KeyMoment

Joe Norman — Founder, KeyMoment

Joe founded KeyMoment after years working with property and compliance across the North East, from Sunderland and Washington through Newcastle, Gateshead and Durham. That background covers the parts of letting that landlords most often get caught out by: gas and electrical safety evidence, EPC requirements, Right to Rent checks, deposit protection deadlines and local selective licensing rules.

KeyMoment was built around a simple idea — a fixed £500 Tenant Find fee, a documented process, and a landlord who keeps the final decision on every applicant. Joe handles enquiries and appraisals personally, so landlords deal with the same person from first contact to move-in.

hello@keymoment.uk · 07546 872091

Key Moment Ltd, company number 17350405, registered in England and Wales.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

KeyMoment does not currently list on Rightmove or Zoopla. Properties are marketed direct through the KeyMoment site, our registered applicant alerts list, and social channels. This is why the fee is a flat £500 with no portal surcharge.

KeyMoment covers Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Durham, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Washington, Chester-le-Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Consett and Stanley. The same £500 fixed fee applies across every area.

KeyMoment does not charge tenant administration fees. Any payment connected with a tenancy will be limited to payments permitted by law and will be stated clearly before a tenant commits.

Register for property alerts and tell us your preferred areas, maximum rent and minimum bedroom requirement. We will contact you when a potentially suitable property is listed.

Use the rental appraisal form to tell us about the property and the service you need. Submitting an enquiry does not create a formal instruction. The service scope, responsibilities and fees must be agreed separately.

No, and this is deliberate. Rent is paid directly to you and the tenancy deposit is protected in your own name. No client money passes through KeyMoment, so none of it can be delayed, misapplied or lost if anything happens to us. We provide the checklist and confirm each step of deposit protection is completed.

£250 on instruction and £250 when the tenancy is signed. Nothing else. If we have not produced a referenced applicant within 30 days of your property going live, the first £250 is refunded in full, or carried forward to a future instruction if you prefer. Your choice.

KeyMoment attends as standard, up to three viewing blocks. You can attend instead, or alongside us, whichever you prefer.

We re market at no additional cost and reference the next applicant at our expense. You are never charged twice for the same let. We arrange and pay for full referencing covering credit, income and affordability, employer and previous landlord references, Right to Rent and anti fraud checks.

Marketing goes live within 3 working days of receiving your compliance documents and photographs. Referencing typically returns within 1 to 3 working days.

You do, in your own name. The deposit is paid directly to you and must be protected in a government approved scheme within 30 days, with prescribed information served to the tenant. We recommend a custodial scheme, which is free to use. We provide the checklist and confirm each step is completed.

No. Tenant Find ends at tenancy start and the property hands back to you. No notice period, no renewal fee, no obligation to use us again.
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