Andrew James / 15 August 2025 / Categories: City, Services, Opinions, Professional Organisations

Martin and Co Residential Property Lettings Agent Leicester

Estate Agents you can actually trust

There a couple of residential letting agents I deal with in Leicester E A Lane and son on 100 Regent Road. leicester LE1 7DG quite a few local landowners and and farmers I know trust to rent out their cottages and countryside properties when they become available.

The other is Martin and Co who I have personally dealt with which again is a small family run firm with an office in the centre of Leicester at 162 Narborough Road, LE3 OBW and with local regional offices covering Hinckley Leicestershire and Coalville, Leicestershire.

All though the founding family, Richard and Sarah Martin sold their shares in 2019 to the property franchise group, which is itself part of the much larger Connells group.

The franchisees in Leicester are now Jason and Sam Smart of Orton Properties Ltd trading as Martin and Co Leicester and I have always found them to be super efficient and professional whenever I have needed their help.

I have had quite a long history with Martin and Co as they actually rented me a house with a bunch of mates when I was student in Leeds. That was completely different office and different people at the time but still had a good experience.

As a commercial property owner I have had no major problems over 6 years dealing with the Leicester office and they always seem to find trouble free tenants who actually pay the rent which as someone with a rental property, it’s pretty important.

Martin and Co have been instrumental for landlords battling rising costs and extortionate licensing fees levied by Leicester City Council.

And joined by 40 other landlords this summer they have raised a legal challenge leading the fight against Leicester Council for what everyone is calling an “astonishing £1,290 per property” charge in selective licensing areas.

Whilst I cannot speak for other agents around the country operating under the Martin and Co franchise umbrella I cannot recommend Martin and Co in Leicester highly enough.

If you are a tenant looking for a home in the Leicester area they do their best to give everyone a fair shot with a transparent application and approval process non biased or prejudiced in anyway.

I don’t have to do anything really when it comes to managing my property Martin and Co are great and there have been no major issues or problems for me to have to get involved or deal with.

Very happy to see the property listing section here on Poopsnoop developing to compete with the likes of Rightmove and Zoopla where anyone can list their house to rent or buy. Long or short term lets to give the Poopsnoop community access to great holiday lets and villas, homes for sale or rent, we might otherwise not know about.

What a great service and opportunity for our growing community to help each other find out about what’s hot and what’s not.

Love to see Martin and Co and E A Lane and son using the service to broaden their reach in a community of great people where content is moderated to build authenticity and trust. Just what you need when renting a property for either a long or short time.