About us

Run by two people you deal with directly.

Cardiff Modern Living is a lettings and property management firm in Cardiff, run by its two directors. No branch network and no call centre: the person who answers your first email is the person you keep dealing with.

The directors

Who we are

Both directors have completed Rent Smart Wales agent training and the firm is licensed by Rent Smart Wales as a letting and management agent.

Director

Matt Parsons

Matt’s background is in service delivery and client management, across financial services (including mortgages) and technology. That work rests on clear communication, commitments kept and following through, and he brings the same approach to looking after landlords.

He looks after landlord relationships and new enquiries.

Director

Paul Bailey

Paul has been a Cardiff landlord since 2014, so he knows the agent relationship from the owner’s side of the table. His background is in IT service management, running support operations where the job is keeping records straight, meeting deadlines and making sure nothing gets missed — the part of letting a property that nobody sees until it goes wrong.

He looks after the systems, the compliance paperwork and the statements.

Why we set this up

Lettings, run the way we’d want our own run

Between us we have spent years as the client — as a landlord dealing with agents, and in work where clients are promised things in writing and expect them done. We set up Cardiff Modern Living to run lettings the way we would want our own property looked after.

That means a realistic rent figure rather than a flattering one. Every cost in writing before you commit. A monthly statement you can read in a minute. And the same two people from your first email onwards, so you never have to explain yourself to a new name.

It is a simple standard: say what will happen, in writing, then do it.

How we work

Four things you can hold us to

01

One named person, start to finish

You deal with the same director every time — someone who knows you, your property and your tenant. Never a new name to explain yourself to.

02

Welsh compliance, kept in order

Gas safety, EICR, EPC, alarms and the Renting Homes (Wales) paperwork, tracked and met for your tenancy without you having to ask. Your tenant’s deposit goes into a government-approved protection scheme inside the statutory 30 days. Getting this wrong lands on you, not your tenant, so it is our job to see it doesn’t.

03

Licensed, and answerable to someone other than ourselves

Cardiff Modern Living Management Ltd is licensed by Rent Smart Wales (#LR-96208-17295, valid to 23 July 2031) and a member of the Property Redress Scheme, PRS059920. If we get something wrong and can’t put it right between us, you have a free, independent route to escalate it. Our complaints procedure is published in full.

04

Fair to tenants, better for you

We treat tenants as people you want to keep, not costs to be minimised. Well-treated tenants stay longer, look after the place and pay on time, and every month a good tenant stays is a month you’re not paying for a void.

The company

The details

Cardiff Modern Living Management Ltd

Registered in England & Wales, company no. 15896587. Registered office: 4th Floor, 14 Museum Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BH. Cardiff Modern Living is the trading name.

Rent Smart Wales

Licensed letting and management agent, licence #LR-96208-17295, valid to 23 July 2031. Do you need a licence yourself?

Redress and standards

Member of the Property Redress Scheme, PRS059920. For block work we follow the RICS Service Charge Residential Management Code (we are not RICS-regulated).

One email. No sales visit.

Tell us the building and the number of bedrooms. A director replies with the rent range, our charges and what happens next.

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