You’ve received a letter. Not a generic one printed by the thousand and stuffed through every door on your street. A letter addressed to your property, specifically, because we have done our homework. We’ve spoken to players. We’ve spoken to agents. We’ve spoken to the liaison officers who handle relocations for professional football clubs. And your home came up.
Before we explain what we’re looking for, let us tell you a little about who we are, and why that distinction matters.
A Claim Anyone Can Make. A Record Very Few Can Back Up.
Spend five minutes browsing letting agent websites in the Midlands and you’ll find no shortage of agents describing themselves as specialists in sports and entertainment relocations. It’s a popular badge. Easy to print. Harder to earn.
So many estate and letting agents claim to be “the footballers’ letting agent.” It’s become something of an industry habit. Drop a club name, reference a player, build a page around it. The claim costs nothing. Proving it is another matter entirely.
We’ll keep this simple.
In the 2025/26 season, Birmingham City Football Club returned to the Championship and rebuilt their squad accordingly. They brought in 19 signings. Kyogo Furuhashi, Marvin Ducksch, Demarai Gray, Patrick Roberts, Jonathan Panzo, Kai Wagner, Phil Neumann, Jhon Solis, and more. Each one needed a home. Quickly, discreetly, and to a standard that reflected their professional standing.
Partridge Homes relocated every single one of them.
19 signings. 19 relocations. 100% success rate.
Not most of them. Not the straightforward ones. All of them. That is not a marketing claim we’ve dressed up to sound impressive. It is a documented, verifiable fact, confirmed publicly when the final relocation, Jonathan Panzo, completed.
What That Record Actually Looks Like in Practice
Football relocations are nothing like a standard tenancy. The timelines are compressed to a degree that would test most agents. In Jhon Solis’ case, we were instructed the day before his signing was finalised. Properties were sourced immediately, viewings were conducted on arrival, and within days he had moved from hotel accommodation into a long-term home.
With Marvin Ducksch, the brief was a fully furnished, high-specification property suited to his lifestyle. By the time the paperwork was signed at the club, we had already secured it.
Phil Neumann’s move came with more lead time, which allowed us to work closely with club representatives and his own team to prepare a shortlist of discreet, high-end homes suited to his family. His property was ready when he arrived.
Three different players. Three different briefs. Three very different timelines. The same outcome in every case.
This is what a genuine specialism looks like. It is built on relationships with clubs, agents, and player welfare staff who trust us to deliver without drama. It is not built on a webpage or claims that are not backed up by results.
Why Other Clubs Are Now Calling Us
The 19 out of 19 record did not go unnoticed. We are now being approached by other professional clubs who want us to replicate what we achieved with Birmingham City FC across their own incoming signings.
To do that, we need the right properties. And that is precisely why you have received our letter.
What Our Sports Clients Are Looking For
Professional footballers and their families have specific requirements. Privacy and security matter significantly. Easy access to training facilities matters. School catchment areas matter, particularly for players arriving from abroad with young families. And the standard of the home itself matters: these are furnished, high-specification lets, and the properties need to reflect that.
The areas our clients most frequently request include Solihull, Knowle, Dorridge, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick and other selected parts of the West Midlands. If your property sits in or near one of these areas, that is not a coincidence. It is why you heard from us.
What This Means for You as a Property Owner
If you are considering selling, it is worth understanding what the lettings route can offer before you commit. Sports relocation tenancies carry a number of practical advantages that a standard sale does not:
- Rental income from day one. Players typically need to move straight away, with their stay at our properties often extending across multiple seasons. That is a predictable income stream with minimal void risk.
- Prompt, reliable payments. Rent is frequently arranged via club payroll or managed by professional representatives, meaning late payments are rarely a concern.
- Properties maintained to a high standard. Clubs have a direct interest in their players’ welfare and living conditions. Properties are looked after.
- Discreet, professional occupants. No fuss, no noise complaints, no complications.
We are not here to talk you out of selling. We are here to make sure you have the full picture before you decide.
This Is Not a General Campaign
We want to be direct about this, because it matters.
We did not print 5,000 letters and send them to every house on a list. We spent time identifying properties that specifically match the briefs we hold from clubs, players, and their representatives. Your address came up because your property is the kind of home our clients are looking for. That process takes considerably more effort than a blanket mailshot, and we do it because our clients’ time is limited and their requirements are precise.
If you have received our letter, your property is already on our radar for the right reasons.
Partridge Homes has spent years building a reputation that other agents in this space have only claimed. If you’d like to understand what letting your property to one of our sports clients would look like in practice, the team at Partridge Homes is available seven days a week. You can also reach us directly through our contact page — we respond quickly, because in this market, that’s what the job requires.
