Yes. Some owners have their properties a long way from home, by the coast or even overseas. As such it is impossible for them to manage the property themselves so they have to engage the services of a property management company. Every single one of our 8000+ properties are verified as privately owned and their nominated property manager has to be directly responsible to the owner for the property. Also every single customer has to undertake a Know Your Customer ID check with a specialist compliance organisation. This is why we can provide free Payment Protection. We do not allow Channel Managers or third parties that are not directly designated by an owner to advertise on our site. So you will not see agencies or online travel agents (e.g. Sykes, VRBO, Airbnb, Booking.com) advertising on our site. The costs for an owners property management whether this is for cleaning, maintenance, banking/administration etc will be the ‘Owners Costs/Price’, please note Simply Owners do not add a penny to the Owners Price.