The Student Year

Academic-year lets, summer voids, bills-included pricing and real yield

Student houses can look far more profitable than a family let, and this book shows you how to work out what actually reaches the bank. It explains why the academic calendar is itself a number, why the letting season is a cliff rather than a slope, and the quieter details that shape real income. You will learn where to find reliable local data for free, and why student houses show such a wide gap between gross and net yield: the landlord carries costs a family tenant would carry, including the bills in a bills-included let. Each deal is stress-tested against a bad month, summer voids and a rate rise. A complete worked example follows one house through purchase, honest income, the cost stack in pounds and the return after finance, and the final chapter helps you build a deal calculator and names the legal questions it cannot answer. Next in this series: “Student HMO Licensing and Standards”.

What’s inside

• The only numbers that actually matter
• Where to find reliable local data for free
• Working out true income, not optimistic income
• The full cost stack nobody mentions
• Stress-testing for the bad month, the void, the rate rise
• A complete worked example, start to finish
• Your deal calculator, and the legal questions it cannot answer

Educational material only, not financial, legal or tax advice. Results are not typical and are not a guarantee of income. Freedom Property Academy LTD, registered in England and Wales.