Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Priced to sell, stone built 1 bed flat in Penicuik


Today’s Buy to Let opportunity from the Penicuik Property Blog is a stone build flat that is priced to sell .... it is not often you hear these two things in the same sentance as stone built properties like this are not that common in Peniciuik!

This property is a one bed, main door, ground floor flat at 9 Peebles Road in Penicuik – as the name suggests, Peebles Road is the road south from Penicuik to Peebles.

The flat is in a stone build block and it is in an ‘ok’ condition – you could probably rent it out in its current state .... just .... but it could do with a bit of modernisation.  It has a lounge with dining area, fitted kitchen, one double bedroom and a shower room.  It has gas central heating, double glazing and the decor is fairly neutral.  

The kitchen and rear vestibule parts of the flat have been added well after the property was first build and the lounge has a funny looking ‘half wall’ type thing at ceiling height.  You should check the home report to ensure that these are structurally sound and should get your lawyer to check that these having planning permission.


This flat is on the market with Allan McDougall for offers around £70,000.  You may want to spend a bit of money doing the property up, let’s say £5,000.  The right tenants should pay £525 for a flat like this once it has been done up so that’s a yield of 8.4% which is good for a stone built property in this part of town. 

We hope you find our posts useful.  If you want some buy to let advice on this property, another property you have in mind or anything else property related, come and see us in our office (6 Bank Street, Penicuik) or email either of us (robert@thekeyplace.co.uk; linda@thekeyplace.co.uk).

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