Friday, 7 October 2016

Good value Penicuik BTL opportunity ..... but a wee bit of investigation required


Today’s buy to let opportunity from the Penicuik Property Blog is a fairly standard, 3 bed property house on Cruachan Court.

It is a 3 bedroom, terraced house.  The property has a large lounge/dining room, a fitted kitchen, 3 bedrooms, gardens to the front and rear and on street parking.  The house has gas central heating and double glazing.

The bit of investigation relates to the bathroom – the floor plan says that there is a bathroom but the floor plan looks a bit odd so I wouldn’t assume it is correct, the description does not mention anything to do with a bathroom and the photo only show a free standing shower.  If I was a betting man (which I am not!), I would bet that there is a shower room rather than a bathroom.  I raise this point because, being a family house, renters are likely to want a bath (even if they never use it!) so you may end up having to put a bath back into the property.

The house has been re-harled which is generally a sign that it has had energy saving insulation installed, worth also checking this out.

The decor is fairly neutral although you may want to tone down some of the purples especially in the bedrooms.


Let’s do the maths.  This house is on the market with Zing Properties for offers over £99,500 so let’s say it goes for £110,000.  A house like this in this area should rent for £800 pcm so that gets you to a yield of 8.7%.

If you would like any advice on buying a property to let, feel free to give me a call 01968 674601, email me on (news@thekeyplace.co.uk) pop into the office for a chat (6 Bank Street, Penicuik).


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