Guaranteed rent in Coulsdon
Guaranteed rent in Coulsdon is a fixed monthly payment from VividSpaces, set at or above market rent and paid on the same date for the whole three to five year lease.
No fees, no void months · CR5, CR8 covered · Three to five year agreements
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Guaranteed rent for landlords in Coulsdon
Coulsdon is Croydon's southernmost town, a CR5 district at the foot of the North Downs where the A23 relief road now takes through traffic away from the town centre on Brighton Road. Open land surrounds it, from Farthing Downs to Happy Valley, and the new streets at Cane Hill have added several hundred homes on the site of the old hospital.
VividSpaces leases Coulsdon homes in our company's name for three to five years and pays one fixed rent on the same date each month. The rent is agreed before you sign, at or above what the home would let for, and continues whether the home is occupied or between families.
What Coulsdon landlords get
- A fixed CR5 rent, paid on the same date every month
- Cane Hill family houses and Old Coulsdon semis both considered
- We check your Croydon ward against the licensing schemes
- Empty weeks between families cost you nothing
London Borough of Croydon, September 2026
What does a rental property in Coulsdon earn?
The Office for National Statistics puts the average private rent in the London Borough of Croydon at £1,586 a month, against £2,338 across London as a whole.
| Home size | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,267 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,577 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,864 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,674 |
Source: ONS, Housing prices in Croydon, September 2026.
These are borough averages, not an offer. The figure we pay for your Coulsdon home is set after we have seen it, at or above what it would fetch on the open market, and it is fixed in writing for the term of the lease.
You keep the whole amount. There is no management fee, no letting fee, and no empty month taken out of it.
Do you need a licence to let a property in Coulsdon?
For a home let to one family in Coulsdon, probably not, but Croydon is a borough where the ward matters. Some wards need a licence for ordinary lets; Coulsdon's are not among them.
What applies, and to whom
- Croydon's selective licensing scheme, covering single-family and single-household lets, applies in 14 of the 28 wards. Coulsdon Town and Old Coulsdon are not included.
- Across the whole borough, homes shared by three or more people from two or more households need an additional HMO licence, and those shared by five or more need a mandatory one.
- Croydon grants licences under its 2026 schemes for up to five years, or less if it has concerns about management.
- We let to one small family per home, with VividSpaces named on the lease, and we confirm your ward before you sign.
Source: London Borough of Croydon, property licensing. Schemes change, so confirm the current position with London Borough of Croydon before you let.
What a year of rent looks like for a Coulsdon landlord
Take a home that would let for £1,900* a month on the open market. Let the usual way, a normal year brings a management fee every month, a tenancy that ends, two empty months, a re-let fee, a repair bill and a late payment. Under a VividSpaces lease the same home pays £1,900* on the same date, twelve times.
| Let the usual wayfees, two empty months, a re-let fee, a repair, one late payment | £16,210 |
|---|---|
| Under a VividSpaces leasetwelve identical payments, on the agreed date | £22,800 |
| Difference over the year | £6,590 |
Since we started, 100% of rents have been paid on time. You can check who you are dealing with before you speak to us: VividSpaces Ltd is on the ICO register (ZB892725), a member of the Property Redress Scheme (PRS051867) and registered at Companies House (16100586).
* Illustration only, not a quote and not an offer. Assumes open-market rent £1,900/month, 10% management fee, two void months, £550 re-let fee, £340 repair bill, one late payment. The rent for your Coulsdon property is agreed in writing after we have seen it, before you sign anything.
If the property is empty, how are you still paying me?
Because the rent does not depend on who is living there. VividSpaces is the tenant on your lease, which is a company let, so the obligation to pay you is ours for the whole term, whether the home is occupied or between families.
Local authorities
Refer families who need a settled, long-term home and vet them before referral.
VividSpaces
Holds a three to five year lease with our company named on it, and places the family.
You
Paid a fixed rent on the same date every month for the whole term, agreed in writing before you sign.
The Coulsdon rental market
Farthing Downs, Happy Valley and Coulsdon Common are all close to the town. At Cane Hill, Barratt and David Wilson Homes are building close to 700 houses and flats on the former hospital site, many of them family homes. They sit alongside the inter-war streets of Old Coulsdon and the older houses near the town centre.
Homes we take on here
Newer three and four bedroom houses and flats at Cane Hill, 1930s semis in Old Coulsdon, Edwardian houses near the town centre, and family homes along Chipstead Valley.
Coulsdon has three stations. Coulsdon South has Southern and Thameslink trains, with London Bridge and Victoria around 25 to 30 minutes away; Coulsdon Town, formerly Smitham, is on the Tattenham Corner line; and Woodmansterne serves the Chipstead Valley side.
Neighbourhoods we cover: Coulsdon town centre, Old Coulsdon, Cane Hill, Chipstead Valley, Smitham.
Postcodes we cover
- CR5
- Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Chipstead Valley
- CR8
- Purley, Kenley Purley page →
Areas near Coulsdon we also cover
Each has its own page, on the same terms and the same fixed monthly figure.
From first call to first payment
Four steps. Not sure whether your Coulsdon property qualifies? Ask us, it takes a minute.
Day one
We view the Coulsdon property
We look at the home, confirm what it would let for, and put in writing what we will pay and for how long. No charge and no obligation.
On signing
VividSpaces goes on the lease
A company let of three to five years with our name on it. From the date in the agreement the rent obligation is ours, occupied or not.
Before move-in
We prepare the home and place a family
Any light works first, then a family referred and vetted by local authorities and checked again by us.
Every month
The same figure on the same date
Repairs, inspections, cleaning and every phone call run through our office for the whole term.
Coulsdon landlord questions
If yours is not here, ask us directly. We would rather answer it before you sign than after.
Yes. The family houses and flats at Cane Hill suit the arrangement well. If your home is on a managed estate, we check the estate rules allow a company let before we make an offer.
Coulsdon town centre, Old Coulsdon, Cane Hill, Smitham and Chipstead Valley. Purley, just north, has its own page.
For one family, probably not. Coulsdon Town and Old Coulsdon are outside the 14 Croydon wards in the selective scheme. Shared houses need a licence anywhere in the borough. We confirm your ward before you sign.
We set the figure after viewing, at or above open-market rent, and fix it in the lease. The ONS put the Croydon average at £1,586 a month in September 2026, and £2,674 for four or more bedrooms.
A lease where a company, here VividSpaces, is the named party. Ours run three to five years, minimum 36 months, and we owe the rent for every month of the term.
A small family referred through local authority partnerships, vetted by the authority and by us. Any conditions you set are kept.
Request a rental proposal for your Coulsdon property
Tell us the address. We look at the property and come back with a fixed monthly figure and the term we can offer on it, in writing, at no cost.
Before you call
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