Guaranteed rent in Croydon
Guaranteed rent in Croydon works simply: VividSpaces takes a three to five year company let on your home and pays the same rent on the same date each month, whether or not anyone is living there.
No fees, no void months · CR0, CR2, CR7, SE25, SW16 covered · Three to five year agreements
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Guaranteed rent for landlords in Croydon
Croydon is one of South London's largest residential areas with significant regeneration investment and strong rental demand across a wide range of property types. For landlords, it offers good yields, but managing properties here takes time and expertise.
VividSpaces works with Croydon landlords who want a reliable, professional arrangement. Our guaranteed rent service removes the uncertainty of void periods and late payments, replacing them with a structured monthly income and full management support.
What Croydon landlords get
- Guaranteed monthly rent across CR0, occupied or empty
- East Croydon commuters and Addiscombe families keep demand high
- Inspections, maintenance and occupant issues all sit with us
- Nothing deducted for management, letting or renewal paperwork
A guaranteed rent scheme for Croydon landlords
For a Croydon landlord, VividSpaces leases the home for three to five years, places a family referred through local authority partnerships, and pays you a fixed rent on the same date every month, whether the property is occupied or not.
Croydon is a large borough, so its districts have their own pages: Addiscombe, Thornton Heath, Purley, Coulsdon, Norbury, Shirley and Selsdon.
London Borough of Croydon, September 2026
What does a rental property in Croydon 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 Croydon 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 Croydon?
Croydon is stricter than most London boroughs, and this one affects ordinary lets, not just shared houses. From 25 September 2026 a selective licensing scheme covers 14 of the borough's 28 wards, and it applies to a home rented to one family, to one person, or to two people sharing.
What applies, and to whom
- The 14 wards are Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Norbury Park, Selhurst, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton and Woodside.
- A licence must be in place before the property is let. Licences are granted for up to five years, or a shorter term where there are concerns about how a property is managed.
- Homes already licensed as a house in multiple occupation, under either the mandatory or the additional scheme, do not need a selective licence as well.
- Letting without a required licence risks a civil penalty and a rent repayment order, so the ward matters as much as the postcode.
- We check whether your address sits in a designated ward before anything is signed. Our lets are to small families on a long-term basis, with VividSpaces named on the lease.
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 Croydon 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 Croydon 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 Croydon rental market
Croydon is one of South London's largest and fastest-evolving rental markets, with major regeneration, the East Croydon transport hub, and the tram network underpinning strong demand. Family homes in Addiscombe, Shirley, and Selsdon and town-centre flats all let dependably.
Homes we take on here
Flats across central Croydon, family homes in Addiscombe, Thornton Heath, and Selsdon, and larger family homes.
East Croydon runs some of the fastest trains in South London, London Bridge and London Victoria in around 15 minutes.
Neighbourhoods we cover: Central Croydon, Addiscombe, Shirley, Selsdon, South Croydon.
Postcodes we cover
- CR0
- Croydon town centre, Addiscombe, Waddon, Shirley Addiscombe page →
- CR2
- South Croydon, Selsdon, Sanderstead Selsdon page →
- CR7
- Thornton Heath Thornton Heath page →
- SE25
- South Norwood, Woodside South Norwood page →
- SW16
- Norbury Norbury page →
Areas near Croydon 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 Croydon property qualifies? Ask us, it takes a minute.
Day one
We view the Croydon 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.
Croydon landlord questions
If yours is not here, ask us directly. We would rather answer it before you sign than after.
Quite possibly. From 25 September 2026 Croydon licenses ordinary private lets in 14 of its 28 wards, including Addiscombe, Thornton Heath, South Norwood, Selhurst, Waddon and Woodside. It applies even to a home let to one family. We check the ward your address falls in before anything is signed.
We agree a fixed figure after viewing the property, set at or above what it would fetch on the open market. For context, the ONS put the average Croydon rent at £1,586 a month in September 2026, and £1,577 for a two-bedroom home. The figure we offer is in writing before you sign, and it is fixed for the term of the lease.
Leases run for three to five years, with a minimum of 36 months. VividSpaces is named on the lease as the tenant, which is known as a company let, so the obligation to pay your rent is ours whether the home is occupied or between families.
Small families who need a settled, long-term home. They are referred and vetted by local authorities, then vetted again by us before they move in. If you have restrictions, such as no smoking or no pets, we honour them.
No. There is no management fee and no letting fee. The rent we agree is the rent you receive.
VividSpaces Ltd is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ZB892725), is a member of the Property Redress Scheme (PRS051867), and is registered at Companies House (16100586). All three are public registers you can search yourself.
Request a rental proposal for your Croydon 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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