Guaranteed rent in Purley
Guaranteed rent in Purley means VividSpaces leases your property for three to five years and pays a fixed rent on the same date every month, occupied or not.
No fees, no void months · CR8, CR5, CR2 covered · Three to five year agreements
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Guaranteed rent for landlords in Purley
Purley sits on the Brighton Road in CR8, where the A23 and A22 meet at Purley Cross, with the town centre gathered around that junction and the station a short walk away. Its family housing climbs the hills on every side, towards Woodcote, Riddlesdown and Kenley.
VividSpaces leases Purley homes for three to five years with our company named on the lease. You receive one agreed rent, at or above the open-market figure, on the same date every month, and it does not stop if the home is between families. We look after the property and the occupants for the whole term.
What Purley landlords get
- Your CR8 home pays the same rent each month, let or between families
- Flats near Purley Cross and hillside family houses both considered
- We check your Croydon ward against the licensing schemes for you
- Repairs and occupant calls go to our office, not your phone
London Borough of Croydon, September 2026
What does a rental property in Purley 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 Purley 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 Purley?
Probably not, but in Croydon it pays to check rather than assume. The borough licenses ordinary family lets as well as shared houses in parts of the borough, and the wards covering Purley are not among them.
What applies, and to whom
- Croydon's selective licensing scheme, which applies to homes let to one family or household, covers 14 of the borough's 28 wards. Purley and Woodcote, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, and Kenley are not on that list.
- Shared homes are treated differently everywhere in the borough: an additional licensing scheme covers houses lived in by three or more people from two or more households, and mandatory licensing applies where five or more people from more than one household share.
- Licences under the 2026 schemes are granted for up to five years, or a shorter term where Croydon has concerns about how a property is run.
- Ward boundaries do not follow the CR8 postcode exactly, so we check the ward for your address before anything is signed. We let each home to one small family, 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 Purley 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 Purley 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 Purley rental market
Many of the hillside plots are larger than those in the north of the borough, and Riddlesdown and Kenley Common are close by. With trains from the main station to both Victoria and London Bridge, Purley suits households who work in central London but want a garden. Flats near Purley Cross suit smaller households.
Homes we take on here
Flats around Purley Cross and the station, Edwardian and inter-war houses on the slopes towards Woodcote and Riddlesdown, and semis and bungalows out towards Kenley and Purley Oaks. Two and three bedroom homes are the core of what we take on.
Purley station has Southern trains to London Victoria and London Bridge in around 30 minutes. Purley Oaks, Reedham and Kenley stations serve the edges of CR8, and the A23 and A22 both run through Purley Cross.
Neighbourhoods we cover: Purley town centre, Purley Cross, Woodcote, Riddlesdown, Purley Oaks, Kenley.
Postcodes we cover
- CR8
- Purley, Kenley, Riddlesdown, Woodcote
- CR5
- Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Coulsdon page →
- CR2
- Sanderstead, Selsdon Selsdon page →
Areas near Purley 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 Purley property qualifies? Ask us, it takes a minute.
Day one
We view the Purley 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.
Purley landlord questions
If yours is not here, ask us directly. We would rather answer it before you sign than after.
Purley town centre, Woodcote, Riddlesdown, Purley Oaks and Kenley. Coulsdon and Selsdon, just beyond CR8, have their own pages.
For a home let to one family, probably not. Croydon's selective scheme covers 14 wards, and Purley and Woodcote, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, and Kenley are not among them. Shared houses need a licence anywhere in the borough. Because ward lines do not follow the postcode, we check your exact address before you sign.
We set it after a viewing, at or above the open-market rent, and fix it in the lease. The ONS put the Croydon borough average at £1,586 a month in September 2026, and £1,864 for three bedrooms. Your figure depends on the home itself.
Three to five years, never less than 36 months. VividSpaces is the named party on the lease, so the rent is owed by us for every month of the term, occupied or not.
A small family needing long-term stability, referred through local authority partnerships and vetted twice, once by the authority and once by us. We honour any conditions you set.
Yes, both are worth a conversation. We take flats, maisonettes, bungalows and houses from one to four bedrooms, and we tell you after the viewing whether the home suits the arrangement.
Request a rental proposal for your Purley 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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