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TILSTON ROAD, FAZAKERLEY, L9 – PROPERTY INVESTMENT CASE STUDY

A hands-free Liverpool buy-to-let for a busy professional. Simple house, light refurb, set up fully managed.

QUICK LOOK BUY-TO-LET PHOTOS

Liverpool living room with bay window, white walls, wood-effect flooring and ceiling light fitting.

After

Bright, empty living room with large bay window and white blinds, wood-effect laminate flooring, white walls, and a wall-mounted electric fireplace with floating shelf.

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DEAL OVERVIEW

Purchase Price: £104,000

Purchased : 2025

Refurb: 17,301

Annual Rent: £8,700 (£725 pcm)

Gross Yield: 8.4%

Total Cash Required: £56,896

Projected 5-Year Growth: £51,000*

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*Based on UK average growth since 1980 (ONS). Illustration only.

REFURBISHMENT

SUMMARY

  • Fully Managed Refurb Cost (Inc VAT): £17,301

  • Duration: 4 weeks

SCOPE OF WORKS

  • Clear waste, front-rear tidy, minor repairs

  • Damp proofing, replastering, repainting, flooring refresh

  • Roof repairs, gutter clearing, building-control structural works

WHY WE KEPT IT LIGHT

​Certainty and progress. We stick to homes requiring minor works, reducing risk and unnecessary complications.

COST BREAKDOWN

  • Mortgage Deposit: £26,000

  • Fully Managed Refurb Cost (Inc VAT): £17,301

  • Buying Costs: £13,595

  • Total Cash Required: £56,896

TIMELINE

We handled the moving parts throughout, with minimal input from the investor.

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  1. Pre-offer checks: street selection, comparables, letting agent rent sense-check, refurb estimate

  2. Offer agreed and terms locked in

  3. Purchase progressed: conveyancing opened, lender valuation booked

  4. Surveys and checks completed, final refurb scope confirmed

  5. Keys received

  6. Light refurb completed (4 weeks)

  7. Lettings: marketed in advance, tenant moved in within 3 weeks of works finishing

  8. Management live: from tenant move-in

CLIENT OUTCOME

WHAT THE INVESTOR WANTED

Plan B income built from a Liverpool buy-to-let, with no refurb stress, confusion, or second-job demands.

WHAT HAPPENED

  • Light refurb completed in 4 weeks

  • Tenant secured within 3 weeks of completing refurb

  • Fully managed from day one, investor did not need to visit

  • The result: one more asset doing its job quietly in the background while they focus on work and family

WHY THIS PROPERTY INVESTMENT DEAL WORKED

The right house on the right street, with light works, set up to be low maintenance.

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  • Strong rental demand in Fazakerley, L9

  • Fast turnaround to cashflow

  • Fully hands-free for the investor

CHECKS WE DID (AND WHAT WE FIXED)

  • Minor damp readings flagged - specialist report commissioned, scope agreed, and remedial works completed as part of the refurbishment.

  • Rent level sense-checked with the letting agent - set at the right level and let quickly.

BEFORE AND AFTER GALLERY

Living Room

Liverpool living room with bay window, white walls, wood-effect flooring and ceiling light fitting.

After

Liverpool living room renovation in progress with tradesmen working, bay window and wall preparation for a media unit.

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Entrance Hall

Liverpool home entrance hallway with red front door, grey carpeted stairs and light wood-effect flooring.

After

Liverpool home entrance hallway during refurbishment with red front door, plastered walls and carpeted stairs.

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Garden

Liverpool family home rear garden with block-paved patio, fenced boundaries and a small paved seating area.

After

Liverpool family home overgrown rear garden with long grass, fenced boundaries and space for landscaping.

Before​

Before and After

WANT RESULTS LIKE THIS?

If you want a boring, predictable Liverpool buy-to-let set up fully managed, book a call and we’ll map out the right next step.

DISCLAIMER

Info only, not advice. Figures are accurate at the time of purchase. “Projected 5-Year Growth” is an assumption-based illustration (ONS), not guaranteed. Values, rents and returns can rise or fall.

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