Bath · BA7 7PW · 5-bed
Alford, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7PW
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Asking price
£800,000
Verdict
Overpriced by £234,920 vs 5+ bed homes nearby
What you could do with it
Estimated gross yields from current rental comps. Numbers are pre-cost — service, voids, mortgage, management still come off these.
HMO (rooms)
Best fit£3,212/mo
4.8% gross yield
4–6 individual tenants, shared living. Highest yield, most management.
LHA / Section 8
£1,940/mo
2.9% gross yield
Council-paid tenant. Stable rent, longer tenancies, slight discount to market.
Council lease
£1,649/mo
2.5% gross yield
3–5 yr guaranteed-rent lease to a housing association. Hands-off.
Who is this for?
Quick read across the buyer personas. ✅ = good fit · ⚠ = workable with caveats · ❌ = look elsewhere.
Family home
5-bed but EPC unknown — factor retrofit cost or budget for it.
Standard BTL
No reliable rent estimate for this area — verify before committing.
HMO (rooms)
4.8% HMO yield is too low for the management overhead.
Buy + rent later
Rent wouldn't cover mortgage — selling to exit may be your only option.
The numbers
England (SDLT) · 75% LTV mortgage at 5.5% over 25 years (capital repayment).
Stamp duty
First-time buyer
£27,500
Home mover
£27,500
2nd home / BTL
£67,500
Mortgage @ 75% LTV
- Loan
- £600,000
- Deposit
- £200,000
- Per month
- £3,685
Cash you'd need to walk in (deposit + investor SDLT, before legal/survey): £267,500
Should you pay this?
Asking price is roughly £234,920 above what 5+ bed homes typically go for here.
You're paying £800,000. Comparable 5+ bed homes in this area suggest a market price of around £565,080.
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What it'd rent for
We don't have enough rental comparables for this area to give you a confident estimate yet. Cross-check on Rightmove's Rents tab or OpenRent before relying on yield assumptions.
Property features
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5-year price trend
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Schools & Ofsted
No schools indexed yet for this postcode sector. The official sources below cover every UK postcode.
Catchments aren't published nationally; many schools use distance-from-school as the deciding factor. The links above give you the official data — only the local authority can confirm a specific year's catchment boundary.
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HMO licensing
£825 – £1,500typical UK HMO fee, 5-year licence
Mandatory licence likely required (5+ sharers, statutory under Housing Act 2004)
The council's HMO page lists the current mandatory fee plus any additional / selective scheme that catches smaller HMOs.
Find borough HMO licensing page on gov.ukMandatory licensing applies UK-wide for 5+ sharer HMOs (Housing Act 2004). Scotland licenses 3+ sharers; Wales also requires Rent Smart Wales registration for every landlord.
Area pulse
- 27,739 new listings here in the last month — good comparable supply.
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