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Styled living room with a bay window, white shutters, a brass floor lamp and cushioned sofas around a glass coffee table

RENT WHILE YOU SELL

Rent your home while it's on the market.

Selling with your own agent? We let and manage your home as a short let while it's on the market, so it earns instead of sitting empty. Your agent handles the sale; we handle the guests.

25% + VAT (30% inc VAT) of rental income, plus a £500 + VAT (£600 inc VAT) onboarding fee.

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The presentation challenge

Empty spaces can be harder to imagine as home.

Empty rooms are hard for buyers to picture. A furnished, lived-in home photographs better and shows how the space works.

Empty, unfurnished room with pale wooden floors and white walls in sunlight
Empty or unprepared
Styled living room with a cream curved sofa, a round wooden coffee table, artwork and shelving
Styled and ready

  • 01 — Scale

    Furniture can help buyers understand the proportions and purpose of a room.

  • 02 — Atmosphere

    Lighting, layout and finishing details can make the property feel more coherent.

  • 03 — Photography

    A furnished home makes for better listing photos.

One connected approach

Prepared for guests. Presented for buyers.

Our sister company Yo's Home can furnish and style the home. We then let and manage it. Your estate agent runs the sale.

01 / Style and prepare

Furnish and style

Yo's Home furnishes and styles the home for guests and buyers. Quoted separately.

Discover Yo’s Home

02 / Host and manage

Let and manage

We list the home, look after guests, cleaning and maintenance, and work around your agent's viewings.

Explore short-let management

The model

Income while you wait.

Rental income can help cover your mortgage, bills and the cost of furnishing while the home is on the market.

  1. Stage 01

    Prepare

    Styling, Furniture, Photography, Practical preparation.

  2. Stage 02

    Short let

    Guest income, Managed bookings, Changeovers.

  3. Stage 03

    Earn

    Rental income while the home is on the market.

Income depends on bookings and isn't guaranteed.

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Neatly made double bed with patterned cushions and a throw beside a shuttered window

Coordinated around the sale

Working around your agent.

We agree viewing times with your agent and give guests notice.

  1. 01 — Agreed availability

    The owner and team agree when the property may accept bookings and when block-out dates protect key sales periods.

  2. 02 — Clear roles

    We look after the guests. Your agent looks after buyers.

  3. 03 — Planned viewings

    Viewings are coordinated around occupancy and operational requirements to minimise disruption to both guests and prospective buyers.

  4. 04 — Presentation checks

    Cleaning and property checks help prepare the home between stays and planned appointments.

Designed by Yo’s Home

From empty to lived-in.

Yo's Home can furnish and style the home so it looks its best in photos and viewings.

Living room before styling, with a grey sofa, mismatched furniture and a TV unit by the garden doors
Before
The same living room after styling, with a linen sofa, striped footstools, a marble coffee table and a round dining table by the shuttered bay window
After

From assessment to market

How it works.

Timings depend on the home and how much furnishing it needs.

  1. Property assessment

    We inspect the property’s condition, analyse short-let potential, and review the property’s suitability for the proposed arrangement.

  2. Recommended plan

    Yo's Home suggests how to furnish and style the home, and we give you a likely rental figure.

  3. Agreement

    We agree the fee, dates and how viewings work.

  4. Preparation

    Yo's Home furnishes the home, then we photograph it and list it.

  5. Letting while you sell

    Guests stay while your agent markets and shows the home.

  6. Review & adapt

    We regularly review feedback, occupancy trends, and buyer enquiries to adjust strategy.

Questions, answered

What you may want to know.

We let and manage your home as a short let while your own estate agent sells it, so it earns instead of standing empty.

No. The home needs to be in an area we cover, your mortgage lender and any lease or freeholder must allow short letting, and it needs to be furnished or ready to furnish. We check all of this at the assessment.

It can help, but we can't promise it will cover everything. It depends on how long the home is on the market and how many nights are booked.

Yes. We agree viewing times with your agent and give guests notice in advance.

We do: bookings, guests, cleaning and maintenance. Your agent handles buyers and the sale.

No. It helps buyers see how the space works and makes for better photos, but the price depends on the market.

Yes. Tell us when you accept an offer and we'll stop taking new bookings. Guests already booked keep their stay unless we agree otherwise.

25% + VAT (30% inc VAT) of rental income, plus a one-off £500 + VAT (£600 inc VAT) onboarding fee. Furnishing or styling by Yo's Home is quoted separately.

Is your property suitable?

Check if your home is suitable.

Tell us about the property and when you plan to sell, and we'll come back to you.

020 3070 2666info@southwestshared.co.uk

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