14 Orchard Way

Asking rents for similar 2-bedroom homes advertised nearby, compared with the rent you were quoted.

Average local rent for similar homes

About £1,320 a month

The average asking rent of the 24 similar homes advertised nearby that we compared.

Typical range

£1,200–£1,400 a month

Most similar homes nearby are advertised within this range.

Rent you were quoted

£1,450 a month

About £50, or 4%, above the top of the range.

Confidence

Medium

The similar homes are spread over up to a mile and a half, so treat the range as a fair guide.

Rent and household bills for this home. Bills are estimates for planning, not quotes.

Adults living here

123456 or more

Council tax below is the full charge for two or more adults.

Rent

£1,450

The rent you were quoted.

Council tax

£165

Band C on the Valuation Office Agency list for this home. The council’s average charge for the band (2026/27).

Gas and electricity

£118 estimate

Gas for heating and hot water worked out from this home’s energy certificate, plus typical electricity use, at the energy price cap.

Water and sewerage

£53 estimate

The average household bill in England and Wales for 2026/27 (Water UK).

Broadband

£35 estimate

Typical price for superfast broadband with a landline (Ofcom).

Total a month

£1,821

Each of you, split 2 ways

£910

On a joint tenancy each of you can be asked for the whole rent, not just your share.

Income before tax, a year

Most agents look for about £43,500 a year: 30 times the monthly rent. Enter everyone’s income together: agents usually assess joint tenants as one.

Your take-home pay a month

Add it to see what you’d have left each month.

Your figures

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What a landlord or agent can lawfully ask you to pay before the tenancy starts, and a check of what you’ve been asked for.

Holding deposit

Up to £334.61

One week’s rent. It must be refunded, or put towards the rent or deposit, within 7 days of the tenancy starting.

Tenancy deposit

Up to £1,673.07

Five weeks’ rent. It must be protected in a government-approved scheme within 30 days.

Rent in advance

Up to £1,450

One month’s rent, and only after you have signed the tenancy agreement.

Most you can be asked for

£3,123.07

The first month’s rent and the deposit. A holding deposit you have already paid should come off this.

Offers above the advertised rent

Not allowed

A landlord or agent can’t ask for or accept more than the rent they advertised.

Check what you’ve been asked for

Holding depositTenancy depositRent before you move inAny other fees

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Payments a landlord may ask for

• Rent. Rent itself is not capped, but rent cannot be front-loaded to disguise a banned fee.
• Holding deposit. Capped at one week’s rent, and only one property at a time.
• Tenancy deposit. Capped at five weeks’ rent, or six weeks where the annual rent is £50,000 or more.
• Changes to the tenancy at your request. Capped at £50, or the landlord’s reasonable costs if higher and evidenced.
• Early termination at your request. Limited to the landlord’s actual loss, or the agent’s reasonable costs.
• Utilities, communication services, TV licence and council tax. Where the tenancy agreement makes you responsible for them.
• Default fees. Only for a late rent payment (interest capped at 3% above the Bank of England base rate, and only after 14 days) or a replacement key or security device, at reasonable evidenced cost.

Banned fees

Viewing fees, Administration or application fees, Referencing or credit check fees, Inventory check fees, Tenancy renewal fees, Check-out fees, Professional cleaning as a compulsory charge, Requiring a specific third-party service such as a named referencing provider.

The registered owner, from HM Land Registry data. It names a company owner, but not a private individual. The owner is not always the landlord, so check it matches who you are dealing with.

Owner

A private individual

The Land Registry holds their name. You can buy the title register, which names the owner, from HM Land Registry for £7. Title EX123456, absolute freehold title.

Applications made in the last three years for this building and the homes around it, from council planning records.

This building

No applications in the last three years

110 m away

Approved, May 2025

Single storey rear extension. 22 Orchard Way, Anytown.

230 m away

Awaiting decision, July 2026

Loft conversion with a rear dormer. 9 Mill Lane, Anytown.

340 m away

Refused, January 2025

Change of use from a house to a house in multiple occupation for five people. 41 Station Road, Anytown.

Whether this home appears on the council registers of licensed houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).

Licence for this home

None recorded

Only homes shared by people from more than one household need an HMO licence. If you’ll share with people outside your household, ask the landlord whether this home needs one.

Whether the council requires a licence for rented homes in this area, beyond the national HMO rules.

Council

Anytown Council

Orchard ward. The council’s licensing page.

Selective licensing

May apply

Anytown Council’s scheme covers parts of the town centre and the streets around the station. We can’t tell from the postcode whether this address is inside it, so check the council’s map or street list.

Additional HMO licensing

Applies to this address

Shared homes of three or four people from more than one household. It runs until 31 March 2029. The council’s scheme page. This only matters if you’ll share with people outside your household.