5 Roycroft Road

5 Roycroft Road is a licensed six-bedroom student HMO, currently fully let and generating £58,320 per annum in rental income. At the asking price of £590,000, this represents a gross yield of 10%. Bills are inclusive of rent — the landlord covers direct costs (approximately £400 per month for electricity, gas, TV licence and broadband), while student occupancy provides full council tax exemption, simplifying the cost model for a new owner.

The 2026/27 academic year is already secured with tenants in place at £810 per room per month — providing immediate income continuity from acquisition.

The property is offered freehold and sits within an Article 4 Direction area. It was developed under Permitted Development rights prior to the Direction, and a Certificate of Lawful Use (CLU) can be put in place to formalise the protected position. Reputable local HMO management companies can be recommended if required.

Roycroft Road delivers a high-specification HMO across two floors, with six double bedrooms — five with private en-suite shower rooms and a sixth served by a dedicated shower room on the landing. The kitchen/breakfast room (3.99m x 3.71m) opens into a living/dining area with French doors leading directly to a large south-west facing rear courtyard garden — a well-proportioned communal core that supports premium rents.

Finished to an exceptionally high standard, the specification underpins and maintains the £810 per room per month rental values achieved. To the front, a driveway provides parking for 3-4 cars — an exceptional provision for tenant appeal.

Value-add potential is significant: loft conversion plans are available (provided in the particulars), and a directly comparable Sui Generis permission for an 8-bedroom HMO on Roycroft Road was approved by South Gloucestershire Council in October 2024 (Ref: P24/02422/F) — evidencing the viability of intensification on this very street. A sectioned parcel of land to the rear also carries development potential subject to planning consent.

Filton sits in the northern arc of Bristol's metropolitan area, anchored by one of the most concentrated clusters of aerospace and defence employment in Europe. Airbus, Rolls-Royce, GKN Aerospace and BAE Systems operate within the immediate employment zone, alongside MOD Abbey Wood — one of the largest single-site employers in the South West with 14,000 staff — NHS Southmead Hospital, Royal Mail's Bristol Mail Centre and Amazon's Severn Beach Distribution Centre.

UWE's Frenchay Campus — 150 acres, over 30,000 students, with a landmark £200 million Engineering Building completed in 2020 — is directly proximate to Roycroft Road, making this one of Filton's most structurally driven student rental locations. Filton Abbey Wood station connects the area to Bristol Temple Meads and the national rail network, while the M4/M5 interchange is minutes away.

Bristol is a dual-university city with over 57,000 students at the University of Bristol and UWE combined. UWE's Frenchay Campus — the closest major campus to Roycroft Road — accommodates over 30,000 students across 150 acres and has seen sustained capital investment, reinforcing structural demand for well-specified student HMOs in the immediate catchment. The University of Bristol's Temple Quarter expansion adds a further 3,000 students to the city's demand picture.

5 Roycroft Road sits within an Article 4 Direction area, which restricts new HMO conversions in Filton. Having been developed under Permitted Development rights prior to the Direction, a Certificate of Lawful Use can be put in place — formalising the protected position and providing additional transactional certainty. New competing HMOs in this Article 4 area cannot simply be created. An investor acquiring here is buying a premium, income-producing asset with a genuine supply-side moat.

The 10% yield is underpinned by proximity to UWE Frenchay, the depth of Bristol's student market, and the structural employment demand from one of the UK's leading aerospace and defence concentrations — with MOD Abbey Wood alone employing 14,000 people within easy reach.

GROUND FLOOR

Kitchen/Breakfast Room: 3.99m x 3.71m (13'1" x 12'2")
Well-presented modern kitchen with breakfast bar, connected to the living/dining reception space.

Dining/Living Area: 3.23m x 2.18m (10'7" x 7'2")
Living and dining area with French doors opening directly to the rear courtyard garden.

Bedroom 1: 4.31m x 2.2m (14'2" x 7'3")
Spacious double bedroom at the rear with garden views. Private en-suite shower room and WC.

Bedroom 2: 3.76m x 3.16m (12'4" x 10'4")
Large double bedroom with desk, situated at the rear left of the property. Private en-suite shower room and WC.

Bedroom 3: 3.14m x 2.65m (10'4" x 8'8")
Double bedroom with desk on the left side of the ground floor. Private en-suite shower room and WC.

FIRST FLOOR

Bedroom 4: 4.00m x 3.40m (13'1" x 11'2")
Generous double bedroom at the rear of the first floor. Private en-suite shower room and WC.

Bedroom 5: 5.32m x 1.92m (17'5" x 6'4")
Double bedroom with bed, desk and storage. Private en-suite shower room and WC.

Bedroom 6: 2.68m x 2.65m (8'10" x 8'8")
Bright double bedroom with desk, served by a dedicated shower room and WC on the landing.

Shower Room
Well-appointed shower room with WC, serving Bedroom 6.

EXTERNAL

Front
Driveway with parking for 4+ cars.

Rear Garden
Large south-west facing courtyard garden accessed from the living area via French doors. Additional parcel of land to the rear with development potential (subject to planning consent).