A decision engine for short-term rental, built by the management company whose own portfolio it is checked against. Type a postcode and get a 10-section report on what your property could earn, how the market actually behaves and what you’d need to do to win in it.
Other tools model the market. We also operate in it.
Six properties Stayful took under management in 2025. For each, the Income Estimate we produced before it went live, next to twelve months of real bookings. No retro-fitting, no cherry-picked month.
n = 6 · Forecasts produced pre-onboarding, Nov 2024 – Feb 2025 · Actuals from Airbnb host dashboards and Stayful direct bookings, Jan–Dec 2025 · Owner net is after platform fees, cleaning and management · Occupancy variance is in percentage points. Six properties is a small sample, and past results are not a forecast.
Built from real analyser runs rather than a static index, so it moves as reports come in.
A live recording of the Property Analyser running 17 Park Crescent, York, end-to-end. Click any chapter to jump to that part of the report.
Every analysis runs the same 10 modules — from address intake to a risk assessment. Each module is a piece of evidence. Together, they’re a defensible answer to should I do this?
Address, postcode, type, capacity
Start with your property's address. Stayful auto-detects the postcode, property type and capacity from UK address data — no spreadsheets, no guessing the right inputs.
6 data sources in 10–20 seconds
While you wait, Stayful pulls live comparables from Airbnb, valuations, stamp duty, council tax and the property registers (EPC, flood, planning) from PropertyData, amenities from Google Places and demand drivers from Ticketmaster — for your exact postcode.
Expected revenue vs. your filtered estimate
Two figures, side by side: what a well-run listing like yours can expect to earn here, with the range similar listings earn, and the average of the comps you've kept. Net revenue is shown after platform fees, cleaning and management — the number that lands in your account.
Real listings, real revenue, your call
Every nearby listing pulled from Airbnb with nightly rate, occupancy, annual revenue and reviews. Exclude any that don't match your property — your filtered estimate updates instantly.
Why this postcode books — or doesn't
Hospitals, universities, transport hubs, construction projects, event venues. Each one rated for booking impact, with distance and a plain-English explanation of how it affects your direct booking potential.
Gross to net, line by line
Platform fees, cleaning, laundry, management — every cost itemised against gross bookings. The figure at the bottom is what you actually take home each month.
Quiet months, peak months, full year
Month-by-month occupancy and revenue projection based on live seasonal patterns in your postcode. The quietest month is shown as prominently as the peak — the figure no other tool tells you.
Long-term direct booking potential
Hospitals, universities and major construction projects within reach — the lifeblood of repeat bookings. Each driver is rated for impact so you know whether direct bookings will compound or fade.
Furnishing, beds, décor, appliances
Built-in setup quote with real prices from Dunelm, Argos, Amazon and B&Q. Adjust quantities to your property — get a defensible setup budget you can take to a lender.
Regulation, supply, seasonality
Local council short-let restrictions, supply saturation in your postcode, planning rule changes on the horizon. Honest scoring — not best-case projections.
The full case study for each of the six — the estimate we produced before the property went live, the year it actually had, and the PDF we would hand a lender. Named addresses, not anonymised comparables.
Stayful runs short-lets for owners across the UK. Every week we get the same question from people thinking about turning a property into a short-let — what could it actually earn? The Analyser is our answer: the same model we use to estimate income before we take a property under management, now available to anyone who needs that decision in 20 seconds rather than on a sales call.
It is also the reason the ledger above can exist. We don’t have to guess whether the model was right, because we run the properties and find out.
Comparables tell you what listings near a postcode appear to earn. That is a reasonable guess, and it is all most of this category has. We start from the same market data, then check it against properties we manage and take bookings for ourselves — which is why the first two rows below are the ones that matter.
Each feature measures a different lever on real-world property performance. On its own, any one is just a data point — together, they form a single visual decision engine that tells you whether a property is worth pursuing, what it would take to win, and exactly what you’d walk away with.
Every other tool here infers performance from listings it can see from the outside. We also take the bookings — on our own P&L, for owners who hold us to the number. That is a different kind of data, and it is the only kind that can tell you whether a model was wrong.
Modelled figures are easy to publish and impossible to check. We publish the estimate we gave before a property went live, next to what it did over the following twelve months, with the property named and the PDF attached.
Real, active listings near your postcode — not national averages — so your numbers reflect the market you'd genuinely compete in.
See both income models side by side, so you know which strategy actually wins for this exact property before you commit.
Gauge how guests rate nearby properties so you know the quality bar you'll need to clear to win bookings and command higher rates.
Month-by-month projected income that builds in seasonality, so you can plan cashflow with confidence instead of guessing.
See how much income you could keep by driving direct bookings and cutting platform fees out of your margin.
A clear read on regulation, demand volatility and operating risk, so there are no nasty surprises after you've bought.
Know exactly what the property needs to perform — the must-haves and the upgrades that lift your nightly rate.
An itemised view of what it costs to furnish and go live, so your return is built on the full picture, not a guess.
Take the whole analysis with you — share it with partners, lenders or your team in one clean, professional document.
Net profit after costs and fees, not headline revenue — the number that actually tells you whether a deal is worth doing.
Every account starts with £20 of credit, about 5 Full analyses, and no card. Subscribe for monthly credit, or top up as you go.
A 10-section report covering intake, live comparables, amenities and demand drivers, a gross-to-net revenue breakdown, a 12-month forecast, a local area report, a furnishing setup quote and a risk assessment. Every figure is sourced — no projections without a comparable behind them.
Airbtics for live Airbnb comparables, PropertyData for long-let valuations and area data, Google Places for amenities, and Ticketmaster for live events and demand. Every source is named on the figure it produces.
No. The Analyser shows you what comparable properties in your postcode actually earn — including the quiet months. You see the realistic range, not a best-case projection. The figure you take into a decision is the figure you can defend to a lender.
Those tools tell you what an area earns. The Stayful Property Analyser tells you what to do about it — a decision engine that breaks down the operational, regulatory and growth steps a specific property needs to win in its postcode.
No. Type an address, click analyse. The 10 sections are the report — no setup, no configuration, no spreadsheets to build.
Every account starts with £20 of free credit, no card required — about five Full analyses of deals, or three with the PMI second opinion added. After that, subscribe for monthly credit from £19/month — current plans and annual saving are on the pricing page — or top up as you go from £10. Plan credit resets each month; top-up credit never expires but is spent at 1.3× the plan rate. Cancel any time, no contract.
Yes — that's the most common use. Investors run prospective deals through the Analyser before making an offer. The setup-cost calculator and risk score are designed for pre-purchase decisions.
Separate. The Analyser is a decision tool any owner or investor can use. Stayful Management is a full-service offering for owners who want their property run for them at 15% + VAT. Most Analyser users never become management clients — and that's fine.
Type any UK postcode and get a full 10-section report in under 20 seconds. Free, no card required.
