Use our interactive calculator below to assess your property’s earning potential. Simply plug in your details to see whether a short-term or long-term rental strategy yields the best financial return.
As a short let
Nights booked as a share of the year.
Shorter stays mean more changeovers and more cleans.
Set to zero if you charge the guest a cleaning fee.
Airbnb host-only fees are typically 14 to 16%.
What Lova charges to run the listing end to end.
On a short let these stay with the owner.
As a long tenancy
Of one month's rent, per new tenancy.
The difference
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Short let
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net a year
Long tenancy
£0
net a year
Break-even nightly rate
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At your occupancy, this is the nightly rate where the short let matches the tenancy. Below it, the tenancy wins.
Before tax. Since April 2025 short lets no longer get the furnished holiday letting reliefs, so both are taxed as ordinary property income. This also ignores your own time, which is the largest hidden cost of a short let.
