Free rental valuation · EC1 · Zone 1
Free Rental Valuation — Old Street & Shoreditch
From the data first.
The tech-belt postcodes price loft by loft — a warehouse conversion, a new-build tower and a Hoxton terrace do not share one number.
The evidence · live data
What lets in EC1, and at what
Our managed book inside EC1 is zero today — and we would rather say so than borrow a number. What you get instead is the method: the Land Registry, the EPC register, the live portal competition and our three-year timing dataset, with the comparables shown line by line at the visit. The moment we let our first home here, this section changes by itself: it is computed from the live book on every build.
Our managed book in this postcode is zero today — said plainly above. This block recomputes from the live book on every build, and changes by itself the day we let our first home here.
Street CRM · as at 8 September 2026That is the postcode. For the number on your specific flat — its floor, view, finish and the building it sits in — book a free rental valuation →
The method · a free visit
How the valuation works, and what we charge after
The valuation is free, and it is a visit — not a form that emails you a guess. We price from evidence: the Land Registry, the EPC register, the live portal competition and a three-year timing dataset — August carries the year’s highest enquiries-to-listings ratio, weeks three and four of a month out-pull weeks one and two, and Monday morning is the launch slot. You see the comparables we used, line by line, and where each one came from.
Why the number matters more than it used to: under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, section 13 is the only route to raise the rent once a tenancy runs, so the day-one figure largely sets the tenancy’s earnings. Our fee, if you then instruct us, is one all-in 10% of monthly rent including VAT, charged only in the months a tenant is paying rent — no letting fee, no renewal fee, no rent-review fee, and nothing during a void, nothing to re-let. The full breakdown sits on the landlords page.
And the line we hold: we won’t publish a rent range we cannot stand behind, and we won’t take a property on at a price we don’t believe it will let at.
Honestly
Why we don’t sell you an instant number
An instant online valuation cannot see the floor you are on, the aspect, the block’s service standard or the heating your building runs — the things that decide hundreds of pounds a month around Old Street. Ours is a visit, it is free, and you see the working. If you want a fast steer first, our monthly London Rent Review tracks where London rents actually sit.
The local read · EC1
The tech belt, loft by loft
Old Street’s roundabout sits where EC1 meets Hoxton and Shoreditch: warehouse conversions and lofts, new-build towers, and terraces on the Hoxton side, with the Northern line underneath and the City a walk away. Next door, Shoreditch’s EC2A side has its own guide.
The spread is the point: a genuine loft, a new-build tower one-bed and a converted terrace price off different evidence. That is why the valuation starts at the building, not the postcode.
Questions we get asked
Valuing a flat in EC1
How much does a rental valuation cost around Old Street?
Nothing. The valuation is free whether or not you instruct us. We visit the flat, price it from the Land Registry, the EPC register, the live competition and our timing dataset, and show you the comparables line by line — then the decision is yours.
Do you cover Hoxton and Shoreditch?
Yes — Old Street, Hoxton and both sides of Shoreditch. The EC2A side carries its own area guide with the wider market read. Wherever the flat sits, the valuation works the same way: the building first, the postcode second.
You manage nothing in EC1 — why should I trust your number?
Because we say so on the page, and price from evidence you can check: the Land Registry, the EPC register and the live portal competition, shown line by line. We would rather tell you our EC1 book is zero than borrow a neighbour’s average — a borrowed number costs a landlord real money.
I live overseas — can you value and let my flat here?
Yes. Around half our landlords are overseas, and our China Desk answers in Mandarin and Cantonese (WeChat: HarveyWJames). The valuation visit, the letting and the management all run without you needing to be in London.