Riverside two-bed, Bedford

The owner had let this flat on a standard tenancy for four years at £1,150 a month, with two void periods and one arrears dispute in that time.

We restyled the living space, reshot the listing and launched across Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo within eleven days of signing.

Contractor demand around the town centre filled the mid-week calendar, and weekend leisure bookings from London carried the rest.