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Walk your house one room at a time and tick anything you have not touched in six months. 77 of the items people rent most often, with rough second-hand values, so you end up with a number instead of a vague feeling. Everything stays on this device: no account, no login, nothing sent anywhere.
Tick something below and this fills in
Where most of the value hides
Seasonal, but people pay well in season
Boxed up, forgotten, still worth something
Highest value per kilo, easiest to hand over
One weekend a year for them, every weekend for you
Bought with enthusiasm, used twice
Small money, but it turns over constantly
Outgrown in months, needed by someone else
The list above covers the common things. Add whatever else is sitting in your house.
The Rental Rate Calculator turns any of these values into a defensible day, week and month rate.
Not everything unused is a rental. Demand for renting is not the same as demand for owning — the things that rent best are the ones people need rarely but urgently, and that are awkward or expensive to keep in a house. A pressure washer, a carpet cleaner, a tiller, a ladder. Things people need constantly get bought instead, and things that cost forty to replace are not worth the twenty minutes a handover takes.
The pattern most people miss is that the boring items win. Wallpaper steamers, folding tables and hand trucks get asked for every week; the expensive, exciting thing you were sure would be popular often sits there. That is why it is worth ticking everything here first and deciding afterwards.
This tool is for planning only. It is not financial, tax, insurance or legal advice. Rules on rental income, liability and insurance vary by country and change over time — check your own position with someone qualified before you start.
The items that rent best are ones people need rarely but urgently, and that are awkward or expensive to store — pressure washers, carpet cleaners, ladders, tillers, projectors, camping gear, party equipment and children's equipment. Things people need constantly tend to get bought instead of rented.
Value it at what it would sell for today, not what you paid. This checklist gives rough second-hand values for common items so you can add up a realistic total, then adjust each one to match the condition and age of what you actually own.
It depends entirely on value and effort. An item worth under about 40 rarely covers the time a handover costs. Items worth 100 or more that people need year-round are where the money is. Also check what your home insurance covers before you start — many policies exclude activity the insurer judges to be commercial.