The cost gap

What the guides say, what Dee has, and what an itemised London coffee shop adds up to. Illustrative; sources inside the book.

£100k £200k £300k £400k £500k £600k £20,000 to £100,000 What the guides say Dee's £60,000 inside the guide's range £332,000 Itemised, low end £590,000 Itemised, high end Four smaller lines Deposit Rent, first year Six months' running costs Premium Fit-out, 80 m²

Most guides say £20,000 to £100,000.

Illustrative: an 80 m² London coffee shop taken over from an existing tenant and refitted throughout, with six months of running costs in the bank. Lines are trade estimates, market listings and labelled assumptions, each with a source and check date in the book's Appendix A. Every line read at its source on 12 October 2026. Respects your reduced-motion setting.