Rented normally, you'd make about £159 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£159 of every £1,911 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 8p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 51p.

+£1,911−£975−£740−£37£159

Rent inMortgageRunning costsTaxProfit

Rent £1,911, modelled from 17 nearby lettings within 1 km

□ service charge not published2 empty weeks a year assumed

What if I change my assumptions?The dials

At the asking price, 25% deposit, 6.50% charged

Try your own numbersLive

You keep£159/mo

All-in cash£104,711

Payback55.0 yrs

Offer−+

Deposit−+

Mortgage rate−+

Rent−+

Worked at 6.50% — 5.75% quoted plus a company premium.

◧ worked out from local rents

What will it cost me to buy?Breakdown

£87,700 + refurb costs

£27,700 of that never comes back — LBTT, solicitor and lender fees.

£87,700 to buy it

deposit · stamp duty · solicitor · fees~£17,011, unseen

□ works not inspected

What would have to be true?

Nothing — it works at the asking price

The rent covers the mortgage, the running costs and the tax at the £240,000 asked, so there is no discount this card has to name. A lower price would be upside, not a condition.

◧ worked back from the rent

Is the price right?Comparables

Nothing nearby is comparable — but it is 12% over its 2010 price

The dearest sold for 1.8× the cheapest, so the rent has to justify this price on its own.

you'd pay £240,000

£155,000

£158,750

£189,000

£210,500

£220,000

£230,000

£238,500

£249,995

£256,000

£262,000

£262,000

£272,000

£155k£213.5k£272k

£155,000 cheapest£272,000 dearest

12 completed sales, same property type, last 3 years

□ 12 sold nearby, not matched on sizeHM Land Registry Price Paid Data

Can we trust the rent?Rent evidence

Nearby lettings back this rent

We hold too few nearby asking rents to cross-check this figure, so nothing here confirms it a second way.

+7 more

our bar: 10 within 500 m

our own middle half£1,599–£2,284/mo

■ 17 lettings within 1 km□ no nearby asks to cross-checkAdvertised rents, not signed tenancies

What will the rent borrow?Lender test

The rent carries the whole loan — it could fall 11% and still cover it

Your deposit is what limits this one, not the rent. Lenders test the rent at 7.5% and need it to cover 145% of the payment.

£1,631 needed

of £1,838 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £1,838PRA-style test

How big is it, really?The plan

The plan and the advert, side by side 1,066 sq ft

Two figures for this house, and neither is a survey. Open for both.

AdvertFloorplan

1.1k sq ft1.1k sq ft1.1k sq ft

1,056 sq ft1,076 sq ft

neither is a survey — a tape measure settles it

□ area off the floorplan — not a survey

Is it a good location?Open the map

City Centre, G1 3LN

No schools in this postcode area and flood risk checking… — open for the map, the schools and the rest.

Article 4Not assessed for this address

■ postcode area, not this address

What to know before you offerThe checks

Every tenancy here is periodic, with no Section 21 to end it

Tenancies are now periodic, with no Section 21 — budget a longer void.

1 problem found · 1 came back clear · 5 we could not check · 2 do not apply to this property

■ from the Renters’ Rights Act 2025listing last seen 18 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Nothing here beats a plain let

Let it to the council: £6,192 a year less, but they keep paying when it is empty.

Standard rental+£159 · £104,711 in

Short-stay let+£54 · £104,711 in

3 nearby short-lets within 5.5 km · low confidence

Rent by the room+£44 · £130,711 in

Guaranteed council rent−£357 · £104,711 in

Housing-benefit rent−£632 · £104,711 in

Each row: money kept a month, then the cash it ties up. Not compared: Do it up, then remortgage (pays back at the remortgage) · Buy, improve & sell (pays out on sale)

◧ 5 ways, one measureranked on money kept each month, at the asking price

What would you walk away with, after 5 years?The five-year sums

−£4,134 after five years on the cash you put in, before tax on the sale

Less than the same cash would have made in a savings account, after tax on the interest. The savings account’s capital is not at risk; the property’s is. A fall of about 26% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £104,711 you put in. The 5-year fix runs past this 5-year hold, so the rate reset comes after it.

−£104,711+£277,187−£6,930−£180,000+£10,319−£4,134

Cash you put inSale valueSelling costsMortgageRent keptYou are down

◧ 2.0%/yr growth assumed