Rented normally, you'd make about £914 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£914 of every £2,724 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 34p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 26p.

+£2,724−£711−£884−£214£914

Rent inMortgageRunning costsTaxProfit

Rent £2,724, modelled from 28 nearby lettings within 1.5 km

□ service charge not published2 empty weeks a year assumed

What if I change my assumptions?The dials

At the asking price, 25% deposit, 6.25% charged

Change any of these 16 and every card on this page changes with it. The 6.25% is the 5.50% quoted plus a company premium.

◧ worked out from local rents

What will it cost me to buy?Breakdown

£61,470 + refurb costs

£15,970 of that never comes back — stamp duty, solicitor and lender fees.

£61,470 to buy it

deposit · stamp duty · solicitor · fees~£14,490, unseen

□ works not inspected

What would have to be true?

We cannot price this without a postcode

Which purchase tax applies — stamp duty, LBTT or land transaction tax — is decided by the nation the address sits in, and this listing carries no postcode to resolve it. Rather than assume England and then price to the pound off it, this card does not answer. The agent can give you the postcode.

□ no postcode on the listing

Can we trust the rent?Rent evidence

Nearby lettings, but only by searching 1.5 km

We widened the search to find them, so these are not next-door comparisons.

+18 more

our bar: 10 within 500 m

our own middle half£2,706–£2,742/mo

■ 28 lettings within 1.5 km□ searched wider than our barAdvertised rents, not signed tenancies

What will the rent borrow?Lender test

The rent carries the whole loan — it could fall 53% 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.

£1,237 needed

of £2,619 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £2,619PRA-style test

How big is it, really?The plan

One figure, and nothing checking it 1,000 sq ft

Only the agent’s figure exists for this house. Open for what that means.

□ area unchecked — agent’s own

Is it a good location?Open the map

Hove

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

Article 4Planning permission required to let by the room

■ mapped to a point, not an 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 · 6 we could not check · 1 does not apply to this property

■ from the Renters’ Rights Act 2025listing last seen 13 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Nothing here beats a plain let

Standard rental also ties up the least cash, £75,960.

Standard rental+£914 · £75,960 in

Rent by the room+£424 · £101,960 in

Short-stay let+£395 · £75,960 in

110 nearby short-lets within 5.5 km · medium confidence

Housing-benefit rent+£2 · £75,960 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) · Guaranteed council rent (no scheme in this borough) · Buy, improve & sell (pays out on sale)

◧ 4 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

+£53,019 after five years on the cash you put in, before tax on the sale

More 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 27% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £75,960 you put in. The 5-year fix runs past this 5-year hold, so the rate reset comes after it.

−£75,960+£211,341−£5,284−£136,500+£59,421+£53,019

Cash you put inSale valueSelling costsMortgageRent keptYou walk with

◧ 2.0%/yr growth assumed