Rented normally, you'd make about £86 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£86 of every £788 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 11p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 45p.

£353 mortgage

£298 running

£788 rent in£86 yours

◧ market rent £788 · 18 comps2 empty weeks a year assumed

What if I change my assumptions?The dials

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

Change any of these 16 and every card on this page changes with it. The 6.50% is the 5.75% quoted plus a company premium.

◧ worked out from local rents

What will it cost me to buy?Breakdown

£30,104 + refurb costs

£8,355 of that never comes back — land transaction tax, solicitor and lender fees.

£30,104 to buy it

~£16,790

deposit · stamp duty · solicitor · feeswe haven’t been inside

□ 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 £86,995 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?The deeds

Last sold for £95,000 in 2009

Nothing nearby is comparable, but asking is 8% less than the £95,000 paid for it in 2009.

□ this address’s own deeds, no comparable saleHM Land Registry Price Paid Data

What will the rent borrow?Lender test

The rent carries the whole loan — it could fall 22% 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.

£591 needed

of £758 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £758PRA-style test

Is it a good location?Open the map

No school rated Good or better in this postcode area

4 schools in this postcode area, none rated Good or better 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 · 6 we could not check · 1 does not apply to this property

■ from the Renters’ Rights Act 2025listing last seen 16 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Rent by the room beats Short-stay let by £25 a month

Your controls are set to Standard rental — £327 a month behind Rent by the room.

Rent by the room+£413 · £76,894 in

Short-stay let+£388 · £46,894 in

12 nearby short-lets within 20 km · low confidence

Standard rental+£86 · £46,894 in

Guaranteed council rent−£6 · £46,894 in

Housing-benefit rent−£125 · £46,894 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?The five-year sums

−£1,130 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 32% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £46,894 you put in. The 5-year fix runs past this 5-year hold, so the rate reset comes after it.

◧ 2.0%/yr growth assumed