Rented normally, you'd make about £300 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£300 of every £1,855 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 16p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 44p.

+£1,855−£810−£675−£70£300

Rent inMortgageRunning costsTaxProfit

Rent £1,855, modelled from 5 nearby lettings

□ 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£300/mo

All-in cash£82,444

Payback22.9 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

£67,333 + refurb costs

£17,458 of that never comes back — stamp duty, solicitor and lender fees.

£67,333 to buy it

deposit · stamp duty · solicitor · fees~£15,111, 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 £199,500 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 £136,000 in 2019

Nothing nearby is comparable, but asking is 47% more than the £136,000 paid for it in 2019.

□ 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 24% 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.

£1,356 needed

of £1,784 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £1,784PRA-style test

How big is it, really?The plan

Measured off the plan, not by a surveyor 734 sq ft

The area comes off the plan, not a survey. Open for what that means.

□ area off the floorplan — not a survey

Is it a good location?Open the map

Peterborough, PE19 1DR

2 of 5 schools in this postcode area rated Good or Outstanding 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 · 2 came back clear · 6 we could not check

■ from the Renters’ Rights Act 2025listing last seen 17 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Nothing here beats a plain let

Standard rental also ties up the least cash, £82,444.

Standard rental+£300 · £82,444 in

Rent by the room+£203 · £112,444 in

Housing-benefit rent−£429 · £82,444 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) · Short-stay let (no local short-let data) · Guaranteed council rent (no scheme in this borough) · Buy, improve & sell (pays out on sale)

◧ 3 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

+£12,735 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 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 £82,444 you put in. The 5-year fix runs past this 5-year hold, so the rate reset comes after it.

−£82,444+£231,109−£5,778−£149,625+£19,473+£12,735

Cash you put inSale valueSelling costsMortgageRent keptYou walk with

◧ 2.0%/yr growth assumed