Rented normally, it costs you £52 a month. That is £630 a year, every year you hold it.

Will it pay?Calculator

You top up £52 a month — the mortgage takes 43p of every pound of rent

Borrowing £9,691 less would close that shortfall — which is £9,691 more cash at the start, on top of the deposit.

£345 mortgage

£471 running

£794 rent in£52 short

◧ market rent £794 · 72 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

£29,775 + refurb costs

And about £3,150 more over five years, because it loses £52 every month you hold it — before any repair. That already assumes the rent never falls.

£29,775 to buy it

~£11,960

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

□ works not inspected

What would have to be true?The working

£10,000 off and it stops losing money

At the asking price you feed it £52 a month. At £72,076 the rent covers everything — leaving stamp duty of £3,604 at that price.

offer £72,076

asked £85,000

◧ worked back from the rent■ stamp duty re-bandedrounded down to £5,000 — the rent it works back from is an estimate

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.

£578 needed

of £763 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £763PRA-style test

Is it a good location?Open the map

Bradford, BD4 6AQ

2 of 4 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 could kill thisThe checks

£1,853 a year in charges for the building, owed even when nobody is living there

The contract the property is sold under sets these charges, and they can go up over the years.

2 problems found · 1 came back clear · 4 we could not check · 2 do not apply to this property

■ from the listinglisting last seen 13 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Short-stay let beats Standard rental by £567 a month

Let it to the council: £1,788 a year less, but they keep paying when it is empty.

Short-stay let+£515 · £41,735 in

7 nearby short-lets within 20 km · low confidence

Standard rental−£52 · £41,735 in

Guaranteed council rent−£201 · £41,735 in

Housing-benefit rent−£309 · £41,735 in

Each row: money kept a month, then the cash it ties up. Not compared: Rent by the room (only 2 bedrooms) · Do it up, then remortgage (pays back at the remortgage) · 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?The five-year sums

−£9,028 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 30% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £41,735 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