Rented normally, you'd make about £92 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£92 of every £766 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 12p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 40p.

+£766−£305−£348−£22£92

Rent inMortgageRunning costsTaxProfit

Rent £766, modelled from 7 nearby lettings

◧ market rent £766 · 7 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

£26,325 + refurb costs

£7,575 of that never comes back — stamp duty, solicitor and lender fees.

£26,325 to buy it

~£15,111

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 £75,000 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

What will the rent borrow?Lender test

The rent carries the whole loan — it could fall 31% 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.

£510 needed

of £737 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £737PRA-style test

Who has to say yes?Council record

County Durham council approves 0% — 0% on a cautious reading

A council-wide rate, not a forecast — and County Durham council refuses schemes that sandwich a family home. Check both neighbours.

0%

0%50%100%

never approvesalways approves

the band is the cautious reading of the same 3 decisions — as low as 0%

■ Article 4 — planning permission requireddecision record held for this authority

How big is it, really?The plan

Measured off the plan, not by a surveyor 871 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

Durham, DH9 6QH

5 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 4Planning permission required to let by the room

■ postcode area, not this address

What could kill thisThe checks

You would need a licence from the council first

Letting without the council’s licence is an offence, and the fee is in no figure here.

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

■ from council licensing registerlisting last seen 19 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Short-stay let beats Rent by the room by £273 a month

Your controls are set to Standard rental — £507 a month behind Short-stay let.

Short-stay let+£599 · £41,436 in

59 nearby short-lets within 20 km · medium confidence

Rent by the room+£326 · £71,436 in

Standard rental+£92 · £41,436 in

Guaranteed council rent−£50 · £41,436 in

Housing-benefit rent−£155 · £41,436 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

−£389 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 £41,436 you put in. The 5-year fix runs past this 5-year hold, so the rate reset comes after it.

−£41,436+£93,651−£2,341−£56,250+£5,987−£389

Cash you put inSale valueSelling costsMortgageRent keptYou are down

◧ 2.0%/yr growth assumed