Rented normally, you'd make about £173 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£173 of every £1,122 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 15p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 39p.

+£1,122−£443−£465−£41£173

Rent inMortgageRunning costsTaxProfit

Rent £1,122, modelled from 113 nearby lettings within 500 m

◧ market rent £1,122 · 113 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

£37,335 + refurb costs

£10,085 of that never comes back — stamp duty, solicitor and lender fees.

£37,335 to buy it

~£11,152

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 £109,000 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

Is the price right?The deeds

Last sold for £64,950 in 2014

Nothing nearby is comparable, but asking is 68% more than the £64,950 paid for it in 2014.

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

Can we trust the rent?Rent evidence

Nearby lettings back this rent

We hold too few nearby asking rents to cross-check this figure, so nothing here confirms it a second way.

+103 more

our bar: 10 within 500 m

our own middle half£1,077–£1,169/mo

■ 113 lettings within 500 m□ no nearby asks to cross-checkAdvertised rents, not signed tenancies

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.

£741 needed

of £1,079 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £1,079PRA-style test

How big is it, really?The plan

One figure, and nothing checking it 603 sq ft

The advert and the survey disagree — open for both figures and the gap.

AdvertMeasured

593 sq ft603 sq ft613 sq ft

593 sq ft613 sq ft

the survey is what every price-per-foot figure on this page uses

■ area measured on site

Is it a good location?Open the map

Birmingham, B16 8JD

1 of 2 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.

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

■ from council licensing registerlisting last seen 23 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Short-stay let beats Standard rental by £178 a month

Let it to the council: £1,728 a year less, but they keep paying when it is empty.

Short-stay let+£351 · £48,487 in

32 nearby short-lets within 5.5 km · medium confidence

Standard rental+£173 · £48,487 in

Guaranteed council rent+£29 · £48,487 in

Housing-benefit rent−£176 · £48,487 in

Each row: money kept a month, then the cash it ties up. Not compared: Rent by the room (only 1 bedroom) · 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, after 5 years?The five-year sums

+£6,175 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 28% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £48,487 you put in. The 5-year fix runs past this 5-year hold, so the rate reset comes after it.

−£48,487+£128,348−£3,209−£81,750+£11,273+£6,175

Cash you put inSale valueSelling costsMortgageRent keptYou walk with

◧ 2.0%/yr growth assumed