Rented normally, you'd make about £87 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£87 of every £729 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 12p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 42p.

+£729−£305−£316−£21£87

Rent inMortgageRunning costsTaxProfit

Rent £729, modelled from 17 nearby lettings

◧ market rent £729 · 17 comps2 empty weeks a year assumed

What if I change my assumptions?The dials

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

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You keep£87/mo

All-in cash£37,687

Payback35.9 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

£26,325 + refurb costs

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

£26,325 to buy it

~£11,362

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 27% 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 £701 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £701PRA-style test

Is it a good location?Open the map

No school rated Good or better in this postcode area

5 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 · 5 we could not check · 2 do not apply to this property

■ from the Renters’ Rights Act 2025listing last seen 19 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Nothing here beats a plain let

Let it to the council: £708 a year less, but they keep paying when it is empty.

Standard rental+£87 · £37,687 in

Guaranteed council rent+£28 · £37,687 in

Housing-benefit rent−£75 · £37,687 in

Short-stay let−£304 · £37,687 in

20 nearby short-lets within 20 km · medium confidence

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, after 5 years?The five-year sums

+£429 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 £37,687 you put in. The 5-year fix runs past this 5-year hold, so the rate reset comes after it.

−£37,687+£90,960−£2,274−£56,250+£5,679+£429

Cash you put inSale valueSelling costsMortgageRent keptYou walk with

◧ 2.0%/yr growth assumed