Rented normally, you'd make about £326 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£326 of every £3,309 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 10p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 61p.

+£3,309−£2,027−£879−£77£326

Rent inMortgageRunning costsTaxProfit

Rent £3,309, modelled from 7 nearby lettings

◧ market rent £3,309 · 7 comps2 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£326/mo

All-in cash£229,198

Payback58.5 yrs

Offer−+

Deposit−+

Mortgage rate−+

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Worked at 6.50% — 5.75% quoted plus a company premium.

◧ worked out from local rents

What will it cost me to buy?Breakdown

£198,555 + refurb costs

£73,805 of that never comes back — LBTT, solicitor and lender fees.

£198,555 to buy it

deposit · stamp duty · solicitor · fees~£30,643, 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 £499,000 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 £351,088 of the £374,250 loan

That £23,162 is yours to find on top of the deposit. Tested at 125% instead of 145% — a company or a basic-rate taxpayer usually is — the rent carries the whole loan. Lenders test the rent at 7.5% and need it to cover 145% of the payment.

£3,392 needed

more than the £3,182 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £3,182PRA-style test

How big is it, really?The plan

The plan and the advert, side by side 2,091 sq ft

Two figures for this house, and neither is a survey. Open for both.

AdvertFloorplan

1.8k sq ft2k sq ft2.2k sq ft

1,792 sq ft2,151 sq ft

neither is a survey — a tape measure settles it

□ area off the floorplan — not a survey

Is it a good location?Open the map

Edinburgh, EH16 6AF

No schools in this postcode area 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 · 4 we could not check · 2 do not apply to this property

■ from the Renters’ Rights Act 2025listing last seen 11 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Nothing here beats a plain let

Let it to the council: £6,384 a year less, but they keep paying when it is empty.

Standard rental+£326 · £229,198 in

Short-stay let+£207 · £229,198 in

26 nearby short-lets within 5.5 km · medium confidence

Rent by the room+£40 · £279,198 in

Guaranteed council rent−£206 · £229,198 in

Housing-benefit rent−£656 · £229,198 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

−£23,629 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 26% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £229,198 you put in. The 5-year fix runs past this 5-year hold, so the rate reset comes after it.

−£229,198+£572,927−£14,323−£374,250+£21,215−£23,629

Cash you put inSale valueSelling costsMortgageRent keptYou are down

◧ 2.0%/yr growth assumed