Rented normally, you'd make about £45 a month.

What could kill thisThe checks

It is sold as a retirement-only home, not on ordinary terms

This is not an ordinary purchase, so none of the figures on this page describe it.

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

■ from the listinglisting last seen 13 Sep 2026

Will it pay?Calculator

£45 of every £1,500 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 3p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 41p.

£609 mortgage

£778 running

£1,500 rent in£45 yours

◧ market rent £1,500 · 9 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

£50,734 + refurb costs

£13,246 of that never comes back — stamp duty, solicitor and lender fees.

£50,734 to buy it

deposit · stamp duty · solicitor · fees~£1,350, unseen

□ works not inspected

What would have to be true?

No recorded basis for the rent to work from

Every price on this card is that rent inverted, and this row records no basis for its rent — not that the rent is wrong, but that we cannot show it was measured against nearby lettings. A price quoted to the £5,000 needs evidence we can point at.

□ rent basis not recorded

What will the rent borrow?Lender test

The rent carries the whole loan — it could fall 29% 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.

£1,019 needed

of £1,442 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £1,442PRA-style test

How big is it, really?The plan

One figure, and nothing checking it 549 sq ft

Only the agent’s figure exists for this house. Open for what that means.

□ area unchecked — agent’s own

Is it a good location?Open the map

Bracknell, RG12 9AQ

2 of 3 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

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Nothing here beats a plain let

Let it to the council: £1,956 a year less, but they keep paying when it is empty.

Standard rental+£45 · £52,084 in

Guaranteed council rent−£118 · £52,084 in

Housing-benefit rent−£347 · £52,084 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) · Short-stay let (no local short-let data) · Buy, improve & sell (pays out on sale)

◧ 3 ways, one measureranked on money kept each month, at the asking price

What would you walk away with?The five-year sums

+£712 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 24% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £52,084 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