You could not let it as it stands — and even with a tenant in it, it costs you £337 a month.

What could kill thisThe checks

You cannot legally rent this property out with an energy rating of F — E is the lowest allowed

That has been the law since 1 April 2020, so no rent on this page is one you could legally collect.

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

■ from the listinglisting last seen 15 Sep 2026

Will it pay?Calculator

Not while it cannot be let

Every figure here is rent minus costs, and no rent may be collected here as it stands. What it pays is worth asking again once the EPC clears E — not before.

£967 mortgage

£1,008 rent in£337 short

□ no rent may be collected

What if I change my assumptions?The dials

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

Change any of these 13 and every card on this page changes with it. The 6.50% is the 5.75% quoted plus a company premium.

No rent at all can be collected until the EPC reaches E, so nothing on this page is reached by charging more.

◧ lender terms are typical, not quoted

What will it cost me to buy?Breakdown

£79,930 + refurb costs

£20,430 of that never comes back — stamp duty, solicitor and lender fees.

£79,930 to buy it

~£58,064

deposit · stamp duty · solicitor · feeswe haven’t been inside

□ works not inspected

What would have to be true?

No price fixes this while it cannot be let

No rent at all can be collected until the EPC reaches E, so nothing on this page is reached by charging more.

■ energy rating F

What will the rent borrow?

Nothing, until it can be let

A lender sizes the loan on the rent, and no rent may be collected here as it stands. The test below is worth running again once the EPC clears E — not before.

□ no rent to test

Who has to say yes?Council record

Preston council approves 97% — 93% on a cautious reading

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

97%

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never approvesalways approves

the band is the cautious reading of the same 152 decisions — as low as 93%

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

How big is it, really?The plan

The rooms are on the plan; the total is not

The plan is on file; the floor area is not.

□ no floor area published

Is it a good location?Open the map

Preston, PR2 8EE

1 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

Which strategy wins?

None of them, while it cannot be let

Every way of running this is a way of letting it, and none may be let as it stands. Which one wins is worth ranking once the EPC clears E — not before.

□ no way of letting is available

What would you walk away with?

Nothing we can put a figure on, while it cannot be let

Five years of holding it is five years of rent plus a sale, and no rent may be collected here as it stands. The sums are worth running again once the EPC clears E.

□ no rent to project

Could you let it by the room?

Not as it stands

Letting by the room is still letting, and this cannot be let until the EPC reaches E. What the rooms would pay is worth pricing once it can — spending on the conversion first buys a house-share nobody may move into.

□ no way of letting is available