Rented normally, you'd make about £507 a month, if it can be let.

Will it pay?Calculator

£507 of every £1,000 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 51p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes under 1p.

£507 yours

£1,000 rent in£507 yours

◧ market rent £1,000 · 3 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

£3,189 + refurb costs

£2,801 of that never comes back — stamp duty, solicitor and lender fees.

£3,189 to buy it

~£930

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

□ 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 99% 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.

£11 neededof £962 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £962PRA-style test

How big is it, really?The working

One figure, and nothing checking it 417 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

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 20 May 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Guaranteed council rent beats Standard rental by £38 a month

Let it to the council and you keep £38 a month more, and they keep paying when it is empty.

Guaranteed council rent+£545 · £4,119 in

Standard rental+£507 · £4,119 in

Housing-benefit rent+£394 · £4,119 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) · 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

+£30,004 after five years on the cash you put in, before tax on the sale

More 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 45% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £4,119 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