Rented normally, you'd make about £33 a month.

Will it pay?Calculator

£33 of every £856 is yours to keep, each month

You keep 4p of every pound of rent. The mortgage takes 33p.

£498 running

£856 rent in£33 yours

£175 of that is a guess — no service charge published.

□ service charge not published2 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

£27,149 + refurb costs

£9,650 of that never comes back — LBTT, solicitor and lender fees.

£27,149 to buy it

~£16,790

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 £69,995 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

Is the price right?Comparables

Nothing nearby is comparable — but it is 7% under its 2007 price

The dearest sold for 1.8× the cheapest, so the rent has to justify this price on its own.

you'd pay £69,995

£65,000

£66,500

£70,000

£77,500

£90,000

£100,000

£100,000

£100,500

£110,000

£113,250

£116,800

£120,000

£65k£92.5k£120k

£65,000 cheapest£120,000 dearest

12 completed sales, same property type, last 3 years

□ 12 sold nearby, not matched on sizeHM Land Registry Price Paid Data

What will the rent borrow?Lender test

The rent carries the whole loan — it could fall 42% 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.

£476 needed

of £823 rent

stressed at 7.5%, 145% cover

◧ rent after empty weeks £823PRA-style test

How big is it, really?The plan

Measured off the plan, not by a surveyor 709 sq ft

The area comes off the plan, not a survey. Open for what that means.

□ area off the floorplan — not a survey

Is it a good location?Open the map

Motherwell, ML5 4DR

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 · 1 came back clear · 5 we could not check · 2 do not apply to this property

■ from the Renters’ Rights Act 2025listing last seen 15 Sep 2026

Which strategy wins?The ways to run it

Rent by the room beats Standard rental by £357 a month

Rent by the room needs £30,000 more cash than the others.

Rent by the room+£390 · £73,939 in

Standard rental+£33 · £43,939 in

Housing-benefit rent−£151 · £43,939 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) · Short-stay let (no local short-let data) · Guaranteed council rent (no scheme in this borough) · 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

−£7,205 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 33% in the price would leave nothing from a sale after selling costs, and you would still owe the lender any shortfall. That is the £43,939 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