• Cash invested: £67,000
• ROI: 10.4%
• Gross yield: 7.7%

We bought this two-bed terrace at auction, knowing the floor plan had enough slack for a smarter layout. By relocating the bathroom stack and reclaiming an oversized landing cupboard, we carved out a genuine third bedroom. Removing a dividing wall at the rear let us form an airy, open-plan kitchen-diner—an amenity that consistently lifts valuations in this postcode.

While the fit-out team renewed wiring, plumbing and insulation, our external crew replaced the ageing flat roof, upgraded thermal layers and re-rendered the façade in breathable lime-silicate render for a clean, durable finish. The full scope—structural tweaks, new kitchen, bathrooms, flooring and decorations—ran to schedule inside twelve weeks.

That combination of an extra bedroom, improved energy performance and refreshed kerb appeal pushed the surveyor’s end value to the top of local three-bed comparables. On refinance the client recovered almost the entire cash input, retaining a stronger-yielding, low-maintenance asset ready for long-term letting and future capital growth.