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At The Liddle Property Company, we specialise in sourcing, refurbishing, and investing in high-potential properties across the north-east of England.

30/10/2026

A property producing £750 per calendar month rent doesn’t give the owner £750 profit each month. If only it did 😂

Rental yield gives us a quick way to compare the rent with the property price:
Annual rent / property price x 100

Cash flow looks at what’s remaining after all of the many ongoing costs have been factored in.

A solid yield might get us interested initially but it wouldn’t be enough on its own to make us commit. We usually target £200 per month profit for a standard BRRR / buy-to-let property.

Would a worked example showing both calculations be useful? Let us know in the comments or DMs if you’d like us to share one.

28/10/2026

I lived in council houses the majority of my childhood, without a father around.

Nobody I grew up around owned property to rent out. That world felt like it belonged to people who’d been handed a head start.

Then I had my boys and it hit me differently. I want them to have more choices than I did. Time, security, a dad who’s there for the school run and the football.

That’s what the houses are for.

Where you start doesn’t decide where you end up.

If you grew up with nothing handed to you, give this a like. Let’s show people where we started.

25/10/2026

Floorboards are up 😫😫

25/10/2026

Project 4 update - week two.

Unexpectedly had to rip the floorboards up this week, and it wasn’t a pretty sight 😫 this will delay the timeline and hit the budget on the refurb…thankfully we have a solid contingency budget built in.

It’s also safeguarding the property for the future, Wel replace the rotting joists, clear all of the debris blocking the air bricks, and replace the floorboards - short term pain for long term gain.

On a brighter note, the two main bedroom upstairs are plastered now - a big step in the refurb.

23/10/2026

The most important thing in our business isn’t the houses. It’s the people.

Everyone talks about finding the deal. Nobody talks about who’s actually doing the work once you’ve bought it.

Builder: one of my best mates. When I’m at work or home with the kids, I know the job’s right because he’s doing it, and he’ll tell me straight when something isn’t.

Mentor: . Darlington lad, been doing this far longer than me. Every good decision I’ve made in property, I’ve run past him first.

Partner: Lucy. We do all of this together, around jobs and two little boys.

Get those right and the houses take care of themselves.

Who’s in your power team? Tag them below, they deserve the shout-out.

22/10/2026

Our first project got down-valued because of damp nobody had spotted.

Bought for £39,999. About £8k on the refurb. Ready to refinance.

Then the surveyor found damp. The lender wanted a full damp and timber survey, the refinance slipped, and our money was tied up for two extra months. It came back at £50k, lower than we’d hoped.

We didn’t panic. Got the survey done, sorted what needed sorting, and kept the lender and our investors updated the whole way.

Things will go wrong. How fast and how honestly you act is what counts. We check for damp properly before we buy now.

What’s the one thing you always check because it caught you out once? 👇

19/10/2026

Project 4 - first floor walk around.

Converting a bathroom back into a bedroom, and a cupboard into a bathroom…as you do 😂

What about these original features though!? How bloody good are they? Would you try and preserve them or rip out and replace?

18/10/2026

Project 4 - downstairs walk around.

Good week of ripping out, and first fix electrics started this week.

Even more importantly, we’ve started to unpick the findings of the damp & timber survey we had done on the property last week. Damp & moisture can be common in the type and age of properties we’re purchasing, but having a plan to resolve them and reduce the risk of it becoming a recurring issue is a top priority for us.

Stay tuned to see the upstairs 👀

17/10/2026

Two notepads, YouTube and a spare hour before bed. That’s where we started 😂

After deciding on our honeymoon that we were finally going to give property a go, Lucy and I had to find time to learn.

Between work, my PhD and a little one, that usually meant ten o’clock at night, writing things down when we were both ready for bed.

Free videos and podcasts got us started. Then a full day in Costa picking an experienced mate’s brains helped us make sense of it all and work out our next steps.

There was always going to be a reason to put it off. I’m glad we started with the time we had.

Lucy’s still got her notepad. I don’t think she’ll ever get rid of it.

What’s a podcast, book or YouTube channel that helped you get started? Drop it below for someone else 👇

14/10/2026

A good deal on paper still needs someone on the ground making it work, that’s why we buy in Darlington.

I’ve lived here my whole life. I know the streets, what people will realistically pay in rent, and the team we trust to get the work done.

And when something needs sorting, we can have someone there in minutes.

We still check every number. But knowing the area and having good people around us gives us confidence in what we’re buying.

It’s our hometown, and it’s where we’re building our business.

Do you invest close to home or further afield? What made you choose? 👇

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https://theliddlepropertycompany.com/

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