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Property Offer Scenario: Renovation, Profit & Discount

Subtract a renovation budget and two value-based allowances from an entered property value to explore a positive offer amount.

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  1. Enter the known values in the units shown. Results update as you type.
  2. Where results are editable, change one to solve backwards. Lock a value to hold it fixed.
  3. Use the worked example to check the method. Reset restores the starting fields.

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Formula and method

Starting with an estimated value of 400,000, deducting 40,000 of renovations, a 10 percent profit allowance and a 5 percent extra discount leaves a modeled offer of 300,000.

Offer = reference property value × (1 − profit allowance/100 − extra discount/100) − renovation cost

Worked example

Enter these known values and leave the other values blank.

Reference property value
400000 $
Renovation budget to deduct
40000 $
Profit allowance as percent of reference value
10 %
Additional discount as percent of reference value
5 %
Positive offer under these assumptions
300000 $

Assumptions and limitations

  • The reference value is supplied by you. The formula does not inspect a property, evaluate comparable sales, obtain a market price or estimate a renovation’s value uplift.
  • Both percentage allowances use the full reference value. They are added before subtraction, not applied successively. The profit allowance is not a return-on-investment rate.
  • Use one currency throughout. Reference value and resulting offer must be positive; renovation cost and the two allowances are nonnegative. An infeasible nonpositive offer is flagged rather than treated as a viable purchase price.
  • Financing, transaction costs, holding costs, taxes, selling costs and unexpected repairs are excluded unless you incorporate them in your own allowance. Do not subtract a repair twice if the reference value already accounts for it.

Common questions

Is this an appraisal or a recommended bid?

No. It is arithmetic using the value and allowances you enter. A market assessment and an affordable purchase budget require separate information.

Are the two percentages compounded?

No. A 10 percent allowance plus a 5 percent discount deducts 15 percent of the reference value, before renovation costs.

References

The calculation equations, inverse formulas, units, and input rules were imported from this source. Bookify provides the interface and equation solver.

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