Rent calculations
Period conversions, CPI increases, void costs and arrears.
Rent period converter
Weekly rent
£
Chargeable weeks/yr
wks
Many organisations charge over 48–51 weeks. Adjust to match your rent year.
Annual rent
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Monthly (annual÷12)
—
4-weekly (×4)
—
Daily (÷7)
—
CPI + 1% rent increase
Current rent (£/wk)
£
CPI rate
%
Increase rate
—
New weekly rent
—
Weekly increase
—
Annual extra income
—
Void cost estimator
Weekly rent
£
Void weeks
Repair cost
£
Lost rent
—
Total void cost
—
Total cost = weeks of rent
—
Rent arrears
Weekly rent
£
Total owed
£
Weekly repayment
£
Weeks to clear
—
Arrears as % of annual rent
—
Repairs & costs
Cost per unit, floor area, budget variance, stock performance, completion rate and first-time fix.
Cost per unit
Total cost
£
Number of units
Enter values above
Floor area estimator
Length
m
Width
m
Area (m²)
—
Area (ft²)
—
Stock performance
Total stock
Occupied units
Occupancy rate
—
Void rate
—
Void units
—
Budget variance
Budgeted
£
Actual spend
£
Variance (£)
—
Variance (%)
—
Repairs completion rate
Jobs raised (period)
Jobs completed
Completion rate
—
Incomplete jobs
—
vs sector benchmark (95%)
—
First-time fix rate
Total jobs attended
Fixed first visit
First-time fix rate
—
Recall jobs
—
vs sector benchmark (85%)
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Measurements
Convert between units for area, length, volume and temperature.
Unit converter
Convert to
Enter a value above
General calculations
Percentage changes, ratios, proportions and plain-English data descriptions for reports.
Percentage change
Original value
New value
Enter two values above
Percentage of a value
Percentage
%
Of value
Enter values above
Ratio simplifier
Part (smaller figure)
Whole (total)
Percentage
—
Ratio (1 in X)
—
Simplified ratio
—
Useful for report phrasing — e.g. "1 in 13 tenants" or "7.5% of cases".
Plain-English change descriptor
Previous figure
Current figure
What are you measuring?
Enter values above to generate a report-ready sentence.
WIP backlog checker
Calculate whether your open responsive repairs WIP constitutes a backlog scenario.
Your organisation
Total stock (properties)
Benchmark repairs/property/yr
default 2.5
Sector average 2.0–2.5. Adjust upward for older stock or higher demand.
Annual repairs forecast
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Weekly throughput
—
Max healthy open WIP
—
Current open WIP
Total open responsive jobs
Emergency (24hr) jobs should never form a standing WIP — they must be actioned same day. Any open emergency jobs are an immediate operational issue requiring separate escalation and should not be included here.
Interim cost calculator
Calculate the true total cost of an interim appointment including agency oncost and the impact of unrecoverable VAT for housing associations.
Assignment details
Day rate
£
Agency oncost
%
Typical agency margin is 12–20% on top of the day rate.
Duration
VAT rate
%
Standard UK VAT rate is 20%. Adjust if applicable.
Working days
—
Daily rate incl. oncost
—
Agency fee (total)
—
Cost breakdown
Base cost (day rate × days)—
Agency oncost—
Subtotal (ex-VAT)—
VAT amount—
Total incl. VAT—
Local authority (VAT recoverable)
Subtotal (ex-VAT)—
VAT paid—
VAT recovered—
True net cost to LA—
LAs can generally reclaim VAT through their normal VAT return, meaning the true cost is the ex-VAT subtotal only.
Housing association (VAT unrecoverable)
Subtotal (ex-VAT)—
VAT (unrecoverable)—
Additional VAT cost vs LA—
True total cost to HA—
HAs are generally unable to recover VAT on management and staffing costs, making the gross VAT-inclusive figure the true cost. This is a material difference for budget-setting.