The First Move

Built for first-time buyers

Know what a property really costs before you commit.

See a property’s full monthly cost, not just the mortgage, plus a score for how well it fits your life.

Try the demo, no sign-up

Free for your first three properties. No card needed.

Need more than three? Premium is £19.99 for the year or £6.99 a month, for unlimited properties. Buying with someone? One plan covers you both, with one shortlist and one set of numbers.

Currently supports properties in England only. Council tax figures come from MHCLG’s published rates and EPCs from the official register, not our guesses.

What it does

It does the maths you would rather not.

Put your income, deposit and bills in once. Every property you add after that is priced against them, and against the places you have to get to each week.

Have a go on the demo first, if you’d rather not sign up yet.

The extensionOne click, on the listing
A screenshotIt reads the listing for you
By handTakes about a minute

Add a property however suits you

Type it in yourself, screenshot the listing and let it read the details off for you, or install the browser extension and add it in one click from Rightmove, Zoopla or OnTheMarket. Whichever you use, you can correct anything afterwards.

Monthly cost

£1,976/month

Here’s what it will really cost each month

Mortgage£1,369
Principal & interest69%
Council Tax£177
Band C9%
Gas & Electricity£150
Estimated8%
Water£45
Estimated2%
Broadband£35
Estimated2%
Groceries£200
Estimated10%
Total per month£1,976

Everything the listing left out

Your mortgage on your rate and term, the council's real published tax for that band, and your own figures for the bills. It all lands in one honest monthly number.

Left to live on£924

32% kept · 15% target

Measured against your own target

You decide how much of your pay you want to keep. Every property is judged against that, not against a lender's multiple of your salary.

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Excellent fit

93 out of 100

A number you can argue with

Two thirds affordability, one third how well the location fits your life. No black box: open the working and you get the exact arithmetic, line by line.

Getting aboutReal journey times
Work24minDrive84
Driving24minof 30min
Mum and Dad41minDrive73
The station12minWalk84

The places your week revolves around

Work, family, the school run, the station. Save them once and every property is measured on the real drive and the real walk, door to door.

You · 50%

£940

£1,718 left over

Sam · 50%

£940

£1,160 left over

Deposits pool to £48,000

Two incomes, one honest number

Link with your partner and the deposits pool, so the mortgage falls. Split the bills however you actually intend to, and you each see what it leaves you.

Pricing

Three properties free. Premium when you need it.

No card to start and nothing to cancel if you never upgrade. Pay by the month, or once for the year if you know you are moving soon. Either way, one plan covers both of you if you are buying together.

Have a look round

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Up to three properties. No card, ever.

  • The full monthly figure for every property, from the repayment down to the weekly shop
  • Suitability scoring, plus the map with every saved place on it
  • Add by hand, by screenshot, or with the browser extension
  • Notes, and a read-only link to send to whoever needs it

Worth knowing: the three counts every property you have ever added, so deleting one does not give you the slot back. Be a little choosy.

Month to month

£0.00a month

£3.50 each if you are buying together. Cancel whenever you like.

  • Everything in the free plan
  • As many properties as you are ever going to look at
  • Link with your partner: their properties, notes and finances alongside yours
  • Combined scores, and the bills split the way you actually split them

One plan covers both of you. Link up and whoever is not paying gets everything too, for as long as you stay linked.

Moving this year

Best value
£0.00for the year

Less than three months of monthly, for a whole year.

  • Everything in premium, in one payment
  • A full year, with no subscription to cancel
  • The cheaper way in if you're moving this year

One payment, nothing to cancel. Buying together works out at about £10 each for the year, and one plan still covers you both.

Run the numbers before you fall for the house.

Not after the offer, not after the survey. Setting yourself up takes about five minutes, and then every property you look at comes with the real figure attached.

Three properties free · No card · Cancel any time