Malmesbury Close, Ipswich
East of England
£220,000
Listed on 03/10/2026
Listed on 03/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi Detached HouseArea
861 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stoke Park is offered with no onward chain. The ground floor has a living room, a separate dining room with an archway to the kitchen, while upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. The accommodation is approximately 861 sq ft, according to the supplied listing data.
The property is described as requiring updating, giving a buyer scope to modernise the interiors to suit their needs. Outside, there is an enclosed rear garden with patio and lawn areas, plus off-road parking and a garage at the front. Local shops, amenities, green spaces and transport links to Ipswich town centre are within reach.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
45out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This three-bedroom Stoke Park semi has a useful family layout, with separate living and dining spaces, plus a rear garden, garage and off-road parking. The dated finishes throughout offer a clear medium-scale canvas: refresh the decoration and flooring, update the kitchen and bathroom, and bring the garden and front approach back into shape. The visible brickwork and roofline appear broadly intact, with no obvious major structural issue in the photos.
At £220,000, the asking price is slightly above the local £/sqf benchmark rather than a discount. More importantly, adding the £30,000–£55,000 refurb range to the asking price leaves the likely outlay stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area; that comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of post-renovation value. The layout and parking are appealing, but the numbers call for careful budgeting.
Key opportunities
- Use the separate living and dining spaces to create a refreshed family layout without changing the basic arrangement.
- Modernise the dated kitchen and bathroom as part of a coordinated interior update.
- Improve the rear garden and worn front approach, making better use of the garden, garage and off-road parking.
Key risks
- The £220,000 asking price plus the £30,000–£55,000 renovation range puts the projected outlay well above the local average-value benchmark for this floor area, so the budget needs close scrutiny.
- Budget around £262,500 all-in — £42,500 of works on top of the asking price — roughly 19% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Ipswich Rail Station
0.9 miles
Train · Ipswich
Derby Road (Ipswich) Rail Station
2.1 miles
Train · Copleston
Westerfield Rail Station
3.2 miles
Train · Westerfield
Wrabness Rail Station
7.0 miles
Train · Wrabness
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