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Vancouver Road, HA8

London

£625,000

Listed on 22/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached House
Area
990 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom semi-detached house has two reception rooms, with one opening onto the rear garden. The kitchen also has garden access, and a utility room provides a route through to the garage, adding practical storage and service space. Outside, the property has a rear garden, a driveway and a garage. The listing notes potential to extend, subject to the necessary planning permissions; feasibility would need to be checked. Krishna Avanti Primary School is nearby. The layout and existing ancillary spaces offer scope to consider how the accommodation could be updated or adapted.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

42out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a usable, light-touch project rather than a major renovation: the visible rooms are tidy, with scope to refresh the decoration and selectively modernise the older kitchen and bathroom finishes. The two reception rooms, garden access, driveway and garage give the house practical appeal, while the rear garden offers room for a modest tidy-up. The listing also mentions extension potential, subject to planning, though no feasibility is established here.

The main drawback is the asking price: at £631/sq ft, it is around 18.6% above the local average of £532/sq ft. Adding the £5,500–£18,000 refurb range to the £625,000 asking price leaves the purchase-plus-refurb cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area; that comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of renovated value.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated decoration and finishes while keeping the generally usable interior.
  • Make selective cosmetic updates to the functional kitchen and intact bathroom.
  • Improve the garden edges and make better use of the driveway, garage and garden-linked utility space.

Key risks

  • At £625,000, the asking price is above the local £/sq ft average, and adding the stated refurb range leaves the purchase-plus-works cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area.

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Finance

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£2,361
Based on a loan of £468,750 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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Pricing

Price history

-3.8% since listed
£625,000£25,000(-3.8%)
21/10/2026
Current price
£650,000Initial listing
03/10/2026

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