St. Thomas's Road, London, N4

This four-bedroom period terrace has a useful canvas: the brick frontage and bay window retain character, while the dated finishes, strongly individual decoration and overgrown rear garden offer scope to modernise and make the house your own. The stated permission for a rear infill extension and rear dormer with front rooflights adds a distinctive route to reworking the space; verify the permission and its implementation requirements.

The price is the main constraint. At £885 per sq ft, the £1.15m asking price is already above the local £784 per sq ft benchmark, and adding the £55,000–£95,000 refurb range leaves the purchase-plus-works cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of the finished home’s value, so the project’s appeal rests on the scope to create a home that suits you rather than an assured financial margin.