Dartington Close, Manchester, M23
North West
£265,000
Listed on 31/07/2026
Listed on 31/07/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
733 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house has a front garden, a block-paved side driveway for off-road parking and a rear garden. Inside, the entrance hall includes a storage cupboard, while the living room connects to the kitchen. The kitchen has fitted cupboards and space for appliances. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom.
The property is presented as an opportunity for buyers to modernise and adapt the rooms to their requirements. Local shops, supermarkets, cafés, leisure facilities, schools and green spaces are described as nearby, with road links and rail and tram services available in the wider area. School catchment details and transport arrangements should be checked independently.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
37out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This is a tidy, usable three-bedroom semi with a maintained rear garden, driveway parking and a clear cosmetic canvas: the living room’s panelling, fireplace treatment and patterned carpet could be refreshed, with older finishes elsewhere offering scope to make the home your own. The asking price is the bigger issue: at £362 per sq ft, it is around 20% above the local average, and the asking price plus the £5,000–£12,000 refurb range leaves the likely outlay stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this size. That comparison is with local average value, not a forecast of the value after improvements.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the distinctive living-room panelling, fireplace treatment and patterned carpet to give the main living space a more contemporary feel.
- Update older finishes selectively across the home while retaining its generally usable condition.
- Make use of the maintained rear garden and side driveway as practical lifestyle features.
Key risks
- At the asking price, even a light refurb budget leaves the total spend stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area.
- All-in spend is likely to land near £273,500 including the asking price and quoted works of about £8,500 — roughly 19% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition, so margin after refurbishment is unproven.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Baguley (Manchester Metrolink)
0.5 miles
Tram · Baguley
Roundthorn (Manchester Metrolink)
0.6 miles
Tram · Roundthorn
Moor Road (Manchester Metrolink)
0.7 miles
Tram · Baguley
Wythenshawe Park (Manchester Metrolink)
0.9 miles
Tram · Northern Moor
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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 5.13%
Current average variable rate is 6.58%
Monthly Repayments
£1,083
Based on a loan of £198,750 over 30 years at 5.13% interest
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Pricing
Price history
-3.6% since listed
£265,000£10,000(-3.6%)
19/10/2026£275,000Initial listing
31/07/2026Services
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