Tomlin Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4
East Midlands
£250,000
Listed on 06/08/2026
Listed on 06/08/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
TerracedArea
863 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
Offered with no onward chain, this three-bedroom mid-terraced house in the LE4 area is described as requiring modernisation throughout. The accommodation comprises an entrance hall, lounge, fitted kitchen, three bedrooms and a family bathroom, with scope for a purchaser to update the interiors to their requirements.
There are front and rear gardens, both offering room for improvement. Local amenities, schools, supermarkets and transport links are within reach. The property may suit buyers prepared to undertake refurbishment, subject to assessing the work required.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
50out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This three-bedroom terrace is a clear medium-scale project, with dated finishes and worn flooring across several rooms, plus scope to refresh the kitchen and bathroom and tidy the gardens. The established front hedges and the usable room layout give a buyer a practical canvas to update to their own taste; the photos show no obvious major external defect.
At £250,000, the asking price is broadly in line with local value per square foot, which is a reasonable starting point. The weaker part is the renovation economics: once a mid-to-substantial programme is added, the overall outlay looks stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this size. That is a meaningful constraint on the value opportunity, rather than a post-works value forecast.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated decoration and worn flooring across several rooms to give the home a more consistent, modern feel.
- Update the older kitchen and bathroom finishes as part of a medium-scale programme.
- Clear and improve the dry, untidy rear garden while making use of the established front hedges.
Key risks
- The purchase price combined with the likely mid-to-substantial works programme may push the overall outlay beyond local benchmarks for a property of this floor area.
- Budget carefully — economics look thin once the asking price and a mid-to-substantial refurb are combined, leaving a gap of around 16% versus area norms for this sqft. Finished value after works is not modelled here.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Leicester Rail Station
1.9 miles
Train · Leicester
Syston Rail Station
3.0 miles
Train · Syston
South Wigston Rail Station
5.1 miles
Train · South Wigston
Sileby Rail Station
5.6 miles
Train · Sileby
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£1,021
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