Mellish Way, Hornchurch, RM11
London
£450,000
Listed on 25/08/2026
Listed on 25/08/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
2Type
Semi DetachedArea
777 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hornchurch has a living room with French doors to the rear garden, a separate kitchen and a ground-floor WC. Upstairs are two bedrooms with built-in storage and a family bathroom. The property also has a patio and lawn garden, side access and a private driveway for off-road parking.
The listing notes potential to extend, subject to the necessary planning permissions. Haynes Park and local amenities are nearby, with rail and Underground connections serving London and the surrounding area.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
43out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This is a clean, largely usable two-bedroom semi with a driveway, garden access from the living room and a practical patio-and-lawn plot. The scope is light: the patchy lawn and weathered fencing offer straightforward ways to sharpen the outdoor presentation, while the existing kitchen and bathroom appear intact. The listing also mentions potential to extend, subject to planning permission, but provides no evidence of feasibility.
The main drawback is the price: £450,000 is around 19% above the local £/sqf average. Even allowing for a light-to-medium improvement programme, the purchase price and works leave the overall cost stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this size, so the project has limited value headroom at the current asking price.
Key opportunities
- Recover the dry, patchy lawn and maintain the weathered fencing to improve the garden’s presentation.
- The living room’s French doors connect directly to the patio and lawn, giving the outdoor space a useful base for entertaining.
- The listing cites potential to extend, subject to planning permission; feasibility would need to be established.
Key risks
- At the current asking price, even a modest improvement programme leaves the overall outlay stretched against local benchmarks for 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 17% versus area norms for this sqft — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Gidea Park Rail Station
0.5 miles
Train · Gidea Park
Emerson Park Rail Station
0.6 miles
Train · Hornchurch
Romford Rail Station
1.3 miles
Train · Romford
Hornchurch Underground Station
1.5 miles
Underground · Hornchurch
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£1,700
Based on a loan of £337,500 over 30 years at 4.45% interest
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