Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11
East of England
£450,000
Listed on 27/08/2026
Listed on 27/08/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
997 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house on Thaxted Road has a ground-floor entrance hall, sitting room, separate dining room, kitchen and family bathroom. Upstairs are two double bedrooms and a single bedroom. The property is described as requiring modernisation throughout, offering scope to update the existing accommodation to suit new requirements.
A particularly large rear garden, driveway parking for several vehicles and a detached garage are among the property's stated features. The listing also identifies potential for extension and landscaping, subject to the necessary consents. Council Tax Band D and EPC Rating D.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
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46out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This three-bedroom semi in Saffron Walden has a clear medium-scale updating project: dated finishes run across the photographed rooms, giving a buyer scope to refresh decoration and flooring and modernise the kitchen and bathroom to their own taste. The long rear garden, driveway and detached garage are useful assets, while the listing also mentions extension potential subject to consents; feasibility is not established here.
The price is the main constraint. At £450,000, the asking price is above the local £/sqf average, and adding a mid-to-substantial works programme leaves the overall outlay stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area. That comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of the home's value after renovation, so the generous plot and scope need to justify the premium.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated decoration and flooring across the photographed living spaces and bedrooms.
- Modernise the dated kitchen and bathroom finishes to create a more contemporary interior.
- Make the most of the long rear garden, driveway and detached garage; the listing also cites extension potential subject to consents.
Key risks
- The asking price is already above the local £/sqf average, and a mid-to-substantial programme of works would leave the overall outlay stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area.
- All-in costs look stretched once the asking price and a mid-to-substantial refurb are combined, leaving a gap of around 15% versus area norms for this sqft — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Audley End Rail Station
2.1 miles
Train · Audley End
Newport (Essex) Rail Station
3.0 miles
Train · Newport
Great Chesterford Rail Station
3.8 miles
Train · Great Chesterford
Elsenham Rail Station
6.8 miles
Train · Elsenham
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