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Baldocks Road, Theydon Bois, CM16

East of England

£900,000

Listed on 29/08/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Semi Detached
Area
1926 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This four-bedroom semi-detached house offers 1,926 sq ft of accommodation, with several reception areas and a rear garden extending to approximately 100 feet. The ground floor includes an entrance porch and reception hall, a principal living room with a feature fireplace, a dining room and a further family room. A separate breakfast room connects to the kitchen, and there is internal access to the integral garage. Upstairs are four bedrooms, two shower rooms and a separate WC. The layout provides scope for updating and adapting the accommodation to suit a purchaser's needs. Outside, the paved front area provides off-street parking and access to the garage. The long rear garden is mainly laid to lawn, with established borders and patio areas. The property is in Theydon Bois, close to village shops, restaurants and pubs, with Theydon Bois Central Line station providing connections towards London. The listing describes the house as a blank canvas for modernisation and personalisation. The EPC rating is D.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

64out of 100
Grade CPotential opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

At £900,000, this four-bedroom semi-detached house is priced around 14% below the local average per square foot, making the asking price a clear acquisition opportunity. Its generous reception accommodation, integral garage and roughly 100-foot rear garden give it plenty to work with, while the front elevation appears broadly intact in the available photos.

The interiors are consistently dated, so there is scope to update finishes, flooring and the kitchen and shower rooms, alongside bringing the overgrown garden back into use. The indicated renovation range is £48,000–£85,000; at the midpoint, purchase plus works is about £966,500, against an implied current local-average value of about £1.05m. That suggests potential, rather than a guaranteed resale margin, with fees and other purchase costs still to consider.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated finishes across the reception rooms and bedrooms, including wallpaper and flooring.
  • Modernise the dated kitchen and shower-room areas to suit a new owner's specification.
  • Clear and landscape the roughly 100-foot garden, making better use of its patio, established planting and paths.

Key risks

None recorded.

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£3,400
Based on a loan of £675,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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