Viewforth 119 Rose Street, Dunfermline, KY12 0QT

This substantial circa-1900 semi has a lot to work with: generous reception rooms with period cornices and ceiling roses, flexible five-bedroom accommodation, and established gardens with a double garage and multi-car driveway. The dated finishes across several photographed areas create scope for a medium-scale modernisation, while the kitchen and main bathroom offer particularly clear opportunities to update the look and feel. Wall-surface deterioration and staining in places should be investigated; the cause is not established from the photographs.

The asking price is £485,000, around 6.5% above the local average per square foot, so price is not a value advantage here. More importantly, the asking price alongside a mid-to-substantial programme of works leaves the overall purchase-and-improvement economics stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area; that comparison is with current local averages, not a forecast of renovated value.