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Parsonage Drive, Cofton Hackett, B45

West Midlands

£300,000

Listed on 12/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
859 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cofton Hackett has two reception rooms, an extended kitchen, a family bathroom and a porch and hallway. The accommodation includes a bay-fronted lounge and a separate dining room. The property is offered with no upward chain and is described as requiring modernisation, giving a purchaser scope to update the interiors to their requirements. Outside, a block-paved driveway provides parking for several cars and leads to a side garage. The rear garden is described as a private, medium-sized space with a lawn, patio and shed. The listing notes that garage conversion or building above it may be considered, subject to planning permission, and that similar homes have combined the kitchen and dining room. Any such changes would need their feasibility and permissions checked. The house has double glazing, gas central heating with a recently replaced boiler, built-in storage and an overhead loft. Longbridge and Barnt Green stations, local schools, Cofton and Lickey Hills parks, and road links including the M5 and M42 are cited as nearby amenities.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

35out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This bay-fronted three-bedroom semi has a useful starting point: two reception rooms, an extended, functional kitchen, a multi-car driveway and side garage, with the front exterior appearing broadly intact. The interiors are dated rather than a full-gut project, while the rear garden needs clearance and the damaged wall covering and worn finishes offer clear scope to refresh the house and make it your own. The garage or a kitchen-dining reconfiguration could offer further possibilities, subject to the necessary permissions and feasibility.

Renovation economics weigh on the grade because once you allow for meaningful works on top of the asking price, the economics look thin versus current-condition benchmarks — roughly 17% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition. Hence the weak economics component — a proxy for today's market, not post-refurbishment GDV.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated finishes and flooring, including the damaged covering around the bay window.
  • Clear and tidy the overgrown rear garden and worn patio path.
  • Explore a kitchen-dining reconfiguration or garage conversion, subject to feasibility and any required permissions.

Key risks

  • At the asking price, adding the expected works leaves the purchase economics stretched versus local benchmarks for a home of 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 17% versus area norms for this sqft; post-works value sits outside our data.

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Location

Parsonage Drive, Cofton Hackett, B45
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Longbridge Rail Station

    1.1 miles

    Train · Longbridge

  • Barnt Green Rail Station

    1.4 miles

    Train · Barnt Green

  • Northfield Rail Station

    2.1 miles

    Train · Northfield

  • Alvechurch Rail Station

    2.6 miles

    Train · Alvechurch

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£1,133
Based on a loan of £225,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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