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Barcicroft Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4

North West

£365,000

Listed on 12/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
992 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This 1930s semi-detached house offers three bedrooms and generous accommodation, with period bay windows and scope for modernisation. The entrance hall includes understairs storage and leads to a spacious front living room with a bay window and fireplace. A second reception room sits to the rear, while the approximately 19-foot breakfast kitchen has fitted units, worktops, partial tiling and space for a dining table. The first floor has two double bedrooms, a further smaller bedroom, a family bathroom and a separate WC. Outside, the front garden is accompanied by a wide driveway providing off-road parking. The rear garden includes patio, lawn and decking, with a detached garage offering additional storage or parking. The listing describes the property as requiring modernisation, giving a buyer scope to update the interiors and garden to suit their requirements. The house is in Heaton Mersey, with local shops, cafés, bars and restaurants on Heaton Moor Road described as around a ten-minute walk away. A large Tesco is stated to be approximately five minutes on foot, and the listing notes nearby schools and Heaton Moor Golf Club.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

47out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This 1930s semi has a strong characterful starting point: period bay windows, two reception spaces and a generous breakfast kitchen give the project plenty to work with. The dated finishes create scope to refresh the kitchen and bathroom, update carpets and decoration, and bring the overgrown parts of the garden and weathered boundaries back into shape. The exterior looks broadly intact in the available photos, with no obvious major structural issue visible.

The main constraint is the price: £365,000 is about 4.8% above the local average per square foot, and adding the £32,000–£65,000 refurbishment range leaves purchase-plus-works costs stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That comparison is not a post-renovation value forecast, so the numbers make this a selective project rather than an obvious value buy; the character and layout are the strongest reasons to consider it.

Key opportunities

  • Use the period bay windows and two reception spaces as the basis for a bright, character-led update.
  • Rework the generous breakfast kitchen into a modern kitchen-dining hub.
  • Refresh the dated bathroom, interior finishes and garden to create a more cohesive home.

Key risks

  • At the asking price, adding the £32,000–£65,000 works budget puts purchase-plus-refurb costs well above the local benchmark for this floor area; this is not a post-works value estimate.

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Barcicroft Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4
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Current average variable rate is 6.60%

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£1,379
Based on a loan of £273,750 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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