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Farm Avenue, London, NW2

London

£2,000,000

Listed on 12/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
5
Type
House
Area
2669 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This substantial double-fronted detached family home is being offered to the market for the first time since the 1970s. Nestled on a highly sought-after residential road, the property boasts approximately 2,606 sq ft of well-proportioned accommodation spread over three floors. While the house requires modernisation, it presents a unique opportunity for buyers to transform it into an exceptional long-term family residence. There is considerable potential to extend and enhance the existing layout, subject to obtaining the necessary planning consents. The ground floor features a harmonious blend of formal and informal living spaces, including an impressive double-aspect reception room, a separate dining room, and a study. At the rear, a generous kitchen/breakfast room leads into a delightful conservatory, offering views and direct access to the expansive rear garden. Completing this level are a large utility room and a guest cloakroom. On the first floor, you will find a spacious principal bedroom suite with a private bathroom and dressing room, along with two additional well-proportioned bedrooms and a family bathroom. The second floor accommodates two more bedrooms, complemented by useful eaves storage. Externally, the property is equally impressive. The substantial carriage driveway at the front provides ample off-street parking, while the rear garden extends approximately 93 ft at its longest point and about 54 ft at its widest, creating an ideal setting for family life and outdoor entertaining. The combination of its detached position, double-fronted façade, generous proportions, extensive garden, and future potential makes this a rare opportunity to create a truly special family home.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

42out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a substantial, double-fronted detached house with generous reception space, a carriage driveway and a long, mature rear garden. The interiors are liveable but dated, giving a buyer scope to update the kitchen and bathroom, refresh decoration and flooring, and shape the house into a more contemporary family home. The listing also describes potential to extend, subject to planning consent, though no feasibility is established here.

The main challenge is the price: at £749/sq ft, the £2,000,000 asking price is around 18% above the local average of £636/sq ft. The £55,000–£95,000 renovation range puts the purchase-plus-refurb midpoint at about £2.075m, which is stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area; that comparison is not a forecast of the value after works. Overall, the house has a distinctive canvas and strong fundamentals, but the numbers leave this as a low-opportunity proposition at the current asking price.

Key opportunities

  • Modernise the dated kitchen and bathroom and refresh the older decoration and mixed flooring across the photographed interiors.
  • Make the most of the generous reception and dining rooms, conservatory and substantial garden as a family and entertaining space.
  • The listing identifies potential to extend, subject to planning consent; the house also has ample existing accommodation across three floors.

Key risks

  • At the £2,000,000 asking price, adding the £55,000–£95,000 renovation range leaves purchase and works costs stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area.
  • Worth allowing for £2,075,000 all-in — £75,000 of works on top of the asking price — around 18% above what similar-sized stock commands locally today — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.

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Location

Farm Avenue, London, NW2
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Cricklewood Rail Station

    0.4 miles

    Train · Cricklewood

  • Kilburn Underground Station

    0.8 miles

    Underground · Brondesbury

  • West Hampstead Thameslink Rail Station

    0.9 miles

    Train · West Hampstead

  • Brondesbury Rail Station

    0.9 miles

    Train · Brondesbury

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£7,556
Based on a loan of £1,500,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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