Ebenezer Terrace, Tabors Hill, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2

This two-bedroom home in Great Baddow has a useful open-plan living area and an extended kitchen/breakfast space, giving a renovator a clear starting point for reworking the interior. The kitchen and ground-floor shower room are visibly tired, with worn finishes and localised staining or damage elsewhere; the overgrown garden also offers scope to clear and reshape the outdoor space. The front elevation looks generally intact in the available images, though the extension’s planning and building-regulations position should be checked, as the agent has not verified it.

At £290,000, the asking price is slightly below the local average on a price-per-square-foot basis, which is reasonable rather than a standout discount. However, once a mid-to-substantial programme of works is factored in, the purchase and improvement costs look stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this size; that comparison is with current local averages, not a forecast of post-renovation value. Overall, this is a heavy project with some appealing scope, but the economics weigh down the opportunity.