Goose Hill, Portesham, WEYMOUTH
South West
£235,000
Listed on 22/09/2026
Listed on 22/09/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
2Type
TerracedArea
633 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This two-bedroom cottage is arranged with an entrance hall and dining area, a separate sitting room with a stone fireplace and log burner, and a fitted kitchen with space for appliances. A ground-floor shower room opens from the inner hall. Upstairs are two double bedrooms, both with front-facing windows. The property is described as needing some modernisation, offering scope to update the existing accommodation. To the rear, a large garden includes lawns, paths, established planting and a garden shed. Portesham is close to the Jurassic Coast, including Chesil Beach.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
44out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This two-bedroom Portesham cottage has a usable interior, a characterful stone fireplace with log burner, and a substantial established rear garden to reclaim and shape. The visible work is a light refresh: updating the older finishes and clearing the dense growth could make the house and garden feel much more considered, while the frontage and roof show no obvious major failure in the supplied views.
At £235,000, it is priced above the local £/sqf benchmark rather than offering a clear price advantage, and purchase plus works looks tight against local benchmarks. There is still a distinctive village cottage and garden project here, but the numbers call for care rather than assuming easy value creation.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the older decoration and floor coverings across the usable living spaces.
- Clear and prune the established rear garden to reveal more of its paths, lawn and paved seating area.
- Retain the characterful stone fireplace and log burner as a focal point in the sitting room.
Key risks
None recorded.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Upwey Rail Station
4.7 miles
Train · Upwey
Weymouth Rail Station
6.2 miles
Train · Weymouth
Dorchester West Rail Station
6.3 miles
Train · Dorchester
Dorchester South Rail Station
6.4 miles
Train · Dorchester
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