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Redding Drive, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6

East of England

£795,000

Listed on 23/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Detached
Area
1067 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom detached house occupies a corner plot in a cul-de-sac, around a mile from Amersham station. The accommodation is arranged over two floors and includes an entrance porch, hallway and ground-floor cloakroom. At the rear, the kitchen has base and wall units and a side-access door. The sitting room opens to the dining room, which leads into a conservatory with double doors to the garden. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. Outside, the rear garden is mainly lawn with established shrubs. The property also has a single garage and several parking spaces, including rear hardstanding. The house is described as requiring modernisation, with scope to improve or extend subject to the necessary consents. A new boiler was installed in 2024. Amersham on the Hill, with its shops and Metropolitan and Chiltern Line services, is approximately a mile away. The listing also notes nearby schools and access to the town centre via Woodfield Park.

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 detached house has a usable, naturally bright layout, a conservatory and a corner plot with driveway parking and a garage. The work looks light: updating dated finishes and flooring, then tackling the overgrown garden, could refresh the home without an obvious major structural project. The new boiler is another practical plus.

The asking price is the sticking point. At £745 per sq ft, it is about 16% above the local average, and the asking price alongside a mid-to-substantial works programme leaves the overall cost stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area; that is not a forecast of renovated value. The cul-de-sac setting and described potential to extend or convert may appeal, but any such plans would depend on consents and feasibility.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated decoration and flooring across the usable interior.
  • Rework the overgrown rear garden, including its tired paving and planting.
  • Explore the listing’s stated extension or conversion potential, subject to consents and a feasibility check.

Key risks

  • At the current asking price, the purchase plus a mid-to-substantial improvement programme looks stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this floor area.
  • Headroom after works looks limited when the asking price sits alongside the indicated works scale — around 15% above what similar-sized stock commands locally today, so margin after refurbishment is unproven.

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Map

Location

Redding Drive, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Amersham Underground Station

    0.7 miles

    Underground · Amersham

  • Amersham Rail Station

    0.7 miles

    Train · Amersham

  • Chesham Underground Station

    1.8 miles

    Underground · Chesham

  • Chalfont & Latimer Underground Station

    2.7 miles

    Underground · Little Chalfont

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Finance

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£3,003
Based on a loan of £596,250 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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