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Courtland Road, Oxford

South East

£450,000

Listed on 24/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Terraced
Area
799 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

A three-bedroom mid-terraced house with two reception rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. The accommodation also includes three bedrooms upstairs. Outside, there are front and rear gardens, a detached garage at the rear and on-street parking. The property is described as requiring refurbishment throughout, offering scope for a buyer to update the accommodation to their own specification. The seller's particulars note that services and appliances have not been tested, and that an AML check fee is payable by the buyer after an offer is accepted.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

36out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a medium-scale project with a useful canvas: three bedrooms, two reception rooms, front and rear gardens, and a detached garage. The dated finishes, older kitchen and bathroom, and overgrown rear garden offer clear scope to reshape the interiors and outdoor space; no obvious major structural failure is visible in the submitted photos.

The price is the main constraint. At £563/sq ft, the £450,000 asking price is 18.4% above the local average, and adding the £45,000–£75,000 refurbishment range leaves the purchase-plus-works cost stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area. That comparison is with local average value, not a forecast of the home’s value after renovation, so the project’s appeal depends on whether the price can be improved and the finished result can justify the spend.

Key opportunities

  • Rework the dated reception rooms and bedrooms with fresh finishes and flooring to give the house a more coherent, modern feel.
  • The older kitchen and bathroom offer scope to update the home to a buyer’s preferred style and specification.
  • Clear and improve the overgrown rear garden, making better use of the outdoor space alongside the detached garage.

Key risks

  • At the asking price, the £45,000–£75,000 works range pushes purchase-plus-refurb costs well above local average benchmarks for the property’s floor area; the finished value is not established by that comparison.

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Map

Location

Courtland Road, Oxford
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Oxford Rail Station

    2.5 miles

    Train · Oxford

  • Radley Rail Station

    3.0 miles

    Train · Radley

  • Culham Rail Station

    5.2 miles

    Train · Culham

  • Oxford Parkway Rail Station

    5.6 miles

    Train · Oxford Parkway

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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
£1,700
Based on a loan of £337,500 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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