St. Lukes Road, Brighton
South East
£600,000
Listed on 25/09/2026
Listed on 25/09/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
TerracedArea
1116 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This three-bedroom terraced house has two reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfast room and a private south-facing rear garden. Period details include high ceilings, decorative cornicing, timber floors and a feature fireplace in the front reception room. The dining room opens to the garden through French doors, while the kitchen has extensive cupboard and worktop space and room for informal dining.
Upstairs are two double bedrooms and a third room suitable for use as a guest room, nursery or study, together with a shower room. The property offers scope to update the kitchen and to explore a side-return extension or loft conversion, subject to the relevant permissions and consents.
St Luke’s Road is close to Queens Park, Hanover and local cafés, pubs and amenities. Brighton city centre, the seafront and Brighton Station are also accessible from the area.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
46out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This is a light-touch project with plenty to preserve: the period reception rooms have cornicing, timber floors and a feature fireplace, and the enclosed south-facing garden is already a useful outdoor space. The dated kitchen and wet-room finishes offer scope to personalise, while the listing also points to possible side-return and loft projects, subject to the necessary consents.
The asking price is the main drawback: at £538/sq ft, it is around 14% above the local average, and the asking price plus the £6,000–£16,000 refurbishment range leaves the cost of entry stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of the value after works. The character and location are appealing, but the numbers make this a weaker-value opportunity overall.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated kitchen and wet-room finishes to give the interiors a more contemporary feel.
- Make the most of the period reception rooms, retaining their cornicing, timber floors and feature fireplace.
- Explore the advertised side-return or loft-conversion potential, subject to permissions and consents.
Key risks
- At the asking price, even a light refurbishment leaves the purchase-plus-works cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area.
- Budget around £611,000 all-in — £11,000 of works on top of the asking price, leaving a gap of around 14% versus area norms for this sqft; we have not assumed a post-renovation resale figure.
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Price history
-7.7% since listed
£600,000£50,000(-7.7%)
21/10/2026£650,000Initial listing
25/09/2026Services
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