Orchard Close, East Hendred, Wantage
South East
£350,000Guide Price
Listed on 29/09/2026
Listed on 29/09/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Detached BungalowArea
822 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
Offered at auction, this three-bedroom detached bungalow in East Hendred is being sold with no onward chain and requires modernisation throughout. The accommodation comprises an entrance porch and hallway, a dual-aspect living and dining room, a kitchen with access to the rear garden, three bedrooms, a bathroom and a separate WC.
Outside, the property has established gardens to the front and rear, including fruit trees, together with a side driveway and garage. The listing notes scope for potential, subject to the relevant planning requirements. Buyers should review the auction information and make their own checks on the property and any proposed works.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
29out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This detached bungalow has a clear improvement canvas: the kitchen and pink-tiled bathroom are particularly dated, while worn flooring and older finishes across several rooms offer scope to refresh the interior. The established gardens, driveway and garage add useful features, and the mature planting and tired paths give the outside room for a considered clear-up and improvement.
The asking price is the main constraint: at £426/sq ft it is above the local £362 average. Adding the £42,000–£78,000 refurbishment range to the £350,000 asking price puts the purchase-plus-works cost at roughly £392,000–£428,000, stretched against the £297,523 local-average benchmark for this floor area; that benchmark is not a post-works value forecast. Overall, this is a low-scoring opportunity despite the scope to improve it.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the worn kitchen and dated bathroom, then update finishes and flooring across several rooms.
- Clear and reshape the established rear garden, making better use of its mature trees, greenhouse and outdoor space.
- Detached single-storey layout with a dual-aspect living/dining room, driveway and garage.
Key risks
- At the £350,000 asking price, adding the £42,000–£78,000 works range leaves purchase-plus-refurb costs well above the local-average benchmark for this floor area.
- Factor in roughly £410,000 once the asking price and an estimated £60,000 of refurbishment are combined — roughly 27% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition, so margin after refurbishment is unproven.
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