Bramble Road, Hatfield
East of England
£600,000
Listed on 29/09/2026
Listed on 29/09/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
DetachedArea
1254 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This chain-free three-bedroom detached house in Ellenbrook offers two reception rooms, a separate kitchen and a private rear garden, with a garage and driveway at the front. The ground floor provides scope to arrange the reception spaces for different uses, such as living and dining areas or a home office.
The property has been freshly decorated in neutral colours, although the listing notes that further modernisation is required. Upstairs are three bedrooms, a family bathroom and loft access. The house is presented as an opportunity for a buyer to update the interiors to their own specification.
The rear garden and existing garage provide useful outdoor and storage space. The listing also identifies possible extension potential, subject to planning permission and any other required consents. Ellenbrook is close to the University of Hertfordshire, The Galleria and road links including the A1(M), M25 and A414. Hatfield station provides rail services towards London.
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 detached Ellenbrook home has a clean, flexible starting point: two reception areas, three bedrooms, a garage and driveway, with several rooms already neutrally decorated. The dated kitchen and bathroom, marked timber floors and overgrown rear garden give a buyer clear scope for a light, personalising upgrade; the listing also mentions possible extension potential, subject to permissions and feasibility.
Even a workable headline price does not rescue the maths when the asking price is only one line of the budget; adding roughly £12,500 for works pushes total exposure towards £612,500, leaving a gap of around 15% versus area norms for this sqft. The economics score captures that squeeze; finished resale value is outside our model.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated kitchen and bathroom to suit a buyer’s own style.
- Improve the marked exposed timber floors and clear and maintain the rear garden.
- Make use of the two reception areas, garage and driveway; explore the stated extension potential subject to consents and feasibility.
Key risks
- At the asking price, adding the indicated refurbishment spend would leave the purchase and works total stretched against local benchmark value for a home of this size.
- All-in spend is likely to land near £612,500 all-in — £12,500 of works on top of the asking price — roughly 15% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Hatfield (Herts) Rail Station
1.6 miles
Train · Hatfield
Welham Green Rail Station
2.3 miles
Train · Welham Green
Brookmans Park Rail Station
3.3 miles
Train · Brookmans Park
St Albans City Rail Station
3.3 miles
Train · St Albans
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Current average variable rate is 6.60%
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£2,267
Based on a loan of £450,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest
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