Nant Gwyn House, Werfa, Aberdare, CF44 0YS
Wales
£495,000Guide Price
Listed on 02/10/2026
Listed on 02/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
5Type
DetachedArea
2508 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
Offered at auction, this five-bedroom detached house in Aberdare has approximately 2,508 sq ft of accommodation and is set within around two acres of land. The ground floor includes a large entrance hall, lounge, sitting room, dining room, conservatory, kitchen, utility and store rooms, together with a rear entrance and bathroom. Four bedrooms and a family bathroom are arranged on the first floor, with a further bedroom, office and bathroom on the top floor.
The property has LPG central heating and a gravity-fed groundwater supply with filtration. Drainage is to a septic tank within the grounds. The house is described as traditional brick and block construction with rendered elevations and a pitched slate roof. It requires updating internally and externally, offering scope for a purchaser to assess and plan refurbishment. A private road easement serves neighbouring properties. The title also includes a triangular parcel of land identified by the seller as having potential for development, subject to planning permission and other constraints. The stated tenure is informed as freehold and should be checked against the legal pack. The auction is scheduled to take place online, and prospective bidders should review the legal pack and applicable buyer’s premium and other fees.
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 is a substantial detached house with around two acres, multiple reception spaces and a lot of existing accommodation to work with. The interiors look usable but traditionally finished, giving scope for a light modernisation, while clearing and improving the overgrown grounds could make a major difference to how the property presents. The outbuilding is a separate project: its brickwork and corrugated roof look deteriorated, so its repair needs checking.
The project numbers deserve scrutiny: once you include an estimated £13,000 of works on top of the asking price, spend approaches £508,000 — roughly 15% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition. Hence the weak economics component — a proxy for today's market, not post-refurbishment GDV.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the traditional interiors while retaining character details such as the parquet flooring and decorative trim.
- Clear and reshape the overgrown grounds, making better use of the extensive garden and existing paved areas.
- Inspect the deteriorated outbuilding to establish whether it can be repaired and put to useful future use.
Key risks
- The asking price plus the refurbishment allowance is already high relative to the local benchmark for a house of this size, leaving limited headroom on that comparison.
- The outbuilding’s deteriorated brickwork and rusted roof need inspection to establish the repair scope.
- All-in spend is likely to land near £508,000 before you finish, with refurbishment in the region of £13,000, leaving a gap of around 15% versus area norms for this sqft. Finished value after works is not modelled here.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Aberdare Rail Station
1.1 miles
Train · Aberdare
Cwmbach Rail Station
1.5 miles
Train · Cwm-bach
Merthyr Tydfil Rail Station
2.4 miles
Train · Merthyr Tydfil
Pentre-Bach Rail Station
2.5 miles
Train · Pentrebach
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