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Stone Quarry Road, Chelwood Gate, RH17

South East

£500,000

Listed on 01/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
970 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

On the market for the first time since 1950, this three-bedroom semi-detached house is set in Chelwood Gate and has gardens to the front and rear. The accommodation includes an entrance hall, a sitting room with a wood burner and picture rail, and a kitchen with storage cupboards, work surfaces, an electric cooker and a Rayburn installed approximately two years ago. The kitchen also has plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher and a stable door to the garden. A shower room is located on the ground floor. Upstairs are two double bedrooms and a good-sized single bedroom. The property has LPG heating and double glazing. Outside, a long driveway provides parking for four to five vehicles, while the rear garden includes lawn, a paved patio, two sheds and mature planting. The house is described as offering scope to extend, subject to the necessary permissions, and to modernise to suit a buyer's requirements. Chelwood Gate is within two miles of Nutley and Forest Row, where there are primary schools, shops, cafes and restaurants. Two local pubs are within walking distance. Forest Row also has a health centre, mini supermarkets and bus services, with further shopping, leisure facilities and rail connections available in Haywards Heath, East Grinstead and Crawley.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

45out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a usable three-bedroom home with a strong project canvas: the wood burner, long driveway, established gardens and broadly intact exterior give it a solid base, while dated finishes across several rooms leave scope to refresh the décor and flooring and update the kitchen and shower room to taste. The garden is usable now, with room to improve the planting and weathered paving. The listing also mentions potential to extend, subject to planning, though feasibility is not established.

The main drawback is the price. At £500,000, the asking price is around 13.6% above the local £/sqf average, and adding the £7,000–£18,000 refurb range leaves the purchase-plus-works cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That benchmark is not a forecast of the value after renovation, but the numbers make this a weak overall opportunity unless the home’s particular location and features justify the premium to the buyer.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the patterned décor and older flooring across several rooms to give the home a more contemporary feel.
  • The dated kitchen and shower room offer clear options to update the finishes and tailor them to a buyer’s needs.
  • Make the most of the long driveway and established front and rear gardens, with scope to tidy planting and improve the patio area.

Key risks

  • At the asking price, the purchase and £7,000–£18,000 refurb range together sit above the local benchmark for this floor area, leaving limited support from the current-value comparison.

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£1,889
Based on a loan of £375,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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