Orchard Way, Witney, OX28
South East
£425,000
Listed on 01/10/2026
Listed on 01/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
DetachedArea
1008 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
Thomas Merrifield in Witney presents a three-bedroom detached house within walking distance of the town centre, schools and local amenities. The accommodation comprises an entrance hall, living room, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms and a bathroom, with double glazing. The property is described as needing updating, offering scope for a buyer to modernise the existing layout.
Outside, the house has a large garden of approximately 0.2 acre, including an area managed as a wildlife habitat, together with a garage and driveway parking. Mains services are connected, ultrafast broadband is available, and outdoor mobile coverage is reported as good across EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. The property is in Council Tax Band D and has an EPC rating of E.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
39out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
The detached house has a clear medium-scale improvement canvas: its usable rooms have dated finishes, while the kitchen, bathroom, flooring and decoration offer scope to refresh the interior. The 0.2-acre garden is a distinctive feature, with established planting and a wildlife-habitat section; clearing the overgrown area and improving the worn hard landscaping could help make more of it. The brick exterior and tiled roof appear broadly intact in the available views.
The asking price is £422/sq ft, above the local average of £379/sq ft, so price is a constraint rather than a value advantage. More importantly, the £425,000 asking price plus the £48,000–£85,000 refurbishment range leaves projected purchase-and-works costs stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area. That comparison is with the current local average, not a forecast of the renovated value, but it makes the overall opportunity difficult to support at this price.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated kitchen and bathroom, with the scope to replace fittings or finishes as appropriate.
- Modernise the living spaces and bedrooms through updated decoration and flooring.
- Clear the overgrown garden section and improve worn hard landscaping to make better use of the substantial plot.
Key risks
- At £425,000 plus the £48,000–£85,000 refurbishment range, purchase-and-works costs look stretched against local benchmarks for a house of this floor area.
- Worth allowing for £491,500 when purchase and the £66,500 refurb range are added together, about 22% ahead of typical local benchmarks for this size; post-works value sits outside our data.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Finstock Rail Station
4.9 miles
Train · Finstock
Combe (Oxon) Rail Station
5.5 miles
Train · Combe
Hanborough Rail Station
5.9 miles
Train · Long Hanborough
Charlbury Rail Station
6.2 miles
Train · Charlbury
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Current average variable rate is 6.58%
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£1,737
Based on a loan of £318,750 over 30 years at 5.13% interest
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