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Swinscoe Way, Chesterfield

Yorkshire

£280,000

Listed on 02/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Detached
Area
1195 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This four-bedroom detached house is set on a corner plot in the Linacre area of Chesterfield. The accommodation includes an entrance hall with under-stairs storage, a downstairs WC and internal access to the integrated garage, which has an electric door. Upstairs, the landing has a glass balustrade and wooden handrail. The living room opens to the rear garden through patio doors and connects by glazed double doors to a separate dining room. The kitchen can be reached from both the hall and dining room, and has wall and base units, worktops, appliance space and an external door. There are two double bedrooms and two single bedrooms, along with a shower room. Outside, a block-paved driveway provides off-street parking and access to the garage. Gardens extend around the front, side and rear, with lawn, planting and a paved seating area. Solar panels are also fitted. Local amenities include a Co-op, Holme Hall Primary School and bus stops, while Holmebrook Valley Park and routes towards Linacre Reservoirs are nearby. The property is freehold, with Council Tax Band D and restrictive covenants noted. The listing describes the house as requiring modernisation, offering scope for a buyer to update the existing accommodation. EPC rating is listed as TBC.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

56out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This four-bedroom detached home offers a usable family-house canvas, with separate living and dining rooms, garden-facing patio doors and gardens on a corner plot. The visible exterior, driveway and garage appear generally intact, while the dated finishes across the photographed rooms create scope for redecoration and selective updating; the kitchen and bathroom are particularly ready for a more current look. The garden’s established planting could also be opened up with some pruning and tidying. The indicated works are light, at around £5,000–£14,000.

At £280,000, the asking price is broadly reasonable against the local £/sqf benchmark and slightly below it, which supports the project. The overall score is nevertheless a weaker 56/100: the economics are tight against the implied current local average, so the appeal rests more on the family layout and manageable improvement scope than on a clear discount or assured margin.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated finishes across the photographed rooms, including the kitchen and bathroom, to give the home a more contemporary feel.
  • Make use of the separate living and dining rooms and garden-facing patio doors as a strong family living arrangement.
  • Prune and tidy the established planting to improve access around the lawn, paths and garden seating area.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Location

Swinscoe Way, Chesterfield
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Chesterfield Rail Station

    2.4 miles

    Train · Chesterfield

  • Dronfield Rail Station

    3.9 miles

    Train · Dronfield

  • Dore & Totley Rail Station

    5.9 miles

    Train · Dore

  • Herdings Park

    6.8 miles

    Metro · Herdings

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£1,058
Based on a loan of £210,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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