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Thurlaston Lane, Croft.

East Midlands

£499,950

Listed on 07/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
5
Type
Detached
Area
1726 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

Offered with no onward chain, this five-bedroom detached house has generous accommodation arranged over two floors and scope for modernisation. The ground floor includes an entrance hall, two reception rooms, a dining kitchen, utility room and shower room. The first floor has five bedrooms, a family bathroom, a separate WC and additional loft storage. The living room features a brick fireplace and exposed ceiling beam, while the separate sitting room has a wood burner and glazed doors. The kitchen has fitted wall and base units, appliance space and an adjoining dining area. Upstairs, the bedrooms include four doubles and a single room that could also serve as a home office. Outside, the rear garden combines lawn, established planting and paved and gravelled seating areas. A spacious front driveway provides off-road parking for several vehicles. The property offers an opportunity to update the existing accommodation to suit a purchaser's requirements.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

54out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a substantial five-bedroom detached home with broad driveway parking, generous reception space and a usable rear garden with established planting and seating areas. The photographed rooms look usable, while the older kitchen and bathroom finishes, carpets and décor offer a clear, relatively light modernisation canvas; the visible fireplaces, including a wood burner, add character to the reception rooms.

At £499,950, the asking price is slightly above the local £/sqf benchmark, so price is not a particular advantage. The numbers are also tight for a project buyer: purchase plus the estimated refurb midpoint comes to about £510,450, above the implied local-average value benchmark, although that is not a renovated GDV. Overall, the house has strong fundamentals and scope to personalise, but the economics temper the opportunity.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated kitchen and bathroom finishes as part of a light modernisation.
  • Update carpets and décor across the usable reception rooms and bedrooms to give the generous accommodation a more contemporary feel.
  • Make the most of the established rear garden, seating areas, broad driveway and detached form.

Key risks

None recorded.

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£1,889
Based on a loan of £374,962 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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