The Knapp, Shaftesbury
South West
£160,000
Listed on 08/10/2026
Listed on 08/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
2Type
CottageArea
484 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This two-bedroom house is arranged over two floors, with a separate sitting room and kitchen on the ground floor and two bedrooms and a shower room upstairs. The listing describes the property as requiring renovation and modernisation, offering scope to update the accommodation and consider changes to the layout, subject to any necessary consents. The loft is boarded for storage, with further accommodation described as a possible option subject to feasibility and consents.
Outside, there is a courtyard garden and a brick-built store measuring approximately 8 by 6 feet. The house is within walking distance of Shaftesbury town centre, including its shops, cafés, pubs, restaurants and everyday amenities. Gold Hill is also nearby. The property is freehold and in Council Tax Band B.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
47out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
The Knapp offers a characterful town-centre project, with a usable sitting room, two bedrooms, a paved courtyard and a visible exterior that appears broadly maintained. The main scope is to make good the extensively stripped wall finishes in the kitchen/dining area, modernise the dated shower room and refresh the older finishes; the boarded loft is also presented as a possible route to more accommodation, subject to feasibility and consents.
At £160,000, the asking price is broadly in line with the local £/sqf benchmark, which gives the project a reasonable starting point. However, purchase plus the £10,000–£22,000 refurbishment range looks tight against local value benchmarks, so the economics are not especially forgiving. It may suit a buyer who can manage the work and make the most of the location and character, but the overall opportunity is low-rated.
Key opportunities
- Make good the damaged kitchen/dining wall finishes and create a more coherent, modern space.
- Refresh the dated shower room and older interior finishes to bring the house up to a buyer’s own specification.
- Improve the paved courtyard and explore the stated loft-conversion potential, subject to feasibility and consents.
Key risks
None recorded.
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