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Glynne Street, Canton, Cardiff

Wales

£220,000

Listed on 08/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
2
Type
House
Area
755 sqft

Features

  • Garden

Description

This two-bedroom detached house in Cardiff offers 755 sq ft of accommodation, including two reception rooms, a kitchen and a wet room. The ground floor has a living room and separate dining room, with access from the kitchen to the rear garden. Upstairs are two double bedrooms. The property is offered with no onward chain and is described as requiring updating, giving a purchaser scope to adapt the interiors to their own requirements. The listing notes nearby shops, parks and local eateries, as well as English- and Welsh-medium school options in the area. The property is stated to be freehold and falls within Council Tax Band D.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

44out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This detached Cardiff house offers a substantial canvas: two reception rooms, two double bedrooms and a rear garden, with scope to reshape the dated living spaces and finishes. The asking price is slightly below the local £/sq ft average, which is supportive, but the £35,000–£60,000 works range changes the picture: even using its midpoint, the purchase plus refurbishment comes to about £267,500, stretched against the local floor-area benchmark of about £226,349. That benchmark is not a post-renovation value forecast, so the project needs careful budgeting and a clear plan for creating value.

Key opportunities

  • Rework the two-reception layout and refresh the living spaces to create a more coherent home.
  • Replace the dated kitchen and wet-room finishes as part of a joined-up interior update.
  • Clear and improve the rear garden, while addressing the weathered exterior finishes.

Key risks

  • The £35,000–£60,000 works range makes this a substantial budget and programme, covering interior updates alongside garden and exterior improvements rather than a cosmetic refresh.
  • At the £47,500 renovation midpoint, purchase plus works is about £267,500, above the roughly £226,349 local floor-area benchmark; that comparison is not a post-works value forecast.
  • A ceiling section appears displaced, and the roof is only partly visible, so its condition needs checking.

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