Dunmail Drive, Carlisle
North East
£160,000
Listed on 08/10/2026
Listed on 08/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house overlooks Chances Park and has a front driveway, single garage/workshop and a rear garden with patio seating. Offered with no onward chain, the accommodation includes an entrance hall with understairs storage and space for a washing machine, plus a long dining lounge with a bay window, gas stove-effect fire and patio doors to the garden.
The fitted kitchen has an electric oven, gas hob, Worcester boiler and a stable door to the driveway. Upstairs are two double bedrooms, a smaller third bedroom or office, and a shower room with a three-piece suite. The front block-paved drive is described as providing space for three to four vehicles. The rear garden has lawn, mature planting and an open aspect towards the park.
The property is described as needing modernisation, offering scope for updating to suit a purchaser. Local shops, schools and a doctors’ surgery are nearby, with bus routes to the city centre and road links to West Cumbria and the Southern and Western Bypass.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
54out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity
Confidence: LOW
This is a light, visible-value project: dated wallpaper and worn carpets give you a clear redecoration and flooring brief, while the kitchen’s damaged rear wall needs making good. The lounge’s bay window and patio doors, plus the maintained garden backing onto Chances Park, give the house a distinctive setting to build on; the shower room appears intact, and the driveway and garage/workshop add useful practicality. The estimated works range is £6,500–£14,000.
The score is 54/100 (D), with the main limitation being that value against local £/sqf cannot yet be judged because the floor area is missing. The location and fundamentals score well, but the available information does not establish the post-works value or overall buying economics.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated wallpaper and decorative finishes, and replace the worn lounge and older bedroom carpets.
- Investigate and make good the damaged or unfinished rear kitchen wall while updating the older fitted finishes.
- Make the most of the lounge’s bay window and patio doors, maintained garden backing onto Chances Park, and driveway with garage/workshop.
Key risks
None recorded.
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