Charlcombe Street, Birkenhead, Wirral
North West
£80,000
Listed on 09/10/2026
Listed on 09/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
2Type
TerracedArea
694 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This two-bedroom terraced house is offered with no ongoing chain and is described as requiring modernisation. The ground floor has an entrance hall leading to a front living room with a bay window, which opens through to a dining area and then to the kitchen, with a rear door to the yard. Upstairs are two double bedrooms and a bathroom with a bath, shower, wash basin and toilet. The listing notes nearby shops, transport links and schools. The property offers scope for updating, subject to inspection and the buyer's plans.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
52out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
At £80,000, this two-bedroom terrace is attractively priced at £115/sq ft against a local average of £152, giving buyers a low entry point. The connected reception and dining spaces, bay window and two double bedrooms provide a useful base, while the dated finishes leave clear scope to update the kitchen and bathroom, refresh decoration and flooring, and improve the enclosed rear yard.
The main caution is the project arithmetic: adding the £38,000–£76,000 renovation range to the asking price puts the indicative spend at roughly £118,000–£156,000 before fees, which is stretched against the £105,557 local-average benchmark for this floor area. That benchmark is not a post-renovation value forecast, so the cheap purchase price alone does not make the overall economics compelling.
Key opportunities
- Use the connected reception and dining rooms and bay window as the basis for a brighter, more cohesive living space.
- Replace the visibly worn kitchen fittings and refresh the dated bathroom as part of a coordinated interior update.
- Improve the enclosed rear yard by addressing the cracked, stained paving and clearing moss and debris.
Key risks
- The asking price plus the stated renovation range implies roughly £118,000–£156,000 before fees, stretched against the £105,557 local-average benchmark for this floor area; that benchmark is not a post-works valuation.
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