Harwood Drive, Kettering NN16
East Midlands
£200,000
Listed on 09/10/2026
Listed on 09/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
754 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house has a living room, kitchen/breakfast room and a ground-floor cloakroom, with three bedrooms and a family bathroom upstairs. The accommodation includes uPVC double glazing and gas central heating. The kitchen has fitted base and wall units, an integrated oven and gas hob, with space for a fridge-freezer, washing machine and breakfast table. The living room has a feature electric fire, and the bathroom includes a bath with shower attachment.
Outside, the front garden is mainly lawn, with a driveway offering parking for two cars. The enclosed rear garden has a patio, lawn and planted areas. The property is within reach of Kettering town centre and local amenities. The listing describes the interior as needing updating, giving a purchaser scope to refresh the finishes and make changes to suit their requirements.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
36out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This three-bedroom semi has a practical starting point: the exterior looks generally intact, there’s a driveway for two cars, and the enclosed rear garden offers room to tidy and improve. Inside, the work is mainly a finishes refresh—worn carpets, marked walls and a tired kitchen floor—so there’s scope to personalise without the photos pointing to a major external job. The asking price is £265/sq ft, above the local average of £229/sq ft, which makes the value harder to justify as a project.
The numbers are the main constraint: adding the £6,500–£14,000 refurb range to the £200,000 asking price leaves the purchase-plus-works cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of what the house might be worth after renovation.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the worn carpets and make good the marked walls to give the living room and bedrooms a more cohesive finish.
- Update the kitchen’s tired floor covering and personalise the existing fitted units and worktops.
- Tidy the patchy rear lawn and planting to make better use of the enclosed garden and patio.
Key risks
- At £200,000 plus the stated refurbishment range, the purchase-and-works cost is high relative to the local benchmark for a home of this size.
- Worth allowing for £210,250 all-in — £10,250 of works on top of the asking price — around 18% above what similar-sized stock commands locally today — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.
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