Ridgeway, Roundhay, Leeds
Yorkshire
£250,000
Listed on 13/10/2026
Listed on 13/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
900 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house in Roundhay is offered with no onward chain and requires comprehensive renovation. The ground floor has an entrance hall, a lounge and dining room arranged open plan, and a kitchen. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a house bathroom. The room descriptions note bay windows and fireplaces in the reception rooms, and fireplaces in two bedrooms.
Outside, the property has front and rear gardens and a driveway with parking for at least one vehicle. The rear garden is stepped and backs onto woodland. The listing identifies possible rear, basement and loft extensions, subject to the necessary permissions and feasibility checks. Local amenities, transport links, schools and Roundhay Park are noted nearby.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
50out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This Roundhay semi has a strong project canvas: the bay-fronted lounge and dining room, feature fireplaces and woodland-backed garden give it character to work with, while the worn floors, damaged plaster and dated finishes across the visible interiors leave plenty of scope to reshape and renew. The overgrown, stepped garden is another substantial improvement project, and the exterior appears broadly intact in the available views. At £278/sq ft, the asking price is 3.8% below the local average, which is favourable; however, purchase plus the £35,000–£65,000 renovation range looks tight against local benchmarks, so the overall opportunity remains weak unless the finished result supports more than the current local average.
Key opportunities
- Rework the bay-fronted lounge and dining room around their feature fireplaces, restoring the period character while updating the worn floors and wall finishes.
- Turn the overgrown, stepped rear garden into a more usable outdoor space, with woodland at the boundary as a distinctive backdrop.
- The listing describes possible rear, basement and loft extensions, subject to permissions; these are possibilities to investigate rather than established feasibility.
Key risks
- Stripped-looking floors, damaged plaster and worn finishes across the visible rooms, together with a dated bathroom and substantial garden work, make the £35,000–£65,000 budget a full-gut programme rather than a cosmetic refresh.
- Purchase plus refurbishment costs look tight against local benchmarks, leaving limited headroom if the finished value is close to the current local average.
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