Cantle Avenue, Milton Keynes, MK14
South East
£400,000
Listed on 14/10/2026
Listed on 14/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
DetachedArea
1046 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom detached house is set in a quiet cul-de-sac in a central Milton Keynes location. The accommodation includes an entrance hall, cloakroom, kitchen/diner, lounge, separate sitting room, three bedrooms, an en-suite to the main bedroom and a family bathroom. Outside, the property has a driveway, garage and a private rear garden. The listing describes the house as needing modernisation and notes possible scope for extensions, subject to planning and other necessary checks.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
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38out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This detached three-bedroom house offers a clear modernisation canvas: the dated kitchen and bathrooms, basic living-area finishes and worn garden paving give scope to refresh the interior and improve the private rear garden. The lounge and adjoining sitting area provide useful living space, while the visible roof, brickwork and driveway appear broadly serviceable. The listing also mentions possible extension scope, subject to planning, but no feasibility or permission is evidenced.
The main drawback is the price: at £400,000, the asking price is above the local £/sqf average. Adding the £44,000–£85,000 renovation range puts purchase plus refurbishment at roughly £444,000–£485,000, stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That benchmark is not a forecast of the value after works, but the numbers make this a weak overall opportunity at the current asking price.
Key opportunities
- Refresh or replace the dated kitchen and worn flooring to give the main working area a more contemporary finish.
- Update the dated family bathroom and basic en-suite finishes.
- Improve the private rear garden by addressing the worn paving, patchy lawn and weathered shed.
Key risks
- At the current asking price, adding the indicated refurbishment spend leaves the total outlay high relative to the local benchmark for a home of this size.
- All-in spend is likely to land near £464,500 before you finish, with refurbishment in the region of £64,500 — roughly 25% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition; post-works value sits outside our data.
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