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St. John's Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13

South East

£950,000

Listed on 16/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Detached
Area
2235 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden

Description

Built in the early 1930s and subsequently extended, this detached house offers approximately 2,235 sq ft of accommodation on a plot of about 0.3 acres. It is being sold with no onward chain and provides scope for updating, subject to any required consents and permissions. The accommodation includes two reception rooms, a study, a library, four bedrooms, two shower rooms, a kitchen and a utility room. There is also an integral garage and solar panels. The sitting room opens towards the rear garden, while the dining room has garden views. The kitchen has wall and base units, a walk-in larder and space for a dishwasher. Two bedrooms and a shower room are on the ground floor; upstairs are two further double bedrooms, another shower room and a library or reception room, with storage in the eaves. The gardens include lawn, established boundary trees and a planted area with fruit trees. A drive provides access to the garage. Sevenoaks station is approximately 0.8 miles away, with the town centre about one mile away and local primary schools nearby.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

81out of 100
Grade AStrong opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

A strong-value opportunity: at £950,000, the asking price works out at about £425/sq ft, around 26.6% below the local average. This substantial 1930s detached house offers more than 2,200 sq ft, four bedrooms and a private garden of about 0.3 acres, with scope to refresh the dated finishes and manage the established planting. The kitchen appears usable, so the visible work looks more like a light cosmetic update than a full replacement. Limited photo coverage makes the renovation estimate further provisional.

With the stated renovation midpoint, the indicative purchase-plus-works figure is £963,000, compared with an implied current local-average value of about £1.29m; that comparison is not a GDV and excludes stamp duty and fees. The no-onward-chain sale, solar panels and proximity to Sevenoaks town and station add to the appeal.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the older decorative finishes and living-space flooring while retaining the usable character of the reception rooms.
  • Update the dated kitchen finishes to suit a buyer’s taste without assuming a full replacement is needed.
  • Tame the dense planting and make more of the established lawn, mature trees and secluded 0.3-acre garden.

Key risks

None recorded.

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St. John's Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13
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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

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£3,589
Based on a loan of £712,500 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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