Kettering Road, Manchester, M19 3FN

This three-bedroom semi has a useful canvas for a substantial makeover: worn floors and dated finishes across several rooms, a visibly deteriorated kitchen, and an overgrown rear garden all offer scope to reshape the look and feel of the home. The stated £35,000–£60,000 works range points to a meaningful project, with the garden and the home’s three-bedroom layout adding to its appeal. Its Levenshulme setting near Greenbank Park, local amenities and transport links is a clear strength.

The asking price is £250,000, or £341/sqf against a local average of £303/sqf, so it is not cheap on this measure. More importantly, adding the renovation midpoint puts the purchase and works cost at about £297,500, stretched against the local floor-area benchmark of £221,733. That comparison is not a post-works value forecast, but it does leave the numbers looking weak before fees and other costs. Internal staining is visible in places, though its cause is unclear; the exterior appears generally standing, while the roof is not sufficiently shown to assess.