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Station Road, Elsenham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, CM22

East of England

£525,000

Listed on 17/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Detached
Area
1561 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This detached chalet-style house in Elsenham has three bedrooms and is within walking distance of the village station, local shops and schooling. The accommodation includes an entrance hall, dining room with bay window, kitchen, conservatory opening to the garden, ground-floor cloakroom, living room with French doors and a ground-floor bedroom. Upstairs are two further bedrooms with eaves storage and a bathroom adjoining the larger room. The property is described as having scope for modernisation and enlargement, subject to the relevant consents. Outside, a driveway provides side parking, while the rear garden is stated to measure approximately 285 feet by 30 feet and is mainly lawn with timber fencing and mature hedging. The village has a primary school, convenience store, post office and other local facilities, as well as a mainline station serving London Liverpool Street and Cambridge. Bishop's Stortford is around four miles away and Saffron Walden around eight miles.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

70out of 100
Grade BGood opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

Berries offers a good-value canvas: at £336/sq ft, the £525,000 asking price is 18.5% below the local average, giving buyers scope to acquire a detached home and update it. The photographed rooms are usable but dated, with the bathroom’s unfinished wall area and older fittings making it a particularly clear improvement project; redecoration and flooring updates could refresh the interiors, while the weathered exterior paintwork and outbuildings offer further scope.

Key opportunities

  • Acquire at a below-local-average price per square foot and create value through a considered modernisation.
  • Refresh the dated, usable interiors, with the unfinished bathroom providing a particularly clear improvement opportunity.
  • Make the most of the approximately 285ft garden, conservatory and side driveway, with scope to improve the lawn and weathered timber outbuildings.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Current average variable rate is 6.60%

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£1,983
Based on a loan of £393,750 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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