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St. Margaret South Elmham

East of England

£400,000

Listed on 18/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Detached

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

Built in the late 1920s, this detached former police house has three bedrooms and a large established garden backing onto open countryside. The ground floor includes an entrance hall, a sitting room with an open fireplace, and a kitchen and dining area with a Rayburn, pantry and glazed roof section. French doors open from the dining area to the garden. A further rear hall provides another pantry, a cloakroom with washing-machine plumbing and access to the garden. The third bedroom is on the ground floor and is currently used as an office. Upstairs are two double bedrooms, including a particularly generous main bedroom, and a four-piece bathroom with a separate bath and shower. The property has oil-fired central heating and the listing states that uPVC double-glazed windows were recently installed. Outside, a shingled driveway provides parking alongside a timber lean-to garage. The garden includes mature trees, fruit trees, productive planting, a shed, pond and paved patio. The plot may offer scope to extend, subject to the necessary planning consents; feasibility would need to be checked.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

54out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: LOW

This is a tidy, usable late-1920s house with a distinctive rural setting: the large established garden includes productive planting, mature trees, a pond and a patio looking out to open countryside. The interior is dated rather than visibly damaged, so the £5,000–£15,000 light-refresh range points to scope for cosmetic updating while keeping the home in use. The Rayburn and sociable kitchen/dining space add character, and the listing notes possible extension scope subject to planning consent.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh dated décor and older floor finishes across the tidy, usable interiors.
  • Make the most of the productive established garden, countryside-facing patio and mature planting.
  • Explore the stated extension potential, subject to planning consent and feasibility.

Key risks

None recorded.

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