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Lower Kingsdown Road, Kingsdown, SN13

South West

£575,000

Listed on 18/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Detached
Area
1302 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

Offered with no onward chain, this three-bedroom detached house occupies a substantial plot overlooking the Bybrook Valley, around four miles from Bath. The property is described as requiring complete renovation or development. Previous planning permission for a modern replacement home has expired, so any future proposals would need to be checked with the relevant authority. The ground floor is arranged around a spacious entrance hall, with a shower room, dual-aspect sitting room with an open fire, separate dining room and a kitchen-breakfast room at the rear. Upstairs are three double bedrooms and a family bathroom. The house has single-glazed windows throughout, mains gas central heating and mains water, drainage and electricity. Its current EPC rating is E, with a stated potential rating of C. Outside, a sweeping driveway provides parking for several cars. The rear garden includes mature trees and shrubs and backs onto open fields. The listing notes scope to extend to the side or rear, subject to planning permission. Kingsdown offers access to countryside walks, a pub and golf course, with local services in Batheaston and road links via the A4 and A46. The property is in the catchment for Box primary school.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

34out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: LOW

This detached house has a strong setting: open countryside views, a substantial plot and a sweeping driveway, around four miles from Bath. The listing describes a complete renovation, while the exterior appears standing in the available photos; the steep, heavily overgrown garden adds a substantial landscaping project. The expired planning permission and possible extension offer ideas to explore, but any new scheme would need fresh planning approval and feasibility checks.

At £575,000, the asking price is about £442/sq ft, roughly 19% above the local average of £371/sq ft, so the price is a clear weakness rather than a value-led entry point. The overall score is 34/100 (E): the fundamentals and location are strong, but the price and limited renovation-economics information weigh on the opportunity.

Key opportunities

  • Rework the existing detached house into a home tailored to the buyer, with the listing describing a spacious hallway, dual-aspect sitting room and dining room.
  • Clear and redesign the steep, overgrown garden to make better use of the plot and its open countryside views.
  • Explore the potential for a side or rear extension, or a new design informed by the expired planning permission, subject to fresh planning approval.

Key risks

  • The complete-renovation brief, with interiors not shown and a steep, debris-strewn garden to clear, points to a full-house programme rather than a cosmetic refresh; budget and timescale need careful assessment.
  • The £575,000 asking price is above the local £/sq ft average, weakening the value case.

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Based on a loan of £431,250 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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