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Wheaton Vale, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 1AJ

West Midlands

£250,000

Listed on 20/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom semi-detached house is offered with no upward chain and has an extended ground floor, a driveway and a side garage. The accommodation includes an entrance hall, a lounge opening through to a separate dining room, and a front-facing kitchen. Upstairs are two double bedrooms, a single bedroom and a family bathroom. The rear extension provides additional living space overlooking the garden. Outside, the south-facing rear garden has a patio and lawn. The garage offers storage, with the possibility of conversion or further extension subject to the necessary permissions. The property is described as having scope for improvement, giving buyers the option to update the existing accommodation over time.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

53out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: LOW

This is a liveable, extended three-bedroom semi with a useful separate lounge and dining room, driveway, side garage and a south-facing rear garden. The dated finishes across the living areas and bedrooms, older-style kitchen and bathroom, and overgrown garden offer a clear light-touch project: refresh the décor and flooring, update finishes to taste, and reclaim the outdoor space. The guide to improvement is practical, with no obvious major structural failure in the submitted views; garage conversion or further extension is mentioned as a possibility, subject to permissions and feasibility.

At £250,000, the score is 53/100 (D, Weak Opportunity). Floor area is missing, so value against local £/sq ft cannot yet be judged; the same data gap means the eventual value after works cannot be assessed confidently. The renovation range is £7,000–£14,000.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the older carpets and decorative finishes across the living areas and bedrooms.
  • Update the dated kitchen and bathroom finishes while retaining their apparently usable fittings.
  • Clear and reshape the overgrown south-facing garden; the existing patio provides a starting point.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Wheaton Vale, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 1AJ
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£944
Based on a loan of £187,500 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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