Hollingsworth Road, Croydon
South East
£675,000
Listed on 20/10/2026
Listed on 20/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
4Type
DetachedArea
1324 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This detached four-bedroom house provides approximately 1,324 sq. ft. of accommodation, including a large reception room, a separate dining room and a ground-floor WC. The kitchen has existing storage and work surfaces, with scope to update it or explore an extension, subject to the necessary consents.
Upstairs are four bedrooms, described as doubles, and two family bathrooms. An integral double garage offers parking and storage, with possible conversion to additional accommodation subject to permissions. The property also has outdoor space around the house and potential to consider further changes, subject to planning requirements. The listing states an EPC rating of C and Council Tax Band G.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
46out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This detached four-bedroom home offers a clean, usable starting point, with generous reception and dining spaces, a driveway, integral double garage and a patio-and-lawn garden. The work looks light: the bathroom finishes are dated, the garden could benefit from attention, and there is room to personalise the interiors. The garage conversion and extension are possibilities mentioned in the listing, but would depend on permissions and feasibility.
The main drawback is the price: at £510 per sq ft, the asking price is above the local average of £439 per sq ft. Adding the £6,000–£15,000 refurb range to the asking price also leaves the acquisition and works cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area; that comparison is not a forecast of the value after renovation. Strong fundamentals and a manageable project are positives, but the current economics make this a low-opportunity buy unless the price can be improved.
Key opportunities
- Personalise the dated bathroom finishes without needing a broad interior overhaul.
- Improve the appearance of the dry, patchy lawn alongside the existing patio and established planting.
- Explore the integral double garage as a potential conversion, subject to permissions and feasibility.
Key risks
- At the asking price, even the modest refurb budget pushes the purchase-and-works cost above the local benchmark for this floor area, leaving limited room in the current economics.
- Factor in roughly £685,500 including the asking price and quoted works of about £10,500, leaving a gap of around 15% versus area norms for this sqft, so margin after refurbishment is unproven.
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