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Casino Avenue, Herne Hill, London, SE24

London

£850,000

Listed on 19/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
House
Area
1038 sqft

Features

  • Garden

Description

This three-bedroom house in Herne Hill has a front reception room, a second reception room to the rear, a kitchen and two lean-to conservatory-style rooms on the ground floor. Upstairs are two double bedrooms, a single bedroom and a family bathroom. The property is described as needing updating, with scope to modernise the accommodation and consider reconfiguring the additional rear spaces, subject to the necessary consents. There are gardens to both the front and rear, with screening that provides privacy. Herne Hill’s shops and restaurants, railway station and Brockwell Park are nearby. The listing also notes access to North Dulwich station, with services to London Bridge. The property has an EPC rating of D and is held on a lease with 85 years remaining.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

51out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a usable Herne Hill house with a clear modernisation canvas: dated finishes throughout, a functional but old-fashioned kitchen, and worn conservatory-style spaces that could be refreshed or reconfigured subject to the necessary consents. The screened gardens and generally intact-looking main house add to the appeal, while the £45,000–£80,000 renovation range gives a sense of the project’s scale.

The asking price is £850,000, or about £819/sq ft against a local average of £791, so it is slightly dear on this measure rather than a price-led opportunity. With purchase and refurbishment costs together, the numbers look tight against local benchmarks; the project’s appeal rests more on the scope to improve the house and its Herne Hill setting than on an obvious margin at today’s price.

Key opportunities

  • Modernise the dated finishes and flooring across the reception rooms and bedrooms to give the house a more cohesive feel.
  • Refresh the functional but dated kitchen and consider a bathroom update to suit a new owner’s style.
  • Improve the garden and explore reconfiguring the worn conservatory-style spaces, subject to necessary consents.

Key risks

  • The asking price is above the local £/sq ft average, limiting value at the current figure.
  • Purchase and refurbishment costs together look tight against local benchmarks.

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Casino Avenue, Herne Hill, London, SE24
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Current average variable rate is 6.60%

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£3,211
Based on a loan of £637,500 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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