Manselfield Road, Murton, Swansea
Wales
£325,000
Listed on 20/10/2026
Listed on 20/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Detached BungalowArea
894 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This detached three-bedroom bungalow in Murton is offered freehold with no onward chain. The accommodation extends to approximately 894 sq ft and includes an entrance hall, three double bedrooms, a living room with a fireplace, a separate kitchen and a bathroom with a bath and shower enclosure. One bedroom also connects to an additional room that could serve as a dressing room or nursery, or potentially be incorporated into an en-suite arrangement.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
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40out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This detached three-bedroom bungalow offers a clear canvas in Murton: older finishes across the visible rooms, worn flooring and an overgrown rear garden leave plenty of scope to modernise and make better use of the generous, south-west-facing plot. The pitched roof and exterior look generally intact in the available views, and the location close to Mumbles and the coast adds appeal. The listing also mentions possible remodelling or extension, subject to consents and feasibility.
The project numbers deserve scrutiny: the asking price is only one line of the budget; adding roughly £50,000 for works pushes total exposure towards £375,000, leaving a gap of around 22% versus area norms for this sqft. Hence the weak economics component — a proxy for today's market, not post-refurbishment GDV.
Key opportunities
- Modernise the dated kitchen and bathroom and update finishes and flooring across the visible rooms.
- Clear and reshape the overgrown rear garden to make more of its size and sunny south-west-facing aspect.
- Explore a revised layout or possible extension, subject to consents and a feasibility assessment.
Key risks
- At £325,000, the asking price is above the local £/sqf average, and adding the £35,000–£65,000 works range leaves the purchase-plus-refurb cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area.
- Purchase plus works may take you to around £375,000 before you finish, with refurbishment in the region of £50,000 — roughly 22% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition. Finished value after works is not modelled here.
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