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Harrow Road East, Dorking

South East

£475,000

Listed on 20/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
818 sqft

Features

  • Garden

Description

Offered with no onward chain, this three-bedroom cottage is arranged over three floors and has scope for modernisation. The ground floor includes a front living room with a fireplace and built-in storage, leading through to a rear kitchen with room for a dining table and access to the garden. The kitchen is ready for updating to suit a new owner's requirements. Two bedrooms and the family bathroom are on the first floor, with a further bedroom on the second floor. The listing notes potential to extend the upper accommodation or add an en-suite, subject to planning permission. It also identifies possible ground-floor extension potential, subject to planning permission. The tiered rear garden has established planting, several levels and a garden store. It could be reworked to make better use of the different areas. The property is on the outskirts of Dorking town centre, with shops, cafés, restaurants, leisure facilities and three railway stations nearby. The Surrey Hills and local schools are also within reach. Mains gas, drainage, electricity and sewage are stated, as is FTTP broadband. Council tax band E.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

42out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This three-storey cottage has a clear renovation canvas: the kitchen and bathroom are old-fashioned, while the rooms shown would benefit from updated finishes and flooring. The substantial, established garden also offers scope to reshape its steep, overgrown tiers into more usable areas. The listing mentions possible extensions subject to planning permission, but their feasibility is not established.

The main constraint is the price: £475,000 is around 11.5% above the local average per square foot, and adding the £35,000–£65,000 refurbishment range leaves the purchase-plus-works cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That comparison is with current local average value, not a post-renovation GDV forecast, so the project has useful scope but weak-looking economics at this asking price.

Key opportunities

  • Modernise the dated kitchen, which has space for dining, and refresh the bathroom and interior finishes.
  • Rework the substantial tiered garden, with potential to create more usable seating, entertaining and planting areas.
  • Explore the listing’s suggested extension possibilities, subject to planning permission and a proper feasibility assessment.

Key risks

  • At £475,000 plus the £35,000–£65,000 refurbishment range, purchase and works costs look stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area; this is not a forecast of renovated value.
  • Expect total exposure near £525,000 when purchase and the £50,000 refurb range are added together, about 19% ahead of typical local benchmarks for this size; post-works value sits outside our data.

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Harrow Road East, Dorking
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£1,794
Based on a loan of £356,250 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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