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Preston

South West

£575,000

Listed on 21/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Detached

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This four-bedroom detached house is set on a plot described as exceeding a quarter of an acre, close to local amenities and bus routes in Preston. It is offered with no onward chain and the listing notes that the accommodation requires updating, with scope for alteration or expansion subject to the necessary approvals. The ground floor includes a hallway, a front-to-back living and dining room with a bay window, and a large kitchen and dining area with fitted units and space for freestanding appliances. A utility room connects to the integral single garage, while a conservatory overlooks the rear garden. There is also a ground-floor shower room. Upstairs are four bedrooms, including three described as doubles, and a family bathroom with a bath and shower over. The property has gas central heating and partial double glazing. Outside, a driveway provides off-road parking and access to the garage, with a car port alongside the house. The front has lawn and established planting; the rear garden is mainly lawn with mature boundaries, a patio, two timber sheds and a summer house. The tenure is freehold.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

55out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: LOW

This is a spacious detached-house project, with generous living and kitchen/dining areas, several sizeable bedrooms and a large established garden with patio and timber outbuildings. The dated finishes create scope to modernise the kitchen and bathroom, refresh decoration and flooring, and selectively improve the garden; the listing also mentions potential for alteration or expansion, subject to the necessary approvals.

The score is 55/100, grade D: the project has solid fundamentals, but the overall opportunity is harder to judge without a usable floor area. That missing figure means value against local £/sqf cannot yet be assessed. The renovation range is £35,000–£65,000. The driveway has visible cracking, while no obvious major roof failure is apparent in the available views.

Key opportunities

  • Modernise the large kitchen/dining room and refresh the bathroom, updating the dated finishes.
  • Refresh decoration and flooring across the photographed living spaces and bedrooms.
  • Make selective improvements to the large established garden and explore the listing’s stated alteration or expansion potential, subject to approvals.

Key risks

  • The driveway surface shows visible cracking and may need attention.

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Based on a loan of £431,250 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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