Beach Avenue, Sparkbrook
West Midlands
£185,000
Listed on 21/10/2026
Listed on 21/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
TerracedArea
463 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
Midland Housing presents this vacant, chain-free three-bedroom terraced house in Sparkbrook. The ground floor has two reception rooms, a fitted kitchen and a bathroom with a walk-in shower. Upstairs are two double bedrooms and a third room accessed through the second bedroom, which could also serve as a study or storage space. The property has front and rear gardens, with the rear garden described as slabbed and including a shed, plus access from a rear passageway.
The house is offered for modernisation, giving a purchaser scope to update the accommodation. The listing notes a newly fitted boiler and an EPC rating of D. It is freehold according to the seller, subject to verification by the buyer’s solicitor. Local shops, schools, mosques and other everyday amenities are nearby, with access to Birmingham city centre.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
30out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This three-bedroom terrace has a clear project canvas: two reception rooms, a bay window, front and rear gardens, and a fitted bathroom suite already in place. The photographed interiors offer scope to refresh walls and flooring, assess the dated kitchen, and reclaim the overgrown rear garden; the newly fitted boiler is a useful starting point. No clear structural or roof failure is visible in the supplied views.
The main drawback is the price. At £400/sq ft, the £185,000 asking price sits above the local £340/sq ft average, and adding the £25,000–£45,000 refurb range leaves purchase-plus-works costs stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of the finished home’s value, so the low overall score reflects weak value and renovation economics despite the useful space and scope to improve it.
Key opportunities
- Use the two reception rooms and bay-windowed front room to create a more cohesive living space while updating the marked finishes and worn flooring.
- Rework or replace the dated kitchen and improve its damaged wall surfaces and worn floor finishes.
- Clear and improve the rear garden, including assessing the aged boundaries and weathered outbuilding.
Key risks
- Marked finishes and worn flooring across several photographed rooms, together with the kitchen and garden work, make this a substantial multi-area programme rather than a cosmetic refresh; plan the £25,000–£45,000 budget and schedule accordingly.
- At the £185,000 asking price, adding the stated works range puts purchase-plus-refurb costs well above the local average-value benchmark for this floor area, leaving little support from the current price comparison.
- Purchase plus works may take you to around £220,000 when purchase and the £35,000 refurb range are added together, leaving a gap of around 28% versus area norms for this sqft; we have not assumed a post-renovation resale figure.
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