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Wentworth Road | Barnet | EN5

London

£700,000

Listed on 22/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
1076 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom semi-detached house in High Barnet has a through lounge and dining area, fitted kitchen, conservatory and ground-floor WC. Upstairs are three bedrooms, a bathroom and a separate WC. The property also has a boarded loft with power and a Velux window; the listing describes this as a possible starting point for a conversion, subject to the necessary permissions and checks. Outside, the listing describes a long south-westerly garden with lawn, established planting, a paved path and storage sheds. At the front, a block-paved driveway provides off-street parking. The house offers scope to reconsider the ground-floor arrangement, including opening the kitchen towards the dining area, and to investigate rear extension or loft-conversion options. Any such work would require feasibility checks and relevant approvals. The Spires shopping centre and local green spaces are nearby, and High Barnet Underground Station is stated to be 0.8 miles away. The listing also identifies several nearby schools. The property is offered by eXp UK.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

50out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a clean, usable three-bedroom semi with a maintained long garden, a multi-car driveway and a strong High Barnet setting. The photographed interiors are mostly serviceable, with older kitchen, bathroom and living-room finishes offering a clear cosmetic refresh rather than a major overhaul; the boarded loft and the described rear-extension possibility add longer-term ideas, subject to feasibility and permissions.

The price is the sticking point: at £700,000, it is about 8.3% above the local £/sqf benchmark, and the purchase price plus the estimated refurb midpoint looks tight against local benchmarks. That makes this a weaker overall opportunity at the stated figure, despite the appealing setting and scope to personalise the home.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated but generally intact kitchen, bathroom and living-room finishes without taking on a heavy refurbishment.
  • Make the most of the long, maintained garden and multi-car block-paved driveway.
  • Explore the boarded loft and possible rear extension as longer-term ways to add space, subject to permissions and feasibility.

Key risks

None recorded.

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£2,645
Based on a loan of £525,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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