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Rushmead Close, Croydon, CR0

South East

£500,000

Listed on 22/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Link Detached House
Area
1381 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This four-bedroom link-detached house is set in a cul-de-sac in Park Hill and is offered with no onward chain. The ground floor includes an entrance hall, living room and a dining area open to the kitchen. Upstairs are four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The property has gas warm-air central heating and double glazing, and the listing notes that it would benefit from updating, providing scope to modernise the existing accommodation.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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65out of 100
Grade CPotential opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

At £500,000, this four-bedroom link-detached home is priced around 17.6% below the local average per square foot, making the asking price a clear acquisition opportunity. Its quiet cul-de-sac setting in Park Hill, under a mile from East Croydon station, plus driveway, garage and a private garden, give the project a strong starting point.

The house is generally usable, with scope to modernise dated decoration, carpets and fittings; the older kitchen and worn bathroom finishes offer particularly clear opportunities to refresh the interior. The garden could also be brought back into shape. The £55,000–£85,000 renovation range indicates a meaningful but manageable programme of work; the supplied midpoint comparison leaves a 6.4% margin against the implied current local average value before fees, so the economics are positive but not especially wide.

Key opportunities

  • Modernise the dated kitchen and refresh the bathroom finishes, including the deteriorated bath panel.
  • Update decoration and worn carpets across the shown living spaces and bedrooms.
  • Clear and maintain the mature rear garden to make better use of its private, secluded setting.

Key risks

  • The £55,000–£85,000 renovation range calls for a considered budget and programme across interior updates and garden work.

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Current average variable rate is 6.60%

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£1,889
Based on a loan of £375,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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