Kingston Crescent, Chelmsford, CM2
East of England
£450,000
Listed on 22/10/2026
Listed on 22/10/2026
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Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
947 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom 1930s semi-detached house is offered with no onward chain and presents an opportunity to modernise its existing accommodation. The ground floor has an entrance hall, separate sitting and dining rooms, and a rear kitchen. Both reception rooms have fireplaces; the sitting room has a bay window, while the dining room opens towards the garden. The fitted kitchen has a practical layout and is described as requiring updating.
Upstairs are two good-sized double bedrooms, a further bedroom and a family bathroom. Outside, the property has a driveway for off-road parking and a rear garden with lawn, patio, mature planting and a detached outbuilding. The listing notes possible longer-term scope to extend or reconfigure, subject to the necessary permissions; planning feasibility would need to be verified.
Kingston Crescent is described as within walking distance of Chelmsford city centre and the mainline station, with local schools, shops, parks and riverside routes also nearby.
WHOTS analysis
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43out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This 1930s semi has a strong canvas for a personalisation project: two separate reception rooms with fireplaces and a bay window, plus driveway parking, a garden and a substantial detached outbuilding. The visible rooms have dated finishes, with scope to refresh the kitchen and bathroom, redecorate and replace older floor coverings; the garden and weathered outbuilding also offer room for improvement. The asking price is the main drawback: at £475/sq ft it is above the local £421/sq ft average, and the asking price plus the £25,000–£50,000 refurb range leaves the likely purchase-and-works spend stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area. That comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of the home's value after renovation. Convenient access to Chelmsford city centre and the station, along with the house's proportions, gives the project appeal, but the numbers make this a low-opportunity buy at the current price.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated kitchen and bathroom, and update décor and flooring across the visible rooms.
- Bring the mature garden and weathered detached outbuilding back into better use.
- Make the most of the bay window, fireplaces and separate reception rooms in a modernised home.
Key risks
- At the asking price, adding the £25,000–£50,000 renovation budget takes the purchase-and-works spend beyond local average benchmarks for a home of this floor area.
- Total commitment could reach about £487,500 once the asking price and an estimated £37,500 of refurbishment are combined, about 18% ahead of typical local benchmarks for this size. Finished value after works is not modelled here.
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