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Mayfield Avenue, Preston

North West

£179,950

Listed on 22/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
952 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lostock Hall has spacious accommodation, a large lounge and dining area, and established gardens. The property would benefit from modernisation, offering scope for a buyer to update the interiors to their own requirements. Local shops, supermarkets, schools and everyday services are nearby, with further facilities in Leyland and Preston. Lostock Hall station provides rail connections to Preston and surrounding areas, while bus services and access to the M6, M61 and M65 support travel across the North West. The entrance hall leads into a generous lounge/diner, with a bay window at the front, further windows towards the rear and side, and a fireplace. There is useful understairs storage and room for separate seating and dining areas. The kitchen is at the rear and has a skylight and garden outlook; it is described as needing updating. Upstairs are three bedrooms, including two doubles with built-in storage and a good-sized single, together with a family bathroom that would benefit from modernisation. Outside, a gated front garden has hedging and decorative pebble areas, and a driveway provides off-road parking for one vehicle. The rear garden has established planting and hedging, decorative pebbles and a ramped access. The layout and room sizes provide a practical starting point for refurbishment.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

57out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

The £179,950 asking price is around 15.9% below the local average per square foot, making this a comparatively cheap entry point for a three-bedroom semi in Lostock Hall. Its spacious lounge/diner, bay window and generally maintained exterior give the project a solid starting canvas; the dated kitchen and visibly deteriorated bathroom finishes, along with older decoration and flooring in several rooms, offer clear scope to personalise the house. The established garden looks usable, with only light tidying apparent.

The overall opportunity is still weak rather than a clear value-add: at the stated renovation midpoint, purchase plus refurbishment looks tight against local value benchmarks. The £39,000–£76,000 renovation range gives a sense of the work involved, so the appeal will depend on keeping the project and costs well controlled.

Key opportunities

  • Rework the spacious lounge/diner and its bay-fronted living area into a more contemporary entertaining space.
  • Modernise the dated kitchen and bathroom to give the home a more cohesive finish.
  • Refresh the older flooring and decoration across several rooms, with modest garden tidying as an optional extra.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Mayfield Avenue, Preston
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£680
Based on a loan of £134,962 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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