Willow Mews, Selly Oak
West Midlands
£199,900
Listed on 22/10/2026
Listed on 22/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
2Type
DetachedArea
571 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This detached two-bedroom home is set back from Weoley Park Road, with a driveway and a rear garden. The ground floor has a porch, living room and kitchen diner, while upstairs are a double bedroom, a single bedroom and a bathroom. The property is offered vacant with no upward chain and is described as needing some updating.
The house dates from around the 1990s and has uPVC double glazing and gas central heating from a Worcester combi boiler. It is freehold, has an EPC rating of C and falls within Council Tax Band C. Selly Oak railway station is approximately one mile away, with local shops at Weoley Castle Square around 625 metres from the property. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is about 1.2 miles away and Birmingham city centre approximately 3.8 miles away.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
39out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This detached two-bedroom home offers a usable starting point, with driveway parking, double glazing and a combi boiler, while the dated finishes leave room for a straightforward cosmetic refresh. The most visible scope is updating the living space and fitted kitchen and bathroom, plus clearing the heavily overgrown rear garden to make it usable again. The location is a positive, with local shops nearby and Selly Oak station around a mile away.
The asking price is £350 per sq ft against a local average of £310, so it is not a cheap entry point. More importantly, the asking price plus the £8,000–£16,000 refurbishment range leaves the likely spend stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this floor area; that comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of post-works value. There is scope to improve the property, but the numbers make this a weak overall opportunity at the stated price.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the older interior finishes, including the living room and fitted kitchen and bathroom.
- Clear the overgrown rear garden and restore it as usable outdoor space.
- Build on the practical starting point of a detached layout, driveway, uPVC double glazing and gas central heating.
Key risks
- At the asking price, adding the £8,000–£16,000 refurbishment budget puts the total spend under pressure against local benchmarks for this floor area; this is not a post-renovation value estimate.
- The kitchen ceiling has visible marks or unevenness that should be investigated.
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