Bartlemas Road, East Oxford
South East
£700,000
Listed on 23/10/2026
Listed on 23/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
4Type
Semi DetachedArea
1375 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This four-bedroom Victorian semi-detached house has accommodation arranged over two floors. The ground floor includes a porch and entrance hall, a bay-fronted sitting room, a kitchen/dining room, a further reception room or fourth bedroom, and a wet room. Upstairs are three double bedrooms, each with an ensuite wet room. The layout offers scope to consider how the reception and bedroom spaces best suit a buyer's needs, subject to any required checks or approvals.
There are gardens to the front and rear. The enclosed front garden provides space for bike and bin storage, while the rear garden is approximately 11 metres long and includes a patio, lawn and storage shed. The property is on Bartlemas Road in East Oxford's Golden Triangle, close to Cowley Road's shops, cafés and restaurants. Oxford city centre, the universities, schools, public transport and green spaces are also noted nearby.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
54out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This Victorian semi has a lot going for it as a light-touch project: a bay-fronted sitting room, flexible extra ground-floor room, fitted kitchen and several usable tiled wet rooms. The rear garden already has both lawn and patio, with some scope to tidy the edges and improve its presentation; inside, selective cosmetic updates could bring the more individually styled finishes together.
The main constraint is the price rather than the condition. At £700,000, the asking price is about 7% above the local £/sqf average, and purchase plus the estimated refurbishment midpoint looks tight against local benchmarks. The strong East Oxford location and flexible layout are appealing, but the numbers leave limited room for value creation.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated or personal finishes in the photographed living and bedroom spaces while retaining their usable condition.
- Improve the rear garden’s presentation with routine clearance and planting around the edges, making the most of its lawn and patio.
- Make use of the existing flexible ground-floor room as a reception space or fourth bedroom, according to needs.
Key risks
None recorded.
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