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Westgate, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71

Yorkshire

£180,000

Listed on 23/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
945 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom semi-detached house in Monk Bretton has a separate kitchen, a full-length reception room and scope for updating. The ground floor includes an entrance area and a reception space with front and rear windows, while the kitchen has fitted wall and base units, worktop space and a side door to the garden. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. The listing describes the rooms as needing refurbishment, with décor, flooring and fittings among the areas a buyer could update. Outside, the property has a block-paved driveway, planting borders, access to a detached garage and an enclosed rear garden with established shrubs. The house is in Council Tax Band A. Local amenities, Monk Bretton Park and the priory site are nearby, with Barnsley town centre and its railway station accessible by car or bus.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

58out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This three-bedroom semi in Monk Bretton offers a straightforward canvas for a light modernisation: dated décor and flooring run through the photographed rooms, with scope to refresh the kitchen and bathroom fittings too. The visible interiors look broadly orderly, while the driveway, detached garage and established garden add useful practical appeal.

At £180,000, the asking price is about 5% below the local average per square foot, which is a positive starting point. The overall score is held back by the economics: the £12,250 midpoint renovation estimate brings the purchase-plus-works figure to £192,250, slightly above the implied current local average value; that is not a renovated valuation, but it does leave limited headroom on the figures provided.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the patterned wallpaper, textured ceilings and worn flooring across the photographed interiors.
  • Update the older kitchen and bathroom finishes to suit a buyer’s taste.
  • Make use of the full-length reception room’s sitting-and-dining layout, alongside the driveway, detached garage and established garden.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Westgate, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71
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Current average variable rate is 6.60%

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£680
Based on a loan of £135,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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