Highstone Road, Barnsley
Yorkshire
£75,000
Listed on 23/10/2026
Listed on 23/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
TerracedDescription
This three-bedroom terraced house is offered as a modernisation project, with the listing describing dated décor and refurbishment needed to the living and kitchen areas. The accommodation is arranged over multiple levels and includes a lounge with a front-facing window and feature fireplace, a kitchen with base units, a sink, space for a cooker and a door to the rear, plus a first-floor bathroom. The upper floor has an attic room with a rear-facing window.
Outside, there is a rear yard with gated access. The property is freehold and has gas central heating, mains services and on-street parking. It is south of Barnsley town centre, within reach of local shops, cafés, pubs, schools and Locke Park. Barnsley station is described as around a 20-minute walk away, with services to Leeds, Sheffield and Meadowhall.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
48out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: LOW
At £75,000, this three-bedroom terrace offers a straightforward canvas for a light refresh: the photographed lounge and attic room could be transformed with updated wallpaper and flooring, while the feature fireplace and traditional mouldings give the lounge some character to work with. The street-facing brickwork and visible roofline appear broadly intact, and the listing states gas central heating and mains services. The £5,000–£13,000 renovation range gives a sense of the likely scale, though limited photo coverage makes that estimate further provisional.
The score is held back by gaps in the available data rather than a finding that the price is poor: floor area is missing, so value against local £/sqf cannot yet be judged, and the overall value-add case remains difficult to assess. Its town-centre access and freehold tenure are useful fundamentals, but more information is needed to judge the opportunity fully.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the lounge’s patterned wallpaper and dark carpet while making use of its feature fireplace and traditional ceiling mouldings.
- Update the attic room’s dated finishes, including its wallpaper and flooring.
- Build on the stated gas central heating, mains services and freehold tenure.
Key risks
None recorded.
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