Claremont Avenue, Woking, Surrey, GU22
South East
£950,000
Listed on 24/10/2026
Listed on 24/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
4Type
DetachedArea
1706 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
Description
A detached Edwardian house in Woking with four bedrooms and a traditional arrangement of ground-floor rooms, including a sitting room with a broad bay window, a separate dining room, a kitchen and an additional family room. The accommodation also includes a family bathroom upstairs. The property is described as requiring comprehensive modernisation, offering scope to restore period features and adapt the layout, subject to any required consents.
The plot is approximately 0.12 acres, with a front garden and a spacious rear garden. A detached garage of approximately 246 sq ft provides storage or workshop space. Any extension or redevelopment would be subject to planning permission and other necessary consents.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
36out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This substantial Edwardian detached house has generous proportions, a traditional layout and an established garden, giving a buyer a strong canvas to restore its period character and shape for modern family living. The photographed interiors show extensive deterioration and dated finishes across several rooms, with a worn kitchen and a particularly tired bathroom; the £65,000–£115,000 renovation range reflects a substantial programme rather than a cosmetic update. The exterior appears generally intact in the available views, and the detached garage adds useful storage or workshop space.
The price is the main obstacle: £950,000 equates to about £557 per sq ft, around 15.6% above the local average. Adding the refurbishment range puts the purchase-plus-works cost at roughly £1.015m–£1.065m, stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area; that comparison is not a forecast of the renovated value. The house has clear character and space to work with, but the current asking price leaves the overall opportunity weak.
Key opportunities
- Restore the Edwardian character and rework the traditional reception-room layout to suit contemporary family living.
- The generous proportions across the photographed living spaces and bedrooms provide scope for a cohesive whole-house redesign.
- Improve the established rear garden and make use of the detached garage as practical storage or a workshop.
Key risks
- Worn finishes, damaged walls and ceilings, and deteriorated surfaces across several rooms make this a substantial strip-back and making-good programme, with budget and timescale well beyond a cosmetic refresh.
- At £950,000, the purchase price plus the £65,000–£115,000 works range sits stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area.
- Budget around £1,040,000 including the asking price and quoted works of about £90,000, leaving a gap of around 21% versus area norms for this sqft — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.
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