Montague Road, Woodlands
West Midlands
£300,000
Listed on 24/10/2026
Listed on 24/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
DetachedArea
1240 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
Edward Knight Estate Agents in Rugby are marketing this three-bedroom detached house in Woodlands with no onward chain. The approximately 1,240 sq ft layout includes a reception room over 24 feet long with a fireplace and French doors to the rear garden, a separate dining room, and a kitchen with fitted units and integrated cooking appliances. A sun room sits beyond the kitchen. Upstairs are three bedrooms, two with fitted storage, a family bathroom and a separate WC.
The house stands on a generous plot with a front garden, driveway parking, an integral garage and a large rear garden with an outlook towards neighbouring fields. The listing describes the property as requiring modernisation and refurbishment, offering scope to update the accommodation. Local amenities and schools are nearby, with Rugby town centre, the railway station and major road routes accessible from the area.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
67out of 100
Grade CPotential opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
At £300,000, this detached home is priced about 20% below the local average per square foot, making the asking price a genuine acquisition opportunity. The 1,240 sq ft includes a particularly spacious reception room, separate dining area and sun room, while the generous rear garden has an open outlook and room to shape into a standout feature. The kitchen appears comparatively modern and intact, giving the project a useful starting point.
The work is more than a cosmetic refresh: flooring is stripped or worn in several rooms, the bathroom tiles are damaged, and a ceiling has extensive staining and an opening that needs investigating and repairing. The £12,000–£24,000 renovation range indicates a focused but substantial programme of making-good, finishes and garden clearance. The score’s C grade reflects that condition workload, balanced by the below-local asking price and strong economics; the £318,000 purchase-plus-midpoint-works figure is a comparison with implied current local average value, not a GDV or a full-cost budget.
Key opportunities
- Use the separate reception and dining areas, plus the sun room, to create a more cohesive and tailored living layout around the garden-facing spaces.
- Turn the generous rear garden and open outlook into a major selling point through clearance, landscaping and improved use of the paved areas.
- Acquire 1,240 sq ft at a below-local-average asking price and make the stripped floors and plain finishes your own, while retaining the comparatively modern fitted kitchen.
Key risks
- Stripped or worn floors across several rooms, damaged bathroom tiling, a stained ceiling with an opening and heavy garden overgrowth make this a substantial making-good and improvement programme rather than a cosmetic refresh; allow for budget and programme contingency, particularly while investigating the ceiling damage.
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