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Park Drive, Shelley, Huddersfield, HD8

Yorkshire

£290,000

Listed on 29/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Detached
Area
850 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This four-bedroom detached house in Shelley combines a reconfigured ground floor with scope to finish selected areas. The open-plan kitchen and dining space has fitted cabinetry, integrated appliances and hardwood flooring, with a separate living room featuring a built-in media wall and doors to the rear garden. A utility and storage room adds practical space, while the ground-floor fourth bedroom can also serve as an office or playroom. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom with a four-piece suite. The main bedroom has an adjoining en-suite that remains unfinished; the listing says tiles, fixtures and fittings are available for the buyer to use. The rear garden and detached outbuilding also require completion and landscaping, offering further work for a purchaser to plan around their needs. Shelley is described as a village with local shops, cafes and schools, and connections towards Huddersfield and other nearby towns. Viewings are by appointment through Earnshaw Estates, Kirkburton.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

43out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This detached four-bedroom home has a useful mix of move-in-ready space and manageable finishing work: the photographed living areas and bedrooms look clean and updated, and the open-plan kitchen and dining area is a particular strength. There is still scope to finish the en-suite and utility/stair area, while the uneven rear garden and unfinished outbuilding offer a clear canvas to shape to your needs; check the outbuilding’s specification and intended use.

Even a workable headline price does not rescue the maths when the asking price is only one line of the budget; a mid-to-substantial works programme leaves limited headroom versus local benchmarks, leaving a gap of around 17% versus area norms for this sqft. The economics score captures that squeeze; finished resale value is outside our model.

Key opportunities

  • Make the most of the contemporary open-plan kitchen and dining space, which is already presented in good order.
  • Complete the en-suite using the tiles, fixtures and fittings the listing says are available.
  • Landscape the rear garden and assess how the detached outbuilding could be finished and used.

Key risks

  • At the current asking price, adding the planned improvements leaves the overall spend stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this floor area.
  • Budget carefully — economics look thin after allowing for the asking price and a non-cosmetic works programme — roughly 17% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition. Finished value after works is not modelled here.

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Location

Park Drive, Shelley, Huddersfield, HD8
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Shepley Rail Station

    0.6 miles

    Train · Shepley

  • Stocksmoor Rail Station

    0.9 miles

    Train · Stocksmoor

  • Denby Dale Rail Station

    2.3 miles

    Train · Denby Dale

  • Brockholes Rail Station

    2.8 miles

    Train · Brockholes

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£1,096
Based on a loan of £217,500 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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