Birchwood Avenue, Treforest, Pontypridd
Wales
£140,000
Listed on 29/10/2026
Listed on 29/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
4Type
TerracedArea
789 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- HMO
- Tenanted
Description
This freehold four-bedroom terraced house in Treforest is offered with no onward chain. The accommodation is arranged over two floors and includes a ground-floor bedroom, a living and dining room, a kitchen and a shower room, with three further bedrooms on the first floor. The listing states that two bedrooms are occupied by students and the other two are being advertised for let.
The kitchen has wood-effect units, laminate worktops, a gas hob and oven, with space for laundry appliances. The ground-floor shower room includes a shower, WC and wash basin. Both rooms are identified as areas where modernisation could be considered.
The rear garden is described as having a patio, lawn, trees and shrubs. On-street parking is available at the front. The property is in Treforest, close to the University of South Wales, local shops and transport links, with access to Pontypridd and surrounding areas.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
50out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This four-bedroom Treforest terrace has a practical shared-living layout and an existing foothold in the student rental market, with two rooms occupied and two being advertised. At £140,000, the asking price is slightly below the local £/sqf benchmark, while the dated kitchen and shower room, worn finishes and heavily overgrown rear garden offer a clear medium-scale improvement project. Dark staining on the rear wall should be investigated, though no obvious structural failure is visible in the submitted photos.
The main constraint is the project arithmetic: the asking price plus a mid-to-substantial programme of works would leave costs stretched against local benchmarks for a property of this floor area. That comparison is with current local values, not a forecast of what the house might be worth after improvements, so the reasonable entry price does not by itself make this a strong overall opportunity.
Key opportunities
- Refresh or rework the dated kitchen and shower room, alongside decoration and flooring, to give the shared accommodation a more coherent finish.
- Clear and improve the overgrown rear garden and paved access to make the outdoor space more usable for residents.
- Build on the existing student occupancy and four-bedroom layout, with two rooms occupied and two already being advertised for let.
Key risks
- The asking price combined with the expected improvement programme appears stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area, limiting the apparent value cushion.
- Prominent dark staining on the rear wall needs investigation; the roof condition is not adequately visible in the submitted photos.
- Budget carefully — economics look thin once the asking price and a mid-to-substantial refurb are combined, leaving a gap of around 18% versus area norms for this sqft — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Trefforest Rail Station
0.4 miles
Train · Treforest
Pontypridd Rail Station
1.2 miles
Train · Pontypridd
Trefforest Estate Rail Station
1.9 miles
Train · Treforest
Trehafod Rail Station
3.0 miles
Train · Trehafod
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