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Ewbank Close, Barry

Wales

£315,000

Listed on 29/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Detached
Area
1180 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom detached house in Barry has a ground-floor hallway, a large living room opening through to a separate dining room, and a fitted kitchen with doors to the rear garden. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. The listing describes the property as requiring modernisation, with gas central heating from a combination boiler and UPVC double glazing. Outside, the enclosed rear garden includes a paved patio, lawn, established planting, outbuildings and a greenhouse. There is also an enclosed front garden and a driveway with space for multiple vehicles. The property is close to bus routes and local amenities, with access to the link road towards Cardiff and the M4.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

38out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This detached home has a useful canvas: spacious connected living and dining areas, a long driveway and a generous enclosed garden with patio, greenhouse and outbuildings. The visible work is light in scale, with older finishes across the home and scope to refresh the decoration, flooring and garden. The kitchen and bathroom are also dated but appear usable, so there is room to update them in your own style.

The main drawback is value. At £315,000, the asking price is about 19% above the local average per square foot, and the asking price plus a mid-to-substantial works programme would leave costs stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area. That makes this a weaker WHOTS opportunity despite its space and garden.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the older decoration, textured ceilings and flooring across the spacious living and dining areas.
  • Update the usable but dated kitchen and bathroom to suit your preferred style.
  • Tidy the established garden, patio and borders; the greenhouse and outbuildings add useful character and potential.

Key risks

  • The asking price combined with the anticipated works programme leaves the overall spend stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this floor area.
  • Headroom after works looks limited when the asking price sits alongside the indicated works scale — around 19% above what similar-sized stock commands locally today; we have not assumed a post-renovation resale figure.

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Map

Location

Ewbank Close, Barry
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Cadoxton Rail Station

    0.5 miles

    Train · Cadoxton

  • Barry Docks Rail Station

    1.3 miles

    Train · Barry

  • Dinas Powys Rail Station

    1.5 miles

    Train · Dinas Powys

  • Eastbrook Rail Station

    2.1 miles

    Train · Eastbrook

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£1,190
Based on a loan of £236,250 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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