Appleyards Lane, Handbridge, Chester
North West
£380,000
Listed on 30/10/2026
Listed on 30/10/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
1147 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house in Handbridge offers three reception rooms, a separate kitchen, a family bathroom and an additional WC. The bedrooms comprise two doubles and a single, and the property is being sold with no onward chain.
Outside, there is off-road parking for multiple vehicles and a low-maintenance garden. The listing also identifies scope to extend, subject to the necessary planning permissions and consents. The accommodation and potential provide scope for a buyer to adapt the property to their requirements.
Handbridge is close to Chester city centre and the River Dee, with local shops, cafés and pubs nearby. The historic centre provides a wider range of shopping, dining and leisure facilities.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
46out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This three-bedroom semi in Handbridge offers a useful canvas for a light refresh: the kitchen and bathroom are functional but dated, while the living spaces and bedrooms look generally usable. Three reception rooms, parking for multiple vehicles, a garden and stated scope to extend (subject to permissions and consents) give buyers several ways to tailor the property.
The score stays cautious where combining the asking price with a non-cosmetic refurb leaves all-in costs stretched versus area norms for this size — around 14% above what similar-sized stock commands locally today. So the headline score reflects limited headroom, not a judgement on the house as a project.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated, apparently functional kitchen and bathroom to bring their finishes up to date.
- Make a cosmetic update to the usable living spaces and bedrooms to give the home a more coherent, contemporary feel.
- Tidy the garden paving and planting; the listing also states potential to extend, subject to the necessary permissions and consents.
Key risks
- At the asking price, the purchase and improvement budget appears stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this floor area, limiting the value case.
- Purchase plus the works band looks tight when the asking price sits alongside the indicated works scale — around 14% above what similar-sized stock commands locally today; post-works value sits outside our data.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Chester Rail Station
1.1 miles
Train · Chester
Bache Rail Station
1.9 miles
Train · Bache
Capenhurst Rail Station
6.0 miles
Train · Capenhurst
Hawarden Rail Station
6.1 miles
Train · Hawarden
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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 5.13%
Current average variable rate is 6.58%
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£1,553
Based on a loan of £285,000 over 30 years at 5.13% interest
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