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Coastal Road, Hest Bank, Lancaster

North West

£474,950

Listed on 31/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
5
Type
Detached
Area
1798 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This five-bedroom detached house is arranged over three floors and includes two reception rooms, a kitchen, a conservatory and two bathrooms. The ground floor has a vestibule and hallway, a bay-fronted lounge, a large L-shaped living and dining room with sliding doors to the rear, and a kitchen opening towards the conservatory. The conservatory leads to an elevated timber deck overlooking the garden. Three bedrooms and a bathroom occupy the first floor, with two further bedrooms and a second bathroom on the top floor. Outside, the property has a lawned front garden, a block-paved driveway, a detached garage and a rear garden with lawn and paved patio areas. A useful undercroft is accessed from the rear garden. The house is offered with vacant possession and no upward chain. The listing describes it as requiring modernisation, presenting scope for a purchaser to update the accommodation. Hest Bank and Bolton-le-Sands villages, local primary schools, the canal and coastal walks are nearby, with bus links towards Carnforth and its rail and motorway connections.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

57out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a substantial five-bedroom detached house with a lot to work with: accommodation across three floors, a driveway, detached garage and a generous rear garden, in a sought-after coastal setting. The interiors are dated in several rooms, giving a buyer scope for a medium-scale modernisation, while the house appears usable and the available exterior views show no obvious major structural issue.

At £474,950, the asking price is slightly below the local average on a £/sqf basis, which is a positive for a project buyer. The overall opportunity is still weak because purchase and works costs look tight against local benchmarks, so the value-add needs careful budgeting rather than assuming the discount alone will create a margin.

Key opportunities

  • Modernise the dated finishes across the living spaces and bedrooms to give the substantial accommodation a more cohesive feel.
  • The long kitchen and two bathrooms offer scope to refresh or rework key areas as part of a considered improvement programme.
  • Make better use of the generous rear garden, including the decked patio and paved areas, with maintenance and landscaping.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Location

Coastal Road, Hest Bank, Lancaster
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Bare Lane Rail Station

    1.6 miles

    Train · Bare

  • Morecambe Rail Station

    2.9 miles

    Train · Morecambe

  • Carnforth Rail Station

    3.0 miles

    Train · Carnforth

  • Lancaster Rail Station

    3.1 miles

    Train · Lancaster

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 5.13%

Current average variable rate is 6.58%

Monthly Repayments
£1,941
Based on a loan of £356,212 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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