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Piercefield Road, Formby, Liverpool, L37

North West

£500,000

Listed on 03/11/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Semi Detached
Area
1832 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This four-bedroom semi-detached house offers more than 1,800 sq ft of accommodation on a 0.16-acre plot, within walking distance of Formby village. The property is offered with no onward chain and has been occupied by the same family for over 40 years. The listing describes it as functional and ready to move into, while noting scope for modernisation and changes to the layout. The ground floor has a large entrance hall, a front lounge with a bay window, a rear sitting room with French doors to the patio, and a separate dining room beside the kitchen. The arrangement may allow the kitchen, dining and family areas to be combined, subject to any necessary consents. Upstairs are four bedrooms, a landing and a family bathroom. The south-facing rear garden is mainly lawn, with mature planting, trees and a paved patio. At the front, a paved driveway provides off-road parking and leads to a garage with an electrically operated door. The property combines substantial existing accommodation with scope to update the interiors and consider a different ground-floor arrangement.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

62out of 100
Grade CPotential opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

At £500,000, this substantial four-bedroom home is priced attractively against the local benchmark: around £273 per sq ft versus £298 locally. That gives buyers an opportunity to acquire more than 1,800 sq ft in a popular Freshfield setting, with generous room proportions, a large south-facing garden, driveway and garage.

The house appears maintained and usable, so the project is a light modernisation rather than a major overhaul. Updating the older decoration and carpets would refresh the spacious interiors, while the rear living spaces offer scope to rethink the layout into a more contemporary family area, subject to any necessary consents. The established garden and serviceable kitchen add to the appeal.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh older decoration and carpets to bring the generous reception rooms and bedrooms up to date.
  • Explore a more open-plan kitchen, dining and family arrangement across the rear, subject to feasibility and any required consents.
  • Make the most of the established south-facing garden, patio, driveway and garage.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Map

Location

Piercefield Road, Formby, Liverpool, L37
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Freshfield Rail Station

    0.5 miles

    Train · Freshfield

  • Formby Rail Station

    0.8 miles

    Train · Formby

  • Hightown Rail Station

    2.7 miles

    Train · Hightown

  • Ainsdale Rail Station

    2.7 miles

    Train · Ainsdale

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Current average variable rate is 6.58%

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£2,043
Based on a loan of £375,000 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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