Jayshaw Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 OFF WALSALL ROAD
West Midlands
£240,000
Listed on 04/11/2026
Listed on 04/11/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
757 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Barr has a through lounge with separate sitting and dining areas, a compact kitchen and a first-floor family bathroom. The lounge opens towards the rear garden, while a side passage provides access between the front and rear of the property. The kitchen is described as ready for modernisation, offering scope to update it to suit a buyer's requirements.
The accommodation also includes a porch, hallway and three bedrooms. The listing states that the boiler is new and the fuse box has been updated. Outside, there is a lawned front garden and a rear garden with a paved patio, lawn and fenced boundaries. Local amenities and transport links are nearby. The property is offered by Green & Company in Great Barr.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
41out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This is a usable three-bedroom semi with a generous through lounge and a long rear garden offering lawn and patio space. The interiors are distinctly old-fashioned, so there is scope for a light refresh, with the compact kitchen and dated finishes providing clear places to personalise the home. A new boiler and updated fuse box are useful practical positives.
The asking price is the main constraint: at £317 per sq ft, it is around 15% above the local average, rather than a discount that rewards the improvement work. With a mid-to-substantial programme of works, the purchase price and project costs also look stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area; that comparison is not a forecast of the value after renovation. Overall, the fundamentals are sound, but the current price and economics make this a low-opportunity project.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the dated finishes and flooring to give the usable living spaces and bedrooms a more contemporary feel.
- The compact kitchen is functional but ready for modernisation, offering a clear opportunity to tailor the layout and finishes.
- Tidy the garden edges and refresh the older paving to make better use of the long lawn-and-patio space.
Key risks
- At the current asking price, the cost of acquiring and improving the house looks stretched against local benchmarks for a property of this floor area.
- Purchase plus the works band looks tight once the asking price and a mid-to-substantial refurb are combined, leaving a gap of around 17% versus area norms for this sqft, so margin after refurbishment is unproven.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Hamstead (Birmingham) Rail Station
0.9 miles
Train · Hamstead
Tame Bridge Parkway Rail Station
1.8 miles
Train · Tame Bridge
Perry Barr Rail Station
2.4 miles
Train · Perry Barr
Bescot Stadium Rail Station
2.6 miles
Train · Bescot
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