Swinford Road, Wolverhampton
West Midlands
£170,000
Listed on 06/11/2026
Listed on 06/11/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
796 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wolverhampton is described as requiring modernisation and improvement throughout. The ground floor has a lounge, separate dining room, kitchen, ground-floor WC and a lean-to used for storage. Upstairs are two double bedrooms, a third bedroom and the family bathroom.
Outside, the property has a generous plot with scope for landscaping. The listing notes access to local shops, schools and everyday amenities, with Wolverhampton city centre and its wider range of shopping, leisure and transport links also within reach. The property is rated EPC D and falls within Council Tax Band B.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
49out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
At £170,000, this three-bedroom semi is priced below the local average on a floor-area basis, making the asking price a genuine acquisition opportunity. The separate lounge and dining room, generous plot and scope to reshape the overgrown garden give the project some useful foundations. Inside, damaged and peeling finishes across several rooms, plus dated fittings, create a substantial programme of work; the lean-to also merits inspection.
The main constraint is the economics: even with the below-average asking price, adding a mid-to-substantial works programme leaves the overall cost stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this size. That is a comparison with current local values, not a forecast of what the property could be worth after renovation.
Key opportunities
- Rework the separate lounge and dining room to suit modern living while retaining distinct spaces.
- Make the generous plot usable again by clearing the overgrowth and planning a more practical garden layout.
- Bring the dated kitchen and bathroom finishes into a consistent modern specification as part of a broader interior renewal.
Key risks
- Peeling, damaged plaster and worn finishes across several rooms point to a heavy making-good and full interior programme, with more time and coordination than a cosmetic refresh.
- The asking price plus a substantial works programme leaves the projected outlay stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area; there is limited headroom on that comparison.
- 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
Wolverhampton Rail Station
0.7 miles
Train · Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Station (West Midlands Metro)
0.8 miles
Tram · Wolverhampton
Pipers Row (West Midlands Metro)
0.9 miles
Tram · Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton St George's (West Midlands Metro)
1.0 miles
Tram · Wolverhampton
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