Birchfield Road East, Abington, Northampton NN3
East Midlands
£170,000
Listed on 06/11/2026
Listed on 06/11/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
2Type
TerracedArea
574 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
This two-bedroom terraced house in Abington is offered with no onward chain and is described as requiring modernisation. The ground floor has an entrance hall, sitting room and kitchen, with two bedrooms and a family bathroom upstairs. The stated floor area is 574 sq ft.
Outside, the property has a low-maintenance front garden and a larger rear garden with a paved patio and lawn, plus side access. The listing states that the home has uPVC double glazing and gas radiator heating. Schools, shops, local amenities and Abington Park are nearby. The accommodation and condition offer scope for updating, subject to inspection.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
43out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This two-bedroom Abington terrace offers a clear medium-scale updating project: the photographed rooms have older finishes, and the rear garden would benefit from clearing and tidying. The new uPVC double glazing, generally intact-looking frontage and roof, and a garden with both patio and lawn give you a sound starting canvas. At £170,000, the asking price is broadly in line with the local £/sqf benchmark, but the price plus a mid-to-substantial programme of works leaves the overall cost stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this size; that comparison is not a forecast of its value after renovation.
Key opportunities
- Refresh the sitting room and both bedrooms, including their older decorative finishes and patterned carpets.
- Modernise the dated kitchen and bathroom to create a more cohesive interior.
- Clear and improve the rear garden, making better use of its paved and lawn areas.
Key risks
- The asking price combined with a substantial programme of improvements looks stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area, so there is limited room for costs to run over.
- Purchase plus the works band looks tight after allowing for the asking price and a non-cosmetic works programme — roughly 21% above what comparable floor area achieves locally in current condition; post-works value sits outside our data.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Northampton Rail Station
2.3 miles
Train · Northampton
Wellingborough Rail Station
8.5 miles
Train · Wellingborough
Long Buckby Rail Station
10.1 miles
Train · Long Buckby
Kettering Rail Station
11.1 miles
Train · Kettering
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