Upperfield Drive, Felixstowe
East of England
£285,000
Listed on 07/11/2026
Listed on 07/11/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Link Detached HouseFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Description
A three-bedroom detached house in Old Felixstowe, around one and a quarter miles from the town centre and close to open countryside. The ground floor includes an entrance hall, cloakroom, kitchen/dining room, utility room, lounge, garden room and shower room. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. The garden room is described as having potential for use as a ground-floor bedroom, subject to suitability and any necessary checks.
The property has gas-fired central heating, double glazing, a driveway, garage and an enclosed south-facing rear garden. The utility room is noted as requiring further investigation because of water ingress and cracks. The listing describes the house as requiring full modernisation, offering scope for refurbishment. Council Tax is Band D.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
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46out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: LOW
This detached three-bedroom house offers a clear medium-scale modernisation project, with dated finishes across several photographed rooms and scope to refresh flooring and decoration, improve the kitchen and tidy the gardens. The driveway, garage and enclosed south-facing rear garden add useful appeal, while the garden room may offer ground-floor bedroom potential, subject to checking suitability and any necessary approvals.
At £285,000, value against local £/sqf cannot yet be judged because the floor area is missing. The listing also reports water ingress and cracks in the utility room, so their cause and repair scope need investigation; the exterior photographs show no obvious major roof failure.
Key opportunities
- Update the dated finishes across the photographed living spaces and bedrooms, including flooring and decoration.
- Rework the dated kitchen, where a lower unit base and adjacent floor area show visible damage or missing material.
- Make the most of the garden room's potential as a ground-floor bedroom, subject to suitability and any necessary approvals, and improve the untidy garden areas.
Key risks
- The listing reports water ingress and cracks in the utility room; investigate the cause and repair scope before committing.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Felixstowe Rail Station
0.8 miles
Train · Felixstowe
Trimley Rail Station
1.9 miles
Train · Trimley St Mary
Harwich Town Rail Station
3.9 miles
Train · Harwich
Dovercourt Rail Station
4.3 miles
Train · Dovercourt
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