79 & 79a Woodside Road, London, SE25 5DP

At £280,000, the guide is around 18% below the local £/sqf average, making the vacant maisonette an attractive low-entry project. The photographs show a heavy internal overhaul ahead, with damaged finishes and worn flooring across several rooms and particularly deteriorated kitchen and bathroom areas; the traditional brick frontage and slate roof look generally intact from the street, though the roof cannot be assessed in detail from that view. The building comprises two self-contained maisonettes, but one is subject to a long lease, so the vacant unit is the clear renovation canvas. Even with the low entry price, purchase plus works looks tight against local benchmarks, so the project economics need careful scrutiny. As this is an auction guide, bidding can take the hammer above it, so the eventual price may not stay this cheap.