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Welcomes Road, Kenley CR8

South East

£900,000Guide Price

Listed on 11/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Detached
Area
1859 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

Offered at auction, this extended four-bedroom detached house is set back from a private road in Kenley, around 0.3 miles from Kenley Station. The property is offered with no onward chain and is described as requiring updating. Its accommodation includes three or four reception rooms, with a double-aspect lounge, separate dining room and study, alongside an extended open-plan kitchen, lounge and dining area. The kitchen has white wall and base units, a large island, black granite worktops and a range cooker. A roof lantern and bi-fold doors connect this space with the rear garden. Upstairs are four bedrooms, including a main bedroom with fitted wardrobes and an en-suite shower room, plus a family bathroom. Outside, the level rear garden has a patio, lawn and mature boundary planting. At the front, a driveway provides parking for several vehicles and leads to a garage, with an additional lawn to the side. The listing notes possible scope to extend further, subject to planning; feasibility and permissions would need to be checked. The sale is by Modern Method of Auction, with a stated 56-day reservation period. A buyer information pack fee and a non-refundable reservation fee of 4.5% of the purchase price, subject to a minimum charge, apply. Kenley Station provides services towards London, with further amenities in nearby Purley. The listing also identifies local schools, open space and road links to the M25 and M23.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

54out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This detached home has a strong canvas: the bright extended kitchen and living space, roof lantern and folding doors already create a generous connection to the level, mature garden. The photographed rooms look generally maintained, so the dated shower room, minor wall marks and patchy front lawn offer scope for selective cosmetic improvements rather than a major overhaul. The listing also mentions possible further extension, subject to planning, but no feasibility is established.

The price is the harder part: at £484/sq ft, the £900,000 asking price is about 4.4% above the local average, and purchase plus the renovation midpoint looks tight against local benchmarks. The house has appealing space and fundamentals, but the numbers make it a weaker overall opportunity unless a buyer sees value beyond those benchmarks.

Key opportunities

  • Bright extended kitchen and living area with roof glazing and folding doors already opening onto the garden.
  • Level rear garden with patio, mature planting and hedging, with a patchy front lawn offering a modest improvement project.
  • Selective cosmetic updating, including the older-style shower room, can refresh the home without turning it into a major refurbishment.

Key risks

None recorded.

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£3,400
Based on a loan of £675,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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