Westbourne Road, Chatteris PE16
East of England
£175,000
Listed on 25/09/2026
Listed on 25/09/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
2Type
Semi Detached BungalowArea
625 sqftFeatures
- Garden
- Parking
Description
This two-bedroom bungalow is offered with no forward chain and has scope for updating. The accommodation includes a living room, kitchen, two double bedrooms and a bathroom. The listing describes mains gas, electricity, water and drainage, with gas-fired central heating, and an EPC rating of D.
Outside, the property has a good-sized rear garden laid to lawn, two brick outbuildings and potential for off-road parking at the front. The freehold property is in Council Tax Band A. Buyers should verify the measurements and other details independently.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
33out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This two-bedroom bungalow has a clear project canvas: the photographed living spaces have worn floors and marked walls, the kitchen and bathroom are ready for a rethink, and the long enclosed garden needs clearing. The off-road parking, two double bedrooms and two brick outbuildings add useful features to work around, while no obvious major roof failure is visible in the available exterior view.
The numbers are the main constraint. At £175,000, the asking price is already above the local £/sqf benchmark; adding the £35,000–£60,000 works range leaves the purchase-plus-refurb cost stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area. That comparison is not a post-works GDV forecast, so the scope to create value would need careful testing.
Key opportunities
- Rework the worn living room and bedroom finishes, using the two-double-bedroom layout as a practical base.
- Replace the tired kitchen and bathroom finishes to give the bungalow a more coherent, updated interior.
- Clear and reshape the long enclosed rear garden, with the brick outbuildings and off-road parking adding useful features to the plot.
Key risks
- Worn floors, marked walls, deteriorated kitchen flooring and an overgrown garden make this a substantial, multi-area programme; the £35,000–£60,000 works range needs careful budgeting and sequencing rather than a cosmetic-refresh allowance.
- At £175,000 plus the stated works range, purchase and refurbishment costs are stretched against the local benchmark for this floor area; this is not a forecast of renovated value.
- Factor in roughly £222,500 before you finish, with refurbishment in the region of £47,500, leaving a gap of around 27% versus area norms for this sqft; post-works value sits outside our data.
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