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Bearton Green, Hitchin SG5

East of England

£700,000

Listed on 01/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Detached Bungalow
Area
1706 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom detached bungalow offers generous single-storey accommodation, a large west-facing garden and a driveway with space for several vehicles. The listing describes the property as requiring complete renovation, with the room sizes and existing arrangement providing scope for a purchaser to consider how best to update it. A spacious entrance hall is currently used as a study. At the rear, a dual-aspect sitting room has a bay window and patio doors to the garden, and connects to a separate dining room. The kitchen has traditional wooden units, tiled finishes and integrated cooking appliances, with a large utility room and external access alongside it. All three bedrooms are at the front of the bungalow. The principal bedroom has fitted wardrobes and an en-suite shower room; the other two bedrooms are described as doubles, with one currently arranged as a home office and having its own entrance. A family bathroom completes the accommodation. Outside, the mature garden includes a patio and lawn, while the front driveway leads to a garage. Bearton Green is described as a quiet Hitchin cul-de-sac within walking distance of local shops, schools and King George V recreation ground. Hitchin town centre and its rail connections are also highlighted in the particulars. The property has an EPC rating of D.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

59out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This sizeable detached bungalow in Bearton Green offers a generous single-storey canvas, with spacious living areas, a driveway, attached garage and an established west-facing garden. The asking price is £700,000, around 7% below the local average per square foot, making it a relatively attractive price to acquire; the dated kitchen and wet-room finishes, older flooring and decoration give scope to reshape the interiors to a more contemporary standard. The visible ceiling crack is worth investigating, while the roof tiles look weathered but show no obvious major failure in the photos.

The overall score is D because, despite the below-average price per square foot and strong fundamentals, the renovation midpoint brings the purchase-plus-works figure close to the implied current local average value. The £40,000–£70,000 renovation range indicates a meaningful project budget, so the economics will depend on the eventual scope and what value the finished home can achieve.

Key opportunities

  • Update the traditional kitchen and dated bathroom and en-suite finishes to create a more contemporary interior.
  • Refresh decoration and flooring across the spacious living areas and bedrooms while retaining the bungalow’s generous proportions.
  • Make the most of the established west-facing garden, patio, driveway and attached garage.

Key risks

  • Investigate the visible crack across part of the sitting-room ceiling.
  • The £40,000–£70,000 works range calls for careful budgeting and programme planning across the interior updates.

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Based on a loan of £525,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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