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Pembroke Green, Lea, Malmesbury SN16

South West

£395,000

Listed on 02/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Detached Bungalow
Area
1177 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom detached bungalow is set on a large corner plot in the village of Lea, around two and a half miles from Malmesbury. Its accommodation includes an entrance porch, an L-shaped hall, a spacious sitting room, a separate dining room, a kitchen with access to a rear conservatory, two double bedrooms, a third bedroom or study, and a shower room. The property would benefit from redecoration and modernisation, giving scope to update the existing rooms. The listing also notes potential to extend the footprint, subject to the necessary planning consents. Gardens extend around three sides of the bungalow and are mainly laid to lawn, with fenced boundaries and a gate connecting the rear garden to the side and front. A driveway leads to an attached tandem garage with an electronically operated roller door. There is also boarded loft storage accessed by a drop-down ladder. Lea has a primary school, church and pub with restaurant. Malmesbury provides shops, schools and leisure facilities, while the listing notes road connections to nearby towns and the M4, and rail services from Chippenham and Kemble. The property is freehold, has an EPC rating of E and is connected to mains water, drainage and electricity, with oil-fired central heating.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

65out of 100
Grade CPotential opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This detached three-bedroom bungalow offers a useful canvas for a light, tailored update: the rooms shown have dated wallpaper, carpets and fittings, while the kitchen and shower room look usable and could be refreshed to suit a new owner. The asking price is £336/sq ft, 13% below the local average, making it a comparatively attractive level to acquire at. The £8,000–£18,000 renovation range points to a mainly cosmetic project, with the dry, overgrown garden also offering scope to improve its established layout.

The large corner plot, gardens on three sides, conservatory, tandem garage and driveway give the property plenty of practical appeal. The listing also highlights potential to extend, subject to the necessary planning consents; the village setting and access to Malmesbury add to the fundamentals. Overall, this is a C-grade potential opportunity, with its strongest case in the below-average asking price and the scope to personalise the bungalow.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated wallpaper, carpets and fittings across the rooms shown to give the bungalow a more cohesive, modern feel.
  • Tidy and rework the established gardens, improving the dry lawn, overgrown borders and worn paving.
  • Explore the stated potential to extend the existing footprint, subject to necessary planning consents.

Key risks

None recorded.

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£1,492
Based on a loan of £296,250 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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