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Osborne Drive, Fleet GU52

South East

£300,000

Listed on 10/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
2
Type
Semi Detached

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

A two-bedroom semi-detached house in a cul-de-sac in the Velmead area of Fleet, offered with no onward chain. The ground floor includes an entrance hall, a front-facing lounge with a fireplace, a separate dining room, a kitchen, a second double bedroom and a shower room. The kitchen and shower room have both been refitted, and the boiler was replaced in 2025. A 19ft lean-to is accessed from the kitchen and opens onto the rear garden. The first-floor main bedroom has restricted head height and includes a WC and wash basin. The listing notes scope to rework the upper floor, potentially creating two bedrooms and a bathroom, subject to the necessary conditions and approvals. It also identifies disrepair to the suspended floors, lean-to and garage, with modernisation needed elsewhere. Outside, the property has an extensive driveway, a detached garage and an enclosed rear garden. Fleet town centre and the mainline station are within walking distance or a short drive, with local schools nearby. The house may suit a buyer prepared to investigate the reported defects and consider refurbishment and possible extension works.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

48out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: LOW

This is a substantial improvement project in a popular Fleet location, with a long driveway, enclosed garden and a useful starting point: the kitchen and shower room appear recently updated and serviceable. The dated living spaces, stained and worn flooring in several rooms, reported suspended-floor issues, and deteriorated lean-to, garage and garden outbuilding give a buyer plenty to tackle; the restricted-head-height upper floor also offers scope to explore a different layout, subject to feasibility and approvals.

The score is 48/100, grade E, reflecting a low overall opportunity rather than a judgement that the asking price is dear: floor area is missing, so value against local £/sqf cannot yet be assessed. The £30,000–£55,000 renovation range points to a meaningful project, and the purchase price plus renovation midpoint is £342,500, but without floor area or a stated resale value the eventual value-add is hard to quantify.

Key opportunities

  • Rework the restricted-head-height upper floor to explore the described potential for a more useful bedroom and bathroom arrangement, subject to feasibility and approvals.
  • Refresh the dated living spaces and replace worn, stained floor coverings across several rooms.
  • Improve the enclosed garden and make better use of the driveway, while assessing how the lean-to and outbuilding could be repaired or replaced.

Key risks

  • The £30,000–£55,000 works range, reported suspended-floor issues and disrepair to the lean-to and garage make this a substantial budget and programme to manage, rather than a cosmetic refresh.

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Based on a loan of £225,000 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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