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Crossway, London N12

London

£500,000

Listed on 14/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
883 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden

Description

A three-bedroom semi-detached house with a garage, set in a cul-de-sac in North London and requiring modernisation throughout. The ground floor includes an entrance hall with understairs storage and a door to the garden, a lounge measuring approximately 16 by 11 feet, and a kitchen of around 14 by 8 feet with fitted wall and base units and a central-heating boiler. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a landing with loft access. The property has an approximately 60-foot rear garden, a front garden with potential for off-street parking subject to the usual consents, and a garage accessed via a shared driveway. Compton School and Wren Academy are nearby, while Tally Ho shopping facilities and bus routes are approximately half a mile away. The condition and operation of services and fittings have not been tested, so buyers should make their own checks.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

48out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This three-bedroom semi offers a substantial project with useful fundamentals: a garage, a sizeable rear garden and a location close to schools, shopping and bus routes. At £500,000, the asking price is about 5.6% below the local average per square foot, which is a positive starting point for a project buyer. The photographed interiors are worn and stained in several places, while the garden is heavily overgrown and cluttered; the bathroom’s extensive deterioration and the kitchen’s visible staining make this a clear full-scale renovation canvas.

The overall numbers are tighter than the asking-price comparison alone suggests: purchase and works costs look stretched against local benchmarks, so the value created through the project will matter. The roof is only partly visible, so its condition cannot be determined.

Key opportunities

  • Rework the tired interior as a coherent whole, including replacing the visibly worn kitchen and deteriorated bathroom finishes.
  • Clear and improve the sizeable rear garden, making better use of its existing paved path or patio and outbuilding.
  • Explore the potential to create off-street parking at the front, subject to the usual consents.

Key risks

  • Stripped-back finishes are not evident, but the widespread wear, staining, clutter and neglected garden point to a heavy multi-area programme; allow time and budget for a full transformation rather than a cosmetic refresh.
  • Staining and deterioration are visible across several photographed rooms, including around the kitchen boiler area and extensively in the bathroom; establish the cause and extent before committing.

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Location

Crossway, London N12
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • West Finchley Underground Station

    0.8 miles

    Underground · West Finchley

  • Woodside Park Underground Station

    0.9 miles

    Underground · Woodside Park

  • New Southgate Rail Station

    1.1 miles

    Train · New Southgate

  • Finchley Central Underground Station

    1.2 miles

    Underground · Finchley Central

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 5.13%

Current average variable rate is 6.58%

Monthly Repayments
£2,043
Based on a loan of £375,000 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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