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Mawfa Avenue, Sheffield S14

Yorkshire

£125,000

Listed on 22/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Terraced
Area
823 sqft

Features

  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom terraced house offers approximately 823 sq ft of accommodation, with a layout that includes an entrance hall, a spacious living room, a kitchen and a separate utility room. The living room measures around 6.10m by 3.06m, while the kitchen is approximately 3.14m by 2.92m and the utility room 2.16m by 1.71m. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. The largest bedroom measures approximately 3.77m by 3.52m, with the other two measuring around 3.43m by 2.23m and 3.52m by 2.53m. The property is freehold and falls within Council Tax Band A. A driveway provides off-road parking at the front. At the rear, a large garden includes paved and lawned areas, with scope for landscaping. The listing describes the house as requiring modernisation, making it a potential project for a buyer wishing to update the existing accommodation. The property is marketed by Purplebricks.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

43out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

There is a straightforward cosmetic project here rather than an obvious heavy refurbishment: the living room and bedrooms look usable, while dated finishes across the house offer scope to refresh the décor and flooring and decide whether the kitchen or bathroom need more than an update. The long garden, driveway parking and generous living space are useful assets to build on.

The value case is the sticking point. At £125,000, the asking price is about £152/sq ft against a local average of £140, and the purchase price plus a mid-to-substantial works programme would leave costs stretched against local benchmarks for this floor area. That comparison is with the current local average, not a forecast of the value after renovation, so this is a project to assess carefully rather than assume will deliver a margin.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated décor and flooring to give the usable living room and bedrooms a more contemporary feel.
  • Review the older kitchen and bathroom finishes and target improvements to suit the budget, rather than assuming both need full replacement.
  • Make the most of the long garden, mature planting and driveway, with scope to tidy the patio and garden edges.

Key risks

  • At this asking price, adding the planned works leaves the overall spend stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this floor area.
  • All-in costs look stretched when the asking price sits alongside the indicated works scale — around 17% above what similar-sized stock commands locally today; post-works value sits outside our data.

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Map

Location

Mawfa Avenue, Sheffield S14
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Herdings Park

    0.3 miles

    Metro · Herdings

  • Herdings - Leighton Road

    0.6 miles

    Metro · Herdings

  • Gleadless Townend

    1.0 miles

    Metro · Gleadless Townend

  • White Lane

    1.1 miles

    Metro · Charnock

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 5.13%

Current average variable rate is 6.58%

Monthly Repayments
£511
Based on a loan of £93,750 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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