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Carlton Avenue, Greenhithe, Kent DA9

South East

£550,000

Listed on 28/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
5
Type
Detached
Area
1418 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

Offered chain free, this five-bedroom detached house has approximately 1,418 sq ft of accommodation, with two reception rooms and a kitchen/dining area. The layout includes a long main reception room and a second room that could serve as a separate sitting room, dining room or study. Upstairs are five bedrooms, a shower room and a separate WC. The kitchen/dining area looks out to the rear garden, which is described as approximately 72 ft by 36 ft. A separate garage and storage outbuilding provide additional space. The property is described as requiring updating and modernisation, giving a buyer scope to refurbish the existing accommodation to their requirements. Local shops, schools and everyday amenities are available in the Stone and Greenhithe area. Bluewater is nearby, while Greenhithe and Stone Crossing stations, Ebbsfleet International, local buses and access to the A2 and M25 provide transport connections.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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

55out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This five-bedroom home offers a generous canvas, with two well-proportioned reception rooms, a sizeable rear garden and useful parking. The interiors are consistently dated, so a light cosmetic refresh—along with clearing and improving the garden—could give the house a much fresher feel. The kitchen has an unfinished-looking area beneath the worktop, and there is dark staining on a wall near floor level worth checking; no major structural failure is apparent in the photos.

At £550,000, the asking price is about £388 per sq ft, just below the local average of £390, making the price reasonable on this measure. The overall opportunity is still weak: the numbers leave little headroom against the local average, despite the scope to personalise a substantial family home.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated finishes and flooring across the photographed rooms to give the generous accommodation a more cohesive feel.
  • Tidy and rework the garden’s overgrown boundaries and weathered paved areas to make better use of its size.
  • Make the two reception rooms work around different needs, such as separate living and dining areas or a home-working space.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Location

Carlton Avenue, Greenhithe, Kent DA9
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Stone Crossing Rail Station

    0.5 miles

    Train · Stone

  • Greenhithe for Bluewater Rail Station

    0.8 miles

    Train · Greenhithe

  • Dartford Rail Station

    1.9 miles

    Train · Dartford

  • Swanscombe Rail Station

    2.0 miles

    Train · Swanscombe

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Finance

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 5.13%

Current average variable rate is 6.58%

Monthly Repayments
£2,247
Based on a loan of £412,500 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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