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Description 3 Bedroom Semi Detached House For Sale on West Drive, Leicester, LE5 5BR Price: Offers Over £195,000 Key Features Excellent Flip / Investment Project with massive potential to add value.
3 Generous Bedrooms ideal for families or rental investment. 1 Reception Room offering a bright and spacious living area. 1 Bathroom, providing a practical layout.
Highly Desirable LE5 Location, close to excellent schools and amenities.
Property Overview An incredible opportunity has arisen to acquire this 3-bedroom semi-detached house on the highly sought-after West Drive in Leicester (LE5).
Offered to the market as a blank canvas, this property is the perfect project for property flippers, investors, or hands-on buyers looking to design and renovate a home to their exact specifications.
The property boasts a traditional layout, presenting an excellent opportunity to add substantial capital value through a comprehensive cosmetic update or potential structural reconfiguration (subject to necessary planning consents).
Interior Accommodation Ground Floor: A welcoming entrance hallway leads into a spacious reception room that enjoys plenty of natural light.
Towards the rear, the kitchen space awaits a modern transformation, offering a fantastic footprint to design a contemporary culinary hub or potentially create an open-plan kitchen/diner.
First Floor: The first floor features three well-proportioned bedrooms with ample space for storage.
The family bathroom -a highly functional setup that could easily be modernised into a sleek, unified family bathroom or a high-end suite.
Exterior & Grounds The property benefits from an appealing semi-detached frontage with potential for off-road parking (subject to curb-dropping approvals).
Location Situated in a peaceful yet highly connected pocket of Leicester (LE5), West Drive is known for its excellent local amenities.
The property sits within easy reach of reputable schools, supermarkets, and local parks.
Commuters will benefit from robust transport links directly into Leicester City Centre, making it a perennially popular area for both families and working professionals.
This property represents a rare, high-margin transformation project in a premium residential area. Early viewing is highly recommended to appreciate the sheer scope of potential on offer.
Council Tax Band: C
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Properties like this can earn 2–3x BTL yields when converted to HMO, with retrofit costs around £10k/room. Sign in to see the full tier, yield projection, and cost breakdown.
Commercial properties like this can earn 30-50% higher yields when converted to residential under Class MA / Q / P / PA, with prior approval costing ~GBP 96/unit. Sign in to see the recommended route, yield uplift, and cost breakdown.
BRRR-suited properties can recycle 80-100% of investor capital on refi, leaving a high-yielding rental with most of the money out. Sign in to see the refurb cost stack, ARV projection, and refinance maths.
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Short-lease flats trade at deep discount, but extending under the 1993 Act often costs far less than the discount. Pro tier unlocks the tier badge, premium breakdown, long-lease ARV and arbitrage maths.
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