Summary - Cambrian View, Whipcord Lane, Chester CH1 4DF
7 bed 4 bath End of Terrace
Spacious investment with gated parking and loft conversion potential for experienced buyers.
- Licensed HMO for up to 10 occupants (currently seven bedrooms)
- Secure gated parking and rear patio garden
- Three kitchens, two reception rooms and useful cellar storage
- Loft room with potential to create additional lettable space
- Requires modernisation and energy efficiency improvements
- Solid-brick walls assumed uninsulated; upgrade recommended
- Potential to convert to 9–10 studios with planning (not approved)
- Council tax above average; refurbishment and compliance costs likely
A substantial three-storey Victorian end terrace in Chester’s sought-after Garden Quarter, this long-established HMO is licence-stamped for up to ten occupants and currently arranged as seven lettable bedrooms across roughly 2,960 sq ft. The layout includes three kitchens, two reception rooms, a cellar for storage and a loft room with potential for an extra lettable space — useful advantages for continued HMO use or conversion to self-contained studios (subject to planning).
Practical features include secure gated parking, a rear patio garden, double glazing and gas central heating. The property offers clear income potential in a mixed student-and-professional neighbourhood with fast broadband and excellent mobile signal. With no onward chain, an investor or buyer who wants a project can move quickly.
The house does need modernisation: cosmetic updating is required throughout, and the solid-brick walls are assumed uninsulated, so energy performance upgrades will be needed to improve efficiency and tenant appeal. Planning to convert into nine or ten studios is noted as a possibility but has not been submitted or approved, so any redevelopment will depend on securing permissions.
This is most suitable for investors or experienced landlords comfortable managing refurbishment and compliance work, or a buyer who wants a large family home with scope to reconfigure. Key positives are the size, HMO licence for 10, gated parking and cellar storage; key considerations are the renovation cost, higher-than-average council tax banding and the need to confirm planning for any studio conversions.
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