3 bed semi-detached house for sale

Baxter Avenue, Kidderminster DY10

A spacious three-storey period home offering excellent potential for refurbishment, with generous accommodation, a long rear garden and a convenient position close to Kidderminster town centre.

Description

This three-storey period home presents an exciting opportunity for those seeking a project. In need of full modernisation, the property offers generous proportions and a flexible layout ideal for transformation into a characterful family home. The ground floor features two well-sized reception rooms and to the rear lies the kitchen, which enjoys a pleasant outlook over the garden. Stairs lead down to a useful cellar, providing additional storage or potential for conversion. On the first floor is a good-sized bedroom and a study or dressing room, together with a bathroom fitted with a traditional suite. The second floor offers a large loft room, with potential to be a large primary bedroom, which provides further scope for conversion and improvement. Outside, the long rear garden offers ample opportunity for landscaping or extension, subject to the necessary consents.

Substantial three-storey Victorian property in need of modernisation throughout.

Generously proportioned rooms offering scope to reconfigure and personalise.

Long rear garden with mature planting and outbuilding.

On-street parking available to the front.

Situated within easy reach of local amenities and transport links.

The kitchen
Positioned to the rear of the property, the kitchen enjoys a bright aspect with a wide window overlooking the garden. There is a range of base and wall units offering practical storage and generous work surfaces. Space is provided for essential appliances, and a door leads directly out to the rear of the property.

The living room
Situated at the front of the property, the living room features a large window allowing in plenty of natural light. This well-proportioned space provides an excellent foundation for refurbishment and reconfiguration to suit individual needs. Its position and layout make it a versatile area that could form the heart of the home once modernised.

The dining room
Set between the kitchen and living room, the dining room offers generous proportions and a large window overlooking the garden, filling the space with natural light. The room connects directly to the kitchen, creating an ideal layout for future renovation. With its size and position, it provides an excellent opportunity to establish a comfortable and versatile living or dining area suited to modern family needs.

The primary bedroom
Occupying the top floor, this spacious room enjoys a dual aspect with natural light from windows to both the front and rear. Its generous proportions provide scope for various layout options, making it an excellent space for a principal bedroom. From here there is also access to the loft for additional storage.

The second bedroom
Located on the first floor, this double bedroom offers generous space, including built-in storage and a pleasant outlook to the front of the property. The room presents clear potential for refurbishment, providing a blank canvas for a new owner to shape into a comfortable and inviting space. Its size makes it well suited for use as a main or guest bedroom once modernised.

The study
Positioned on the first floor, this compact room could serve well as a home office or dressing room. It includes built-in shelving and offers scope for reconfiguration or repurposing as part of a wider renovation.

The bathroom
Located on the first floor, the bathroom includes a bath with shower, wash basin and WC. The room would benefit from full modernisation and provides a practical layout to rework into a comfortable and well-appointed space. A window to the rear allows for natural light and ventilation.

The garden
To the rear of the property lies a long garden that offers clear potential for improvement. Currently featuring a paved area, mature planting and a timber outbuilding, it presents an appealing opportunity for landscaping or extension, subject to any necessary consents. With thoughtful restoration, it could become a private and attractive outdoor space.

Location

Location
Kidderminster is a large Worcestershire town with a rich industrial heritage, best known for its historic carpet industry and strong sense of community. Today it offers excellent everyday amenities, including a wide choice of supermarkets, high street and independent shops, cafés, pubs, and restaurants. Weaver’s Wharf shopping centre and the town’s popular markets provide further convenience, while local attractions such as the Severn Valley Railway and the nearby West Midland Safari Park make it a lively and family-friendly place to live.

Families benefit from a good selection of schools, with highly regarded primary and secondary options including St George’s Primary School, King Charles I School, Baxter College, and St Catherine’s C of E Primary. The town is also within easy reach of respected independent schools in Worcester, Hagley, and Stourbridge.

Leisure and outdoor opportunities are plentiful. Brinton Park and Springfield Park provide green space close to the town centre, while the Wyre Forest National Nature Reserve, just outside Kidderminster, offers miles of woodland trails, cycling routes, and outdoor activities.

Kidderminster enjoys excellent transport links. The town’s railway station provides direct services to Worcester, Birmingham, and London (via connections), making it ideal for commuters. Road links are equally strong, with the A456, A449, and A442 providing access across the Midlands, and the M5 and M42 motorways within easy reach. Birmingham International Airport can be reached in under an hour by car.

Services

Services
The property benefits from mains gas, electricity, water and drainage.

Fees

Reservation Fee - refundable on exchange

A reservation fee, refundable on exchange, is payable prior to the issue of the Memorandum of Sale and after which the property may be marked as Sold Subject to Contract. The fee will be reimbursed upon the successful Exchange of Contracts.

The fee will be retained by Andrew Grant in the event that you the Buyer withdraws from the purchase or does not Exchange within 6 months of the fee being received other than for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Any significant material issues which individually are more than 1% of the agreed purchase price and are highlighted in a survey and were not evident or drawn to the attention of you, the Buyer, prior to the Memorandum of Sale being issued.
2. Serious and material defect in the seller’s legal title.
3. Local search revealing a matter that has a material adverse effect on the market value of the property that was previously undeclared and not in the public domain.
4. The vendor withdrawing the property from sale.

The reservation fee will be 0.5% of the accepted offer price for offers below £800,000 and 1% for offers of £800,000 or over. This fee, unless specified otherwise, is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and completion of an assessment of the buyer’s financial status and ability to proceed.

Should a buyer’s financial position regarding the funding of the property prove to be fundamentally different from that declared by the buyer when the Memorandum of Sale was completed, then the Vendor has the right to withdraw from the sale and/or the reservation fee retained. For example, where the buyer declares themselves as a cash buyer but are in fact relying on an unsecured sale of their property. The reservation fee will not be refunded where there is an inability on the part of the Buyer to raise any required mortgage after the Memorandum of Sale is completed.

Once the reservation fee has been paid, any renegotiation of the price stated in the memorandum of sale for any reason other than those covered in points 1 to 3 above will lead to the reservation fee being retained. A further fee will be levied on any subsequent reduced offer that is accepted by the vendor. This further fee will be subject to the same conditions that prevail for all reservation fees outlined above.