To Build Perchance To Dream: Homes With Potential, September 2025

Here we’ve gathered twenty properties to whet your appetite for renovation.

As I have surely mentioned before, this is one of my favourite features, although it does tend to get muddled. The houses below span the full spectrum of potential. Some are on their last legs, others need little more than a lick of paint, a well placed painting and some sturdy soft furnishings. That is no bad thing, since our abilities vary. When we moved into our house I had barely any imagination or ingenuity, so the footprint remains almost exactly as we found it. Others are blessed with the brains of champions; they can manoeuvre walls, refit kitchens and create masterful bathrooms. You, I suspect, are the latter, so have at the list below, where your dreams of a project that takes years, and quite possibly becomes a the most glorious of money pits.

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Early 19th Century Detached House, 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Acomb, York, £650k

Good bones, nice size garden, not much to grumble about.

Early 19th Century Detached House, 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Acomb, York, £650k

Early 19th Century Detached House, 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Acomb, York, £650k

Early 19th Century Detached House, 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Acomb, York, £650k

Early 19th Century Detached House, 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Acomb, York, £650k

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