Elm Avenue
Lenzie Family Home
Refurbishment
A tired lower sandstone conversion in Lenzie refurbished into a family home and sold for £387,000.
Off-Market Private Sale.
Sold Without Open-Market Disruption.
Elm Avenue was an off-market private sale in Lenzie. The sellers did not want the disruption of open-market viewings, so the property was valued and bought directly at that valuation.
The house had real substance: a lower sandstone conversion with three bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen, rear utility area, garage, large drawing room and a significant garden. It was tired inside, but the building, setting and family-buyer demand were all strong.
Lenzie is an affluent East Dunbartonshire suburb north of Glasgow, with family appeal, rail and road connections, local amenities and school demand. In this market, the buyer is often driven by more than square footage. Family connection, catchment, commute and long-term lifestyle all matter.
The big strategic issue was the garden. There was potential to split part of the garden as a separate plot, but it was not physically separated before viewings. The eventual buyers emotionally connected with the full garden and wanted it kept as one.
What was done.
And why it mattered.
If the exit strategy involves splitting land, make that reality visible from day one. Fence it, separate it and present it that way before buyers form an emotional attachment.
Sold for £387,000 against a purchase price of £280,000. The buyers connected emotionally with the full garden and purchased the property as one. The lesson around land splitting was learned for future projects.
If the exit strategy involves splitting land, make that reality visible from day one. Fence it, separate it and present it that way before buyers form an emotional attachment.
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