Viewed it! OK, so it's now a lot more house than it was. The most recently sold on that road late last year was a 3 bed semi that had been refurbished but was still a 3 bed/2 reception semi. It was on for £395k (don't know what it actually sold for). This was £270k a year ago and was in quite a state judging by the RM archive pics. I am not totally convinced it's now worth £525k but who knows in this crazy market?!
So, what they'd done - turned garage into home office - floor, insulation, decor, guttering, electrics but no heating. House completely rewired, all new double glazing, new roof, new heating system and boiler installed. Knocked dining room into kitchen and moved it around to create a lovely open space with big windows onto the garden. Refurbished original floorboards throughout ground and first floor. New bathroom suite installed on first floor, plus a big cupboard to house a washing machine/tumble dryer stack. Loft conversion so there's now a master bedroom up there with en suite shower room and eaves storage. Outside was going to be landscaped to create front garden with two parking spaces and back garden with patio. They haven't done that yet - we saw it before it's on market on the day the EAs were there writing blurb.
So, it was a 3 bed semi, now it's a 4 bed semi, with two receptions and a home office. We're not going to put in an offer though, as there's no downstairs loo (fairly crucial for family life with 6yo and visiting granny) and I'm not happy at the idea of sleeping floor above DD, who sometimes still has nightmares etc. We're also aware that immediately opposite the house is going to be a building site and new housing development fairly soon with probably months of disruption.
I'm glad we viewed it though. I liked seeing what they'd done, and the EAs were really nice and chatty! Another one popped up in our Zoopla alerts today so we're viewing that on Thursday.