A three-bed house in High Wycombe is heading to auction for £200,000 – but buyers will have to reckon with one major problem.

The property on The Quadrant, near Walton Drive and Totteridge Recreation Ground, will be sold via online auction by McHugh & Co on Tuesday, October 29.

While it looks innocuous enough from the outside, the three-bed house’s interiors need some serious TLC – with photos showing extensive deterioration of walls and ceilings, with several floors collapsing into the rooms below.

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The auctioneers tactfully acknowledged the dire state of the property by describing it as “requiring modernisation” – with a rear garden also in disrepair, littered with overgrown plants and miscellaneous pieces of wood and plastic.

According to legal documents, the semi-detached house was handed over to an administrator in July and details of the listing include plans to turn it into a six-bedroom house of multiple occupancy (HMO).

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Up for grabs as a freehold vacant possession for those looking to get their hands dirty, the unit also has features to recommend it, including an off-street driveway and the remnants of an entrance hall, kitchen/dining room and utility room on its ground floor.

They may not be functioning at the moment, but there are also would-be toilets on each floor alongside three bedrooms on the second level.

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For more details of the upcoming auction, click here.