20 Hill Street, St Helier, St. Helier
Description
Vacant Commercial Property – 20 Hill Street, St HelierLocated in the heart of St Helier, 20 Hill Street enjoys a prominent position opposite the Royal Court, the States Chamber and Royal Square. The surrounding area is well established as one of the island’s recognised professional districts, home to a concentration of legal, financial and corporate occupiers.The property comprises a commercial building arranged over four levels, offering flexible accommodation with strong asset management potential. Importantly, the premises are currently vacant, providing immediate possession and the opportunity for an incoming owner to implement a refurbishment, reconfiguration or redevelopment strategy without delay.The former tenant fit-out has been removed from the lower levels, including the previous spiral staircase connection between the ground and first floors. This opens up the possibility of extending the first floor across the existing void, creating three fully independent floors if desired. The upper floors have been fitted to a good standard and include kitchenette and WC facilities.A notable feature is the generous rear garden, accessed from the first-floor landing — a rare and attractive amenity for a town-centre building of this scale.Overall, the property presents a compelling opportunity for investors or owner-occupiers seeking a centrally located asset with clear potential for upgrading or redevelopment, subject to planning approval.HighlightsCurrently vacant – immediate availabilityOpportunity for refurbishment, repositioning or redevelopmentKitchenette and WC facilities throughoutLarge private rear gardenPrime central St Helier locationAccommodation (Approximate Net Internal Areas)Ground & First Floors: 1,271 sq ft (118.00 sq m)Second Floor: 499 sq ft (46.35 sq m…
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Nearby
- PubCock & Bottle0.04 mi · 1 min walk · 0 min drive
- RestaurantLittle Thai0.05 mi · 1 min walk · 0 min drive
- CaféCosta0.08 mi · 2 min walk · 0 min drive
- SupermarketTesco0.10 mi · 2 min walk · 0 min drive
- AirportJersey Airport5.6 mi · 18 min drive
- Petrol stationMotorama Bisson0.34 mi · 7 min walk · 1 min drive
- GP surgeryBath Street Medical Centre0.32 mi · 7 min walk · 1 min drive
- DentistBracken Barrett0.37 mi · 8 min walk · 1 min drive
- SchoolVictoria College Prep0.43 mi · 9 min walk · 1 min drive
- Hospital / medical centreBath Street Medical Centre0.32 mi · 7 min walk · 1 min drive
Nearest match in each category, from a fixed list of Jersey amenities — not every pub, café or shop on the island, so treat this as a useful sample, not a complete picture. Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), multiplied by 1.3 to approximate real road-network distance — this is an estimate, not turn-by-turn routing, and actual walking/driving routes may differ. Times assume constant average speeds appropriate to Jersey's roads and 40mph limits: walking 4.5 km/h, cycling 14 km/h, driving 30 km/h — not open-road speeds, and they don't account for traffic, parking or terrain.
What would this cost to buy?
A live estimate, not a quote — change any figure below and everything recalculates immediately. Stamp duty / Land Transaction Tax uses Jersey's own standard-residence bands (see buying property in Jersey for the full table and how share-transfer property differs); the mortgage side is a standard capital-and-interest repayment calculation, not an offer from any lender.
Getting connected
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What would improving it be worth?
Modelled for this property in St Helier, 118 m² of known floor area. Adjust build quality or size for this property
Value added is the extra floor area priced at £6,818/m² — the midpoint asking price per m² among 219 St Helier properties currently for sale that publish a floor area. Cost uses £4,000–£6,000/m² new build and £2,000–£4,000/m² refurbishment, depending on quality. Net is against the mid rate. The last column is how often Jersey actually approves that kind of application.
Unlike the value side of this table (priced from Jersey's own current asking prices), the £4k–6k new-build / £2k–4k refurbishment rates are carried across from guernseyproperties.gg, where they were supplied by that site's owner from local Guernsey experience — they have not been independently verified for Jersey, and construction costs plausibly differ between the islands. Treat the Cost and Net columns as an unverified placeholder until a Jersey-specific quantity surveyor's rate replaces them.
| Improvement | Value it might add | Likely cost | Net | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add a bedroom (single-storey extension) A modest double plus circulation, built new. ~14 m² |
£95,455 | £70,000 14 m² · mid spec new build range £56,000–£84,000 |
+£25,455 | 86% (569) |
| Loft conversion with a bedroom Works inside an existing roof, so it prices as refurbishment rather than new build — which is why it usually wins. ~20 m² |
£136,364 | £60,000 20 m² · mid spec refurb range £40,000–£80,000 |
+£76,364 | 86% (84) |
| Two-storey extension Roughly 14 m² on each of two floors. ~28 m² |
£190,909 | £140,000 28 m² · mid spec new build range £112,000–£168,000 |
+£50,909 | 83% (193) |
| Garage, annexe or outbuilding Detached space is worth less per m² than main-house floor area. ~18 m² |
£73,636 | £90,000 18 m² · mid spec new build range £72,000–£108,000 |
−£16,364 | 82% (216) |
Two things it cannot see. First, it prices floor area at the local average rate — it doesn't know your plot, your roof, your outlook, or whether an extension is physically possible; nor whether your street has a ceiling price that no amount of extending beats. Second, the rate comes from asking prices of other properties currently for sale that state a floor area — a minority of Jersey's live stock, so treat the sample sizes shown as real limits, not decoration.
The obvious alternative method is worse, which is why it isn't used here: comparing a typical 3-bed with a typical 4-bed suggests a bedroom is worth far more than it actually is — a bigger bed-count usually means a bigger house on a bigger plot, so that figure measures the mix of what's for sale, not the value of adding a room.
Before spending anything, get a builder's quote and talk to an architect — the type-of-work approval rates show how often that kind of application actually succeeds.
Sale history
| Sale date | Price | Address on register |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-13 | £700,000 | 20 Hill Street, St Helier, St. Helier |
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All 36 recorded sales on Hill Street
Planning history
No planning application found in the last 3 years for this address.
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The work type shown is inferred automatically from the wording of the planning application's own description — it isn't stated by the applicant. The base cost range comes from published UK national renovation/build-cost guides for that type of project, and a ~25% uplift has been added to reflect higher shipping/import and skilled-labour costs in the Channel Islands — this is an estimate, not a published index. These figures are indicative only, not a quote: actual cost depends on specification, finish, ground conditions and the contractor. For anything serious, get a quote from a local quantity surveyor or builder.
See the 27 architects, structural engineers and builders working in Jersey. This can't be narrowed to firms who've filed nearby this property or this parish — Jersey's planning register carries no applicant, agent or architect field to match against (see the professionals directory).
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