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Long Stratton

PROPERTY TYPE

Detached Bungalow

BEDROOMS

4

BATHROOMS

2

SIZE

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TENURE
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Key features

  • NO 'FORWARD CHAIN'
  • SCOPE TO FURTHER UPDATE
  • PARKING FOR 4 OR 5 CARS
  • 23' RECEPTION ROOM, PLUS SMALL STUDY.
  • 25' KITCHEN/DINER/FAMILY ROOM
  • CHARMING COLOURFUL WELL STOCKED REAR GARDEN
  • GARAGE & ATTACHED WORKSHOP
  • OIL CENTRAL HEATING, DBLE GLAZING & CWI
  • KITCHEN APPLIANCES AVAILABLE
  • WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF TOWN CENTRE & BUS STOP

Description

**MUCH REDUCED TO NEW GUIDE PRICE OF £325,000** **FIRST TIME TO THE MARKET & MUST BE VIEWED**  A SPACIOUS DETACHED FOUR BEDROOMED BUNGALOW, BUILT IN 1968 AND EXTENDED IN THE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S, IN THE SAME OWNERSHIP SINCE NEW, WITH A 23' LOUNGE AND A 25' KITCHEN/DINER/FAMILY ROOM, STUDY, SHOWER ROOM AND BATHROOM, HAVING OIL FIRED CENTRAL HEATING, CAVITY WALL INSULATION, DOUBLE GLAZING AND A WELL INSULATED ROOF SPACE, BUT NOW OFFERING SCOPE FOR FURTHER UPDATING, WITH A CHARMING ENCLOSED AND LARGELY PAVED MATURE, WELL STOCKED AND COLOUFUL REAR GARDEN, WITH RAISED BRICK PLANTER BEDS AND RUSTIC TIMBER ARCHES CREATING A NUMBER OF OUTDOOR SITTING AND DINING AREAS, AND A MAINLY WALLED FRONT GARDEN, WITH GARAGE AND A SHINGLE DRIVEWAY PROVIDING PARKING FOR FOUR OR FIVE CARS, IN THIS POPULAR AND SOUGHT AFTER CENTRAL LOCATION IN LONG STRATTON, WITHIN A SHORT WALK OF THE TOWN CENTRE. NO  FORWARD 'CHAIN'.


CANOPIED ENTRANCE PORCH

(5'3" x 3')(1.6m x 0.91m) With low brick side wall and quarry tile step. Six-panel stained timber front entrance door, with brass doorknob, knocker and letterplate.


ENTRANCE HALL

(9'3" x 4'3")(2.82m x 1.3m) With door curtain and security chain to the front door. Artex ceiling, dado rail, radiator with thermostatic valve, master phone socket and oak-effect plank floor. Double six- panel pine doors to the Sitting Area of the Lounge and doors to the Kitchen/Diner/Family Room and to the Shower Room.


SHOWER ROOM

(8'2" max, 5'3" min x 6'11")(2.49m max, 1.6m min x 2.11m) East facing window, with curtains to the side. Artex ceiling, with extractor fan and access to insulated roof space. White suite of pedestal handbasin with tiled splashback and side shelf, low flush w.c. and fully tiled double size shower cubicle with ceramic tray, chrome power shower and sliding glass door. Shaver light/socket. Wall mounted downflow fan heater and radiator with thermostatic valve. Ceramic tile floor. Built in Airing Cupboard, with insulated hot water cylinder, with two immersion heaters, serving the shower room, and slatted shelving.


KITCHEN/DINER/FAMILY ROOM

(25'10" max, 24'9" min x 11'8")(7.87m max, 7.54m min x 3.56m) With two east facing secondary double glazed shallow windows to the side, north facing secondary double glazed window overlooking the rear garden and west facing double glazed French doors opening onto a paved courtyard, all with curtains. Stained pine ceiling. Fitted with a range of solid pine base cupboards, two with chrome double carousels, drawers and wall cupboards, with matching pull out front to Whirlpool filter/ extractor cooker hood. Two matching tall cupboards with double doors, one with pelmet to the side over space for tall fridge/freezer, and one with set of wall bookshelves to the side. .Pine-edged large ceramic tiled worktops, with deep matching tiled splashbacks and stainless-steel single drainer deep twin-bowl inset sink with high rise mixer tap. Appliances of slot-in Hotpoint Ultima electric double oven with four plate ceramic hob, Hoover under counter freezer, Beko dishwasher, Hoover washing machine and Hotpoint tall fridge not included in the sale but available by negotiation if required. Television point and ample power points, two radiators with thermostatic valves and ceramic tiled floor.


LOUNGE/SITTING ROOM

(23'max, 21'9"min x 15'4" max, 11'9" min)(7.01m max, 6.63m min x 4.67m max, 3.58m min). A large reception room, formerly the Lounge and Dining Area, now comprising:

SITTING AREA (12' x 11'9")(3.66m x 3.58m) Approached from the Entrance Hall through 3'8"(1.12m) wide six-panel pine double doors, and with north facing obscure double glazed French doors, with curtains, opening onto the paved courtyard. Stained cedar ceiling, with coving and moulded plaster rose. Dado rail, radiator with thermostatic valve, two tv points, fitted carpet and full room width opening to the:

LOUNGE AREA (15'4" x 11')(4.67m x 3.35m) With south facing secondary glazed wide picture window, with curtains, overlooking the drive and front garden. Artex ceiling with coving and two moulded plaster roses. Dado rail, radiator with thermostatic valve, and wall mounted room thermostat, plus wireless thermostat. Yorkstone open fireplace and mantle with flagstone hearth and raised dog-grate in deep opening, ideal for a wood-burning stove, with two raised pine side shelves on Yorkstone plinths. Television point, fitted carpet and door to:


INNER HALL

(12'8" x 3')(3.86m x 0.91m) With artex ceiling, having access, with loft ladder, to insulated roof space, vertical tongued and grooved timber wall cladding , radiator with thermostatic valve, oak-effect laminate plank floor and six-panel pine doors to the Study/Rear Hall, Bedrooms and Bathroom.


STUDY/REAR HALL

(9'4" x 4'1" plus 9'5" x 3'8"max, 3'3"min)(2.65m x 1.25m plus 2.87m x 1.12m max, 0.99m min) "L" shaped, with south facing double glazed window, with curtains, looking onto the drive. Smooth ceiling with smoke alarm, phone socket and radiator with thermostatic valve. Light pine-effect laminate plank floor and ledged and braced timber emergency rear exit door, with quick release door bar. Built in low cupboard containing modern electrical consumer unit and meter, with bookshelves above.


BEDROOM ONE

(11'8" x 9'6")(3.56m x 2.9m) With north facing double glazed window and French door, with curtains, to the rear garden. Artex ceiling with coving, large wall-mounted mirror, radiator with thermostatic valve and light oak-effect laminate plank floor.


BEDROOM TWO

(9'9" x 8'9")(2.97m x 2.67m) With north facing double glazed window, with roller blind and curtains, looking onto the rear garden. Artex ceiling with coving, radiator with thermostatic valve, small bedhead strip light, light beech-effect built-in open-fronted wardrobe, and fitted carpet.


BEROOM THREE

(12'4" x 7'6" max, 6'4" min)(3.76m x 2.29m max, 1.93m min) With south facing double glazed window to the front and west facing secondary double glazed high level wide window to the side drive, both with curtains. Artex ceiling with coving, radiator with thermostatic valve, vanity unit with handbasin in laminate top with double cupboard beneath, large wall mirror above and power point to the side. Built-in single wardrobe, and double doors to built in Airing Cupboard, with insulated hot water cylinder, with immersion heater (not wired in), serving the bathroom, carpet to most.


BEDROOM FOUR

(11' x 6'10")(3.35m x 2.08m) With east facing secondary double glazed high level wide window, with roller blind and curtains, looking onto the paved courtyard. Artex ceiling with coving, radiator with thermostatic valve, bedhead pull switch and dimmer switch to light, fitted carpet.


BATHROOM

(8'5" x 4'7")(2.57m x 1.4m) With west facing secondary double glazed high level wide window to the side drive, with roller blind and curtains. Artex ceiling with extractor fan. Wall mounted downflow fan heater, radiator with thermostatic valve and ceramic tile floor. White "shell effect" suite of pedestal handbasin, with tiled splashback and mirror above, close-coupled w.c. with tiled splashback and shelf beneath and panelled bath with Triton electric shower above, folding glass side screen, and full height wall tiling to the side and end of the bath.


ATTACHED GARAGE

(15'7" x 8'8")(4.75m x 2.64m) Brick built with a flat felt roof, up and over door, side personal door, light and power. Attached to the rear of the garage is a WORKSHOP (8'8" x 7'8")(2.64m x 2.34m) of similar construction, with side window, strip light, power points, workbench, double wall cupboards, and housing the Aquaflame 'Evolution' oil fired boiler, providing central heating and hot water. To the rear of the workshop is a Titan 1,225 litre plastic OIL STORAGE TANK.


THE GARDENS

To the front is a low brick wall, with a RAISED PLANTER BED behind extending to the Entrance Porch, stocked with a variety of shrubs and herbaceous plants. A SHINGLE DRIVE extends across the front of the bungalow, towards the Entrance Porch, and along the west side, to the Garage, where there is an OUTSIDE FLOODLIGHT on a sensor. The drive provides PARKING SPACE FOR FOUR TO FIVE CARS. Along the front elevation are THREE BRICK EDGED BEDS with shrubs. To the front elevation is an OUTSIDE SINGLE POWER POINT and a RAINWATER BUTT. To the west side of the bungalow and drive is a brick boundary wall, with a closeboard panel fence forward of the building. From the Entrance Porch a short paved path extends to a handgate in a short picket fence to the east side, where there is a paved area for bins etc. A timber screen handgate then opens to a paved path along the east side of the bungalow and leads to the rear, with a trellis topped 4'6"(1.37m) high brick wall to the east boundary.

The REAR GARDEN is largely paved with a number of RAISED BRICK PLANTER BEDS stocked with a variety of shrubs, climbers, plants and bulbs. Two timber TRELLIS ARCHES lead to a small lawn, creating a SECRET GARDEN. A trellis gate leads into a PAVED AREA where there is a RAINWATER BUTT and an OUTSIDE LIGHT. An ivy and climber covered trellis screens this area from a further area where there are two apple trees. To the west side and rear boundaries are timber closeboard screen fences, with the rear fence set behind a low brick wall and raised planter bed and a brick BARBECUE with a paved path to the front, leading to a SOUTH-WEST FACING PAVED SITTING AREA, with box hedging, shrubs and a further RAISED PLANTER BED with roses, bulbs and shrubs. A RUSTIC TIMBER ARCH leads onto a further PAVED AREA at the rear of the kitchen, where there is an OUTSIDE TAP. A clematis covered trellis leads into a paved COURTYARD (19'6" x 11')(5.94m x 3.35m) enclosed on three sides by the bungalow and accessed via the French doors from the Kitchen/Diner/Family Room and the Sitting Room/Lounge.


SITE MEASUREMENTS

The effective frontage is about 60'(18.29m) and the rear width is about 62'(18.9m). The front garden/drive is about 20'(6.1m) deep and the rear garden is about 36.6'(11.13m) deep. The total plot depth is about 93'(28.35m).


SERVICES

Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected. Mains gas is not available.


COUNCIL TAX BAND

The property is in Band C.


TENURE

Freehold with vacant possession.


EPC

An Energy Performance Certificate is available from our office and the rating chart giving a rating of "D - 59", is below.


VIEWING

By appointment through our office on .


DIRECTIONS

From the town centre, proceed south along the A140, turning right at the traffic lights, by Stratton Motor Co, into Flowerpot Lane. Take the first turning on the left into St Mary's Road, then first left into Rectory Close and No 5 is the third property on the left, with our 'For Sale' board displayed.

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About Aldridge Lansdell, Long Stratton

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