Battlesden, Bedfordshire, MK17

A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A PERIOD SEMI-DETACHED COTTAGE FOR IMPROVEMENT SET IN A TRULY RURAL HAMLET LOCATION AND BENEFITTING FROM A 0.25 ACRE PLOT.

Offered with no chain and offering potential to modernize and extend (subject to consents) this semi-detached period cottage is just one of a pair set in a delightful location.
Surrounded by open countryside with very little passing traffic and some pretty walks to the Battlesden church, the property has a plot of approximately 0.25 acre and is ideal for those looking for a rural lifestyle. Private but not isolated, the house is just two miles from Woburn with its variety of independent shops, galleries, restaurants, safari park and soon to be reopened stately home – Woburn Abbey.
The house comprises hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms and bathroom and does require updating to modern standards but has the benefit of oil-fired central heating and a replacement fuse board. Character features intact include pine doors, sash windows and some attractive period fireplaces.
A feature of the property is the garden which lies to the side of the house with large lawns and some lovely apple, plum and sloe trees all surrounded by hedging providing a good degree of privacy.

ACCOMMODATION
Entrance hall – understairs cupboard and window to side.
Sitting room – cast iron fireplace and surround with window to the front.
Dining/breakfast room – quarry tiled floor and fireplace with window to rear and door with stairs to the first floor.
Kitchen – range of base and wall units with sink and oil-fired boiler serving domestic hot water and heating.

OUTSIDE
Gates front garden with boundary hedging and corner plot garden with lawns, mature shrubs and trees. To the rear of the house are three useful brick outbuildings providing storage.


FIRST FLOOR
Landing with access to loft.
Bedroom one – fireplace with window to the front.
Bedrooms two – fireplace with window to the rear.
Bedroom three – window to the rear.
Bathroom – suite of white bath, wash basin and wc.

LOCATION
Battlesden is a small secluded hamlet, conveniently located about one mile from the A5 and within easy reach of Junctions 12 and 13 of the M1. It is surrounded by the Bedford Estate with Woburn Abbey nearby. Woburn, a very pretty Georgian village, has a general store with post office, antique shop and fine restaurants, whilst Milton Keynes provides more extensive shopping and leisure facilities. Woburn Golf and Country Club is readily accessible and the area is well served by good local schools for children of all ages. Nearby railway stations offer regular services to London, via Harlington to the City (40 minutes). Milton Keynes to Euston (40 minutes). Air travel is available locally with Luton and Stansted within easy reach.