Goodenough Drive, Wantage, OX12

A smart, recently built, contemporary semi-detached house with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, landscaped garden, driveway parking and the balance of an NHBC warranty. All set in a thoughtfully considered development with more than 100 acres of green space, just a 15 minute stroll into Wantage. Want the best of all worlds? You have it with this family home.

Exterior
A real head-turner property, this smart double-fronted, detached, cream rendered home is approached by a short path to the front door. Or, for a more informal route in, continue around the house to enter via the side gate and the French doors into the kitchen/diner.

You have parking for two cars on the driveway to the side.

Entrance
The light, bright, spacious hallway welcomes you and sets the tone for the rest of the house: calm neutral colour palette, floors unified by either a single colour of carpet or smart hardwearing LVT flooring, and a feeling of space.

There’s a well lit downstairs WC and a spacious laundry/utility cupboard with built-in washing machine, space for a tumble dryer and a useful worktop. Under the stairs is another useful storage cupboard.

Kitchen/diner/sitting room
This is the heart and hub of this family home, with good proportions, masses of light and a very workable layout. The kitchen has soft gray framed cabinets with silver handles and wood effect worktops and upstands.

The chef of the house will love the 5-burner gas hob with wok stand, beneath the extractor hood, and the built-in eye-level double fan-oven and microwave/grill combo.

Storage is in abundance with wide pan drawers, cupboards and wall units; the cohesive look being maintained with a built-in dishwasher and fridge-freezer. The stainless steel 1½ bowl sink comes with swan-neck mono tap. Lighting is with low energy recessed ceiling lights in the kitchen, and a pendant light fitting in the dining area.

You have space for a dining table, somewhere to progress homework under a watchful eye, craft and enjoy many happy family meals together.

The French doors open onto the enclosed garden and patio, and allow little people to run in and out in safety, and for you to keep the barbecue stocked and the chef refreshed on warm summer days.

WC
The ‘smallest room’ features a close-coupled toilet, pedestal hand basin with mono tap and tiled splashback, wall-hung radiator and extractor fan.

FIRST FLOOR
The feeling of space and calm is maintained as you reach the first floor, with a generous landing. There’s a handy cupboard for bedding, storing the vacuum cleaner and other first-floor bits and bobs.

Principal bedroom
A good-sized double bedroom filled with light thanks to the full height windows. The built-in wardrobes have mirrored sliding doors, helping to bounce light around and give a feeling of space. There’s room too for a chest of drawers, a vanity unit and more.

Ensuite
The rather smart ensuite has boutique hotel-inspired tiling, which is full height in the shower enclosure and half-height elsewhere. The wide walk-in shower has sliding doors and plenty of elbow-room. A heated ladder-style radiator keeps towels warm and dry. The loo is close-coupled and the basin wide with a smart mono tap. This is a lovely space to start and end the day.

Bedroom 2
Another good-sized double bedroom with built-in wardrobes, space for bedside cabinets and/or chests of drawers, and views over the back garden.

Bedroom 3
Another good size double, with view over the back garden.

Family bathroom
The handsome stone-effect tiles really set the tone for this practical family bathroom. The full-length bath with glass screen is topped by a thermostatic shower on a riser bar, ideal for showers, bathing little people and cleaning the bath.

There’s a close-coupled loo, a wide basin with mono tap beneath a mirror and shaver socket, and on the wall a heated ladder-style radiator warms and dries towels.

OUTSIDE
The garden is fully-enclosed behind close board panel fences. This is wonderfully low maintenance garden, with some beds and scope to add more planting of your choice. Currently laid mostly to grass, it has a slabbed path from gate to kitchen/diner, and up to the shed – which has a larger patio area in front.

At the back of the garden is an area of raised decking with pergola above and slatted walls on three sides. A perfect spot for your garden sofa, outside dining and the barbecue.

Situation
Goodenough Drive sits on the Kingsgrove development, a new purpose-built community that has more than 100 acres of green space and parks, and which will grow to a little over 1500 homes.

Within a short walk you’ll have a nursery, primary school, medical centre, café, church, care home, workspaces, sports areas, community orchard, allotments and more – some are here now, some still in development.

Transport links
Walk – it’s roughly a 15-minute walk to Wantage, 5 minutes to your nearest bus stop or the new Co-op, 15 minutes to your nearest pub and 20 minutes to Sainsbury’s.

Bike – Cycle routes connect you to Harwell Campus in 30 minutes and Gove in 5 minutes. Along the Reading Road, Wantage is just a 7 minute cycle.

Bus – The local X36 bus, your nearest bus stop is roughly a 5 minute walk, takes you into Wantage and Grove, Milton Park and Didcot.

Car – Wantage town centre is just over a mile away. Didcot is a 20-minute drive. Oxford and Reading are both close by.

Train – Your nearest station is Didcot Parkway, which connects you with London Paddington in 42 minutes, Reading in 12 minutes and Bristol Temple Meads in 1 hour. Oxford Station takes you to Paddington in 1 hour, Banbury in 17 minutes and Birmingham New Street in 1 hr 10.

In the area
Wantage is a wonderfully unspoilt historic market town, famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849 and home to former Poet Laureate, John Betjeman.

It has been both a Roman settlement and a station for Royalist troops in the English Civil War. More recently, it was home in the 19th Century to Lord Wantage, a founder of the British Red Cross, and the benefactor who paid for the marble statue of King Alfred which stands in the market place today.

Today the town has a selection of pubs and restaurants, with more in the surrounding villages and towns. It also has cricket, tennis, football and badminton clubs, a Leisure Centre, and coaching centre.

The ancient Ridgeway is nearby and a must for any walkers, the Letcombe Brook, a rare chalk stream, flows through the town, and it is close to the North Wessex Downs AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).

Schooling
Schools in the area include:
Primary: Wantage Primary Academy, on the Kingsgrove development, which was rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in May 2023
Secondary: King Alfred’s Academy

In addition, there is a wide range of private schooling available that includes: Moulsford Prep School and Cranford House School in Wallingford, Pangbourne College, Abingdon School, Bradfield College, Radley College and more.

Services
Central heating and hot water are gas fired.
The heating is zoned upstairs/downstairs with Nest smart thermostats for each zone and TRVs on radiators.
Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage.
Solar PV heating the hot water tank.

Connectivity
Broadband: According to Openreach, Ultrafast Full Fibre is available at up to 1600Mbps.
Mobile: According to Vodafone, mobile coverage with their 5G service is ‘Good indoors and outdoors’.

Council
The local authority is Vale of White Horse.
The Council Tax band is E.

Tenure
Freehold, with an estate rent charge, currently c.£360/year, which contributes to the maintenance of the communal grounds and facilities.

EPC rating: A. Tenure: Freehold,