College Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire

This property is a highly attractive and comfortable end-of-terrace house with four bedrooms and extended living space. The property features splendid red brick elevations, sash windows and other charming original details, combined with stylish modern décor and high-quality, contemporary fittings throughout.

The ground floor has an open-plan, flowing layout with the 25ft sitting room at the front and the extended kitchen and dining area at the rear, adjoined as one continuous living and entertaining space with wooden parquet flooring throughout. The sitting room has a bay window at the front, welcoming plenty of natural light, as well as built-in shelving and storage, and a fireplace fitted with a woodburning stove. The extended kitchen has a ceiling lantern skylight, full-height windows and French doors opening to the west-facing rear garden. There is space for a dining table with built-in banquette seating, while the kitchen itself has shaker-style fitted units, a split butler sink, a long central island and integrated appliances, including a double oven and an induction hob with a recessed extractor.

On the first floor there are three well-presented double bedrooms, including the principal bedroom with its wooden flooring, two sash windows to the front and extensive built-in wardrobes. The first floor also has a family bathroom with floor-to-ceiling tiling, a bathtub, a pedestal washbasin with storage underneath and a separate shower unit. Stairs continue from the first-floor landing to the second floor, where there is a fourth double bedroom with two skylights and an en suite shower room, fitted with a rainfall shower.

The house is set on a peaceful residential street with on-street parking in marked bays along one side of the street, via a resident permit parking scheme. At the front of the property, wrought-iron fencing and dwarf walls enclose the front garden, where there is a tiled pathway leading to the entrance, which is covered by a storm porch. A gate to the side leads to the rear garden, where there is a patio area for al fresco dining across the back of the house, with steps leading down to the lawn and a pathway leading to the end of the garden, where there is a timber-clad garden office with full-height windows and French doors welcoming plenty of natural light.

The property is located in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter in the old conservation area and within very easy reach of the City Centre, with its wealth of amenities including shopping and leisure activities, Verulamium Park, The Abbey, St Michael’s Village and very well-regarded local schools. The mainline station, with its fast through services via St Pancras International to the City (19 mins) Gatwick and beyond, is also close at hand. Road users enjoy easy access to the M1, M25 and the A1(M) and to the airports at Heathrow, Luton and Stansted.