Larch Grove, Blyth, NE24 3XU

Please quote reference KK049 when enquiring.

Here's What Happens When Someone Really Thinks About How A Modern Starter Home Should Be. An extended, open plan ground floor with a superb kitchen island, a ground floor shower room, two bedrooms upstairs and a landscaped low-maintenance garden out the back.

A kitchen island. A ground floor shower room. An open plan family room with full width bi- folding doors onto the landscaped back garden. These are the things you tell yourself you'll get eventually - in your second home, maybe third. Certainly not your first step on the ladder.

The owners bought this modern starter home new in 2002 and have spent two decades making it exactly how they wanted. You get the benefit of all of that.

The original end-terrace footprint has been extended at the rear to create a long, open plan run of space. You get a proper living room at the front, flowing through to a kitchen and family room at the back that get plenty of light and connect directly to the garden through bi-folding doors. 

The kitchen itself is the centrepiece: gloss white handleless units, dark stone-effect worktops, a central island with bar seating, integrated appliances and a statement extractor over the hob - the kind of kitchen you'd expect to be paying considerably more for. 

A separate small utility room sits off the kitchen, keeping laundry out of the main living space, and there's also a ground floor shower room - a genuine bonus that adds day-to-day flexibility most starter homes simply don't offer.

The living room, at the front of the house, has real character - a vertical oak slat panel anchors the TV wall and the space is warm, calm and bigger than the frontage suggests. The dining area, tucked between kitchen and garden doors, is perfect for having friends pop round for the evening.

Upstairs, there are two well-proportioned bedrooms. The main bedroom has space for a king size bed, light wood flooring, a feature teal wall and built-in storage. The second bedroom is a comfortable single or a natural home office. The family bathroom has been finished with a dark, boutique-hotel edge - a freestanding stone vessel basin on a dark vanity unit, a panelled bath and classic tiling.

Outside, the rear garden has been carefully laid out with artificial lawn, composite decking, slate chippings and railway sleeper borders - you can be out there with a coffee on a Sunday morning without thinking about what needs doing to it. 

The front has been finished in gravel - similarly neat, tidy and requiring zero effort. There is also a driveway providing parking for two cars.

Larch Grove sits in the South Beach area of Blyth, a popular residential pocket with Bede Academy close by and easy access to the A189 for anyone commuting towards Ashington, Morpeth or Newcastle and is also within easy reach of Blyth train station.

This is what first homes look like following two decades of careful upgrades. Most people have to wait until their second or third move to live somewhere like this. Here it's your starting point.

Get in touch to arrange a viewing - I’m expecting plenty of interest.

EPC Rating: TBC

Tenure: Leasehold 72 Years remaining (99 years from 2000)

Ground Rent: £40 per year

Council Tax Band: A