High Street, Codicote, Hitchin

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this exceptional three bedroom, two bathroom semi-detached family home enjoying an unparalleled location in the very centre of the thriving and vibrant village of Codicote. With generous and beautifully specified accommodation arranged over three floors, this is a real Tardis of a house, with a talented architect designing the interior which retains and celebrates some lovely original features that combine sympathetically with the modern fit and finish whilst fully maximising the ample space on offer. This fabulous family home represents an incredibly rare opportunity to acquire a well appointed property in a great location that also benefits from a double garage with direct access into the rear garden with private off-street parking for multiple cars on the driveway.

Accommodation:
The pretty front door is inset with a decorative leaded light window and opens directly into the spacious living room. This is a wonderfully light, bright room, with a large front facing window sporting a stylish adjustable internal shutter. Being completely square makes it all very usable space, easily able to accept multiple pieces of lounge furniture, with a well blended combination of traditional and modern that includes picture rails and dado rails as well as a fabulous exposed brick open fireplace with a cast iron grate and a decorative hood set beneath a contemporary wooden mantel.

Adjoining the living room to the rear is the dining room, a large room occupying the centre of the house, which has been creatively connected open plan through to the kitchen but which very much retains a separate identity and atmosphere. Again the picture rails and dado rails keep a strong link to the history of the house which is further boosted by an absolutely gorgeous Victorian cast iron range set on a tiled hearth within an ornately framed fireplace on the inside wall. This is a wonderful room, kept abundantly lit throughout the day by a side facing window as well as multiple windows and glazed double doors in the kitchen/breakfast room, with more than ample floor area to accept a substantial dining table and chairs whilst still leaving a nice free flow into, around and through the room. Set against the front wall is a finely crafted open staircase, with intricately turned banister spindles and newel posts, and alongside the chimney breast a really nice pair of built-in high/low cupboards.

The kitchen/breakfast room flows from the rear of the dining room, making the most of the connection but maintaining a neat point of separation by way of a low level divider, which also allows the already comprehensive collection of wall and floor mounted cupboards to be expanded alongside. There is more than ample storage on offer along with generous areas of quartz worktops, both of which are further enhanced by a superb central island that also offers a spacious breakfast bar. Two separate windows are set into the side elevation, which join with the glazed French doors at the rear to allow the natural daylight to pour in completely unhindered, with the south west facing orientation of the rear garden really helping to boost the light levels. Integrated within the units is a good range of appliances, all from premium quality manufacturers, along with a lovely butler sink. The unusually high specification of this property includes a separate utility/laundry room to the rear of the kitchen/breakfast room which also doubles up perfectly as a ground floor guest cloakroom.

Up on the first floor are two bedrooms, both generous doubles, and two bathrooms, one being the family bathroom which is presented in immaculate condition with a ‘P’ shaped bath with shower and screen above it, and the other being a luxurious en-suite shower room to the principal bedroom. Up on the second floor is another double bedroom with a full size dormer window looking out over the rear garden.

Exterior:
A neat front garden sits behind a pretty, low level brick wall with a decoratively shaped scalloped top. To the side of the house is a valuable gated entrance to a side pathway that runs fully through to the rear garden, opening out onto a good sized area of all weather decking that flows from the French doors at the rear of the kitchen/breakfast room, around to the far side of the utility/laundry room to offer a nice social space for outdoor casual seating and dining furniture, and making the best use of the south west facing situation. Beyond that is a nice area of lawn with some well stocked borders, and a short flight of stairs down to a very convenient rear pedestrian entrance into the back of the double garage/workshop, which has private parking on the driveway to the front of it.

Location:
This superb home is perfectly placed to benefit from the great amenities within Codicote Village, being right at the centre of the village on the high street. This ideal location also offers excellent connectivity, with J6 of the A1(M) reachable within a few minutes drive, and Welwyn North, Knebworth, and Stevenage train stations all within a 15 minute radius, thereby offering a lovely semi-rural setting, yet still with exceptional links to both London and The North. The village itself boasts a variety of amenities, including a butcher's shop, restaurants, pubs, a chemist, convenience stores, dry cleaners and bakers. as well as the Codicote C of E primary school judged "Outstanding" by Ofsted.

Buyers Information:
In order to comply with the UK's Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulations, Bryan Bishop and Partners are required to confirm the identity of all prospective buyers once an offer being accepted. We use a third party, Identity Verification System to do so and there is a nominal charge of £48 (per person) including VAT for this service.