The Crescent, Stowmarket, IP14

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One of the things I really like about this part of Combs Ford is how much you can do on foot. You can nip to the Co-op for something you’ve forgotten for dinner, pick up fish and chips on a Friday or head to the Gladstone Arms for a pint, all within a couple of minutes of home. The Crescent itself is a quiet loop just off the main road, and you can walk into Stowmarket town centre in around ten minutes.

It’s an impressive house as you pull up. The wide driveway and the double-storey side extension, which carries the first floor out over the garage, give it a much broader frontage. Then you get to the back and see what the owners have done with the rear extension. There’s a big island to pull a stool up to, a breakfast area and plenty of room for a proper dining table. Two skylights bring loads of natural light into the kitchen, and the bi-fold doors are what make it for me in the summer. Fold them back and you can have friends sitting out on the patio while the kids come and go between the kitchen and the garden.

In winter, I think I’d spend most evenings in the living room. It opens through to the dining area and still has a proper snug feel, especially once you’ve got the log burner going. It’s easy to picture coming back from a walk, getting the fire lit and settling in on the sofa for the evening.

The bay-fronted fourth bedroom is off the hall and is a really good size in its own right. You could use it as a proper home office or playroom and still have three good-sized doubles upstairs. Off the dining area, there’s a separate utility room with its own door to the garden, a downstairs loo and internal access to the garage storage.

The family bathroom is one of my favourite rooms in the house. It’s a lovely big room with a freestanding bath and a really generous separate shower. The main bedroom has plenty of space too, with its own dressing area and an en suite with a large double shower. You can see how much care has gone into the house. It’s been rewired, the heating has been updated and it’s in the sort of condition where you can move in, get the furniture where you want it and get on with living there.

The south-facing garden has a wide patio by the house, a good stretch of lawn and stepping stones leading to a second seating area at the far end. That’s where I’d head with a drink to catch the last of the sun. The neighbouring houses do look onto parts of the garden, although the trees offer some screening when the foliage fills out. Out front, there’s room for three cars on the drive, with a fourth at a squeeze.

Combs Ford Primary and Trinity Primary are nearby, the recreation ground is just around the corner, and you’ve got Church Meadow and Combs Wood when you fancy a longer walk. If you’ve outgrown your first place and want to stay in Stowmarket, I can see why you’d move here. You can keep the school run and the shops close by, and you get the space to have everyone round for lunch without spending the next year doing the house up.