5-bedroom detached house · CM23 2RY
Sold STCListed 24 days
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About
28 willow close is a superb detached family home has been thoughtfully extended and significantly enhanced by the current owners, creating stylish and contemporary accommodation perfectly suited to modern family living.
Occupying a generous corner plot in the highly desirable north-west corner of the town, the property offers five bedrooms arranged over two floors, including two en-suite bedrooms, together with three reception rooms.
A particular highlight is the impressive open-plan kitchen, dining and living space, designed as the heart of the home and featuring full-height sliding doors opening directly onto the west-facing rear garden.
The property also benefits from a large garage and driveway parking for three vehicles.
The accommodation is arranged over two floors with front entrance door into reception hallway with doors off to a downstairs cloakroom, storage cupboard and, to the rear of the property, is a fantastic, fully fitted, open plan kitchen/dining room with a large island unit, integrated twin ovens, induction hob, fridge freezers, dishwasher, and pocket sliding patio doors opening up on to the rear garden.
There is a separate sitting area and access through to the separate family room.
There is a music room to the rear of the property with fitted wardrobes and also a ground floor double bedroom with a three piece ensuite shower room.
Access has been allowed to put a door through into the music room to create an annexe for a dependent relative. Further access to the kitchen leads to the garage and the workshop.
The first floor landing leads off to the four bedrooms and three piece family bathroom suite, and the principal bedroom benefits from a three piece ensuite shower room.
Externally, to the front of the property, there is driveway providing off-street parking for three vehicles, with the remainder of the garden laid to lawn with gated side pedestrian access which leads to the rear garden which is beautifully established with a private westerly facing aspect, backing on to Northgate Primary School.
The garden measures approximately 50ft in depth and 60ft in width with a resin bonded sun terrace across the rear of the property with a covered dining area with external lighting.
The property sits perfectly on this favoured cul-de-sac on the north west side of the town, just off Cricketfield Lane, with views towards the cricket field, padel courts and tennis courts, and the town centre is a short walk away, along with the mainline station.
Bishop’s Stortford is an historic market town lying beside the River Stort, offering a range of shopping, educational, recreational facilities and amenities including The Bishop’s Stortford College, golf club, swimming pool, hospital, arts centre, health and fitness club, theatre groups, restaurants, garages etc.
In addition, there is a mainline station providing regular services to London's Liverpool Street, and the M11 is on the eastern outskirts of the town giving access to London, M25, Cambridge and the Midlands.
Stansted Airport is about 4 miles from the town and provides an ever-increasing number of destinations.
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