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See how verdicts work4-bedroom detached house · EX24 6RN
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A spacious, light and bright four bedroomed detached home, which is beautifully presented and benefits from a stylishly fitted kitchen/ dining room, a good sized living room, ample onsite parking, a garage and a landscaped rear garden.
The versatile accommodation briefly comprises; on the ground floor, entrance porch, spacious entrance hall with stairs to the first floor, living room, dining room/ study, stylishly fitted kitchen/ dining room, lean to/ boot room, good sized utility room and a cloakroom.
The first floor has three double bedrooms, one benefiting from an en-suite shower room, a fourth single bedroom and a family bathroom.
Outside, there is driveway parking to the front, a single garage with an electric door and an enclosed garden to the rear, which has areas of lawn and patio.
The rear garden offers an excellent degree of privacy and provides a truly delightful setting for outside entertaining and al fresco dining.
The Property: - The property has the usual attributes of double glazed windows and gas fired central heating and is approached over a tarmac driveway, offering onsite parking and giving access to the garage, the front garden and the entrance porch.
Ground Floor The entrance porch leads through to the entrance hall, where there are stairs to the first floor, an under stairs storage cupboard, a separate cupboard and doors off to the living room, the kitchen/ dining room, a study/ separate dining room and the cloakroom.
The living room has a large picture window to the front, a feature fireplace and double doors giving access to the study/ separate dining room, where there are doors that provide access to the garden.
The cloakroom is fitted with a white suite, comprising, close coupled WC and a vanity style wash hand basin with chrome mixer tap and cupboards beneath.
Kitchen/ Dining Room The kitchen/ dining room has large picture windows to the front and side, together with an obscure glazed door to rear, giving access to the lean to/ boot room.
The kitchen has been stylishly fitted to three sides with a range of matching wall and base units.
On one side of the kitchen, there is an L shaped run of work surface, with inset one and a half bowl stainless steel sink and drainer with chrome mixer tap and cupboards beneath, including space and plumbing for a dish washer.
Inset four ring hob with extraction above and drawers beneath. Full height unit incorporating double oven.
On the other side of the kitchen, there is a further run of work surface, with cupboards above and below, and a built in fridge freezer to the side.
Lean to/ Boot Room and Utility Room From the kitchen, a door provides access to the lean to/ boot room, which has a door to the garden and a door to the utility room.
The utility room has a large picture window to front and benefits from floor and ceiling insulation. The utility room also has an internal door to the garage.
The utility room is an excellent size and offers ample space for storage and clothes drying, with a fitted unit was inset one and a half bowl stainless steel sink and drainer, with chrome mixer tap and cupboards beneath, including space and plumbing for washing machine.
First Floor Hatch to roof space and doors off to four bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Bedrooms There are three double bedrooms and one signle bedroom, with two of the doubles having built in wardrobes and bedroom one benefiting from an en-suite shower room, which is fitted with a white suite, comprising; an excellent sized walk in shower and a vanity style wash hand basin with chrome mixer tap, cupboards beneath and a built in WC.
The en-suite also has a chrome ladder style towel rail. Bathroom Double doors to built in airing cupboard.
The bathroom is fitted with a white suite, comprising; close coupled WC, panel bath with a chrome mixer tap, a wall mounted shower attachment and a glazed screen.
Vanity style wash hand basin with a chrome mixer tap and cupboards beneath. Chrome ladder style towel rail.
Outside To the front of the property, there is onsite parking on the driveway, together with a front garden and an attached single garage with an external electrical socket Enclosed Rear Garden The rear garden can be accessed from the study/ separate dining room, the boot room/ lean to or the side path to the house and has areas of lawn and patio, and has been attractively landscaped to offer a lovely setting for outside entertaining and al fresco dining.
Garage Council Tax East Devon District Council; Tax Band F - Payable for the 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2027 financial year is £3,651.24 Colyford Colyford is a lovely rural village, close to Colyton, and only a short distance from the town of Seaton, which has a beach, many local facilities and shops, and the World Heritage Jurassic Coastline.
Locally, there is an excellent shop, Post Office, butcher, church, two pubs, village hall, playground and the well regarded Colyton Grammar School.
Coyford is also in an Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty, has the local Nature Reserve, Seaton Wetlands, on the door step, and has two stops on the Seaton Tramway, which runs between Seaton and Colyton.
There is also a traffic free walk/cycle route into Seaton through the Nature Reserve.
Colyford is well located for the nearby Seaside towns of Lyme Regis and Sidmouth, and has good access to the A303, and the M5. Exeter and its attractions are also within easy reach.
Disclaimer John Wood & Co acting as ‘Agent’ for the property of the Vendor, gives notice that the Agent has prepared these details in good faith and should be used for guidance only.
They should not be relied upon as a statement or representation of fact.
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