1 Shrublands Cottages, Shimpling Road, Bury St. Edmunds, IP29 4ET

A charming unlisted semi-detached character cottage in a rural location on the edge of a highly-regarded Suffolk village. Sitting/dining room, kitchen, garden room, two bedrooms and bathroom.

Off-road parking and low maintenance garden. No onward chain. Location: Hartest is one of West Suffolk's most favoured villages.

The Green, a conservation area, is characterised by its variety of period buildings and amenities include a primary school, pub and village church.

The market town of Sudbury with its commuter link to London Liverpool Street is about 10 miles south and the Cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds with its comprehensive amenities, about 9 miles north.

Accommodation: An entrance porch leads into a charming sitting room with laminate wood effect flooring and a brick fireplace with brick lintel and surround with inset wood burning stove.

Plenty of space for seating with recessed alcove providing storage to the left-hand side.

The kitchen provides a matching range of base and wall level units with exposed ceiling timbers, an integrated cooker with an electric hob and extractor over and space for free standing appliances.

A versatile area to the rear provides space for dining or an additional reception space, with a wood and glass door opening onto the courtyard garden.

There is an attractive ground floor bathroom with is largely finished with subway tiles and a bath with shower over, WC and a vanity suite.

Upstairs, there is a double bedroom and a further guest bedroom/study.

Outside: To the front and side of the property is a pebble driveway which provides off-street parking for a vehicle and leads onto a private, enclosed courtyard garden finished with stone paving, herbaceous borders and areas of storage.

Services: Main water and drainage. Main electricity connected. Electric fired heating. Note: None of these services have been tested by the agent.

EPC rating: Band E – A copy of the energy performance certificate is available on request. Local authority: Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk.

IP1 2BX . Tenure: Freehold construction type: Brick council tax band: B WHAT3WORDS: ///spoils.station.optimists viewing: Strictly by prior appointment only through David Burr.