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See how verdicts work3-bedroom semi-detached house · IP16 4BQ
Sold STCReduced £15k (−7.9%) on 25 OctListed 139 days
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About
A Three Bedroom Semi-Detached House Primed for Further Renovation.
The popular town of Leiston lies about a mile and a half inland from the Suffolk Heritage Coastline and offers a good range of shops in a traditional High Street setting, together with a Co-op supermarket, library, bank, doctors and dentists surgeries, swimming pool complex and cinema.
Primary and secondary schooling is within walking distance and Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets may be found in nearby Saxmundham, about four miles distant, which also has a railway station on the East Suffolk branch line giving hourly services to Ipswich with connections to London Liverpool Street.
Tenure - Freehold Kitchen - A bright and welcoming kitchen fitted with a range of wall and base units, offering ample storage and workspace.
Dual-aspect windows flood the room with natural light, creating an airy feel. Additional storage is provided by a useful built-in cupboard.
Living Room - A spacious and inviting living room featuring large windows to both the front and rear aspects, overlooking the gardens and allowing an abundance of natural light to fill the space throughout the day.
Cloakroom - Convenient ground-floor cloakroom comprising a WC and wash hand basin.
Bedroom Three - Located on the ground floor, this versatile room is currently utilised as a third bedroom but could also serve as a home office, playroom, or additional reception space.
First Floor Landing - Landing with doors leading to the bedrooms and family bathroom. Useful storage cupboard housing the gas boiler, with loft access via a hatch above.
Bedroom One - An exceptionally spacious principal bedroom benefiting from windows at both ends, creating a bright and airy atmosphere.
Plumbing in place to be able to add en suite Bedroom Two - A generous second bedroom, currently arranged as a twin room, with a pleasant outlook over the front garden.
Bathroom - Family bathroom fitted with a bath, WC, and wash hand basin.
Outside - The property enjoys a front garden with excellent potential to be converted into off-road parking (subject to any necessary consents).
To the rear is a well-maintained garden offering space to relax and entertain, with exciting potential to extend the property to the side, rear, or front, subject to the relevant planning permissions.
Services - Mains Gas, Water, Electricity & Sewage Viewing - Please contact Flick & Son, 7 High Street, Leiston, IP16 4EL for an appointment to view.
Email: Tel: Fixtures & Fittings - No fixtures, fittings, furnishings or effects save those that are specifically mentioned in these particulars are included in the sale and any item not so noted is expressly excluded.
It should not be assumed that any contents, furnishings or furniture shown in the photographs (if any) are included in the sale. These particulars do not constitute any part of any offer or contract.
They are issued in good faith but do not constitute representations of fact and should be independently checked by or on behalf of prospective purchasers or tenants and are furnished on the express understanding that neither the agents nor the vendor are or will become liable in respect of their contents.
The vendor does not hereby make or give nor do Messrs Flick & Son nor does any Director or employee of Messrs Flick & Son have any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever, as regards the property or otherwise.
Outgoings - Council Tax Band Currently A
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