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See how verdicts work3-bedroom terraced house · BN26 6NP
Sold STCListed 166 days
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About
NO CHAIN - Much Potential - In Need of Refurbishment - 60' Rear Garden - Lounge - Kitchen/Diner - Lean-To - 3 Bedrooms - Shower/Wet Room/wc - Driveway & Off Road Parking A 3-bedroom end of terrace property requiring complete refurbishment, offering significant potential for improvement and value enhancement.
Ideally situated within convenient reach of Polegate High Street and the local primary school, the accommodation currently comprises a lounge, a spacious kitchen/dining area, an older lean-to, three good size bedrooms and a shower/wet room as well as a gas fired central heating and double glazing.
Externally, the property benefits from a front driveway providing off road parking and there is an approximately 60' rear garden, which would benefit from some further landscaping.
NO ONGOING CHAIN The property is conveniently situated within walking distance of Polegate High Street, which offers a range of shops, medical centres, bus services, and a mainline railway station providing connections to Eastbourne, Brighton and London Victoria.
Bus routes also operate along Hailsham Road, which has access to Cophall Farm roundabout, linking to the A27 and A22.
Polegate Primary School is located nearby at Oakleaf Drive, where access can also be gained to the Cuckoo Trail, providing numerous countryside walks and cycling routes.
Lounge - 3.96m x 3.94m (12'11" x 12'11") - Kitchen/Diner - 5.06m x 2.71m (16'7" x 8'10") - Lean-To - 3.66m x 2.28m (12'0" x 7'5") - Bedroom 1 - 3.61m max x 3.29m (11'10" max x 10'9") - Bedroom 2 - 3.81m x 2.43m (min) (12'5" x 7'11" (min)) - Bedroom 3 - 2.96m x 2.25m (9'8" x 7'4") - Shower/Wet Room - 2.96m x 2.25m (9'8" x 7'4") - Outside - To the front is a Driveway and with Off Road Parking.
Rear Garden - 18.29m approximately in depth (60' approximately i - Council Tax - The property is in Band C. The amount payable for 2026-2027 is £2,453.98.
This information is taken from voa.gov.uk There is a built-in understairs cupboard in the lounge housing the electric meter and fuse box.
A wall mounted Ideal Logic boiler is located in the kitchen/diner having an adjacent programmer.
From the first floor landing is access via a ladder to a mostly boarded and insulated loft and in bedroom two is a fitted airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder.
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