Francis Terrace, Raunds, Northamptonshire, NN9 6DJ

*** NO ONWARD CHAIN*** Magenta Estate Agents welcome you to view a two-bedroom Victorian home offering characterful accommodation with well-proportioned rooms and attractive period features including high ceilings and cast iron bedroom fireplaces.

This property presents an excellent opportunity for buyers looking to update a home to their own taste and put their own stamp on it – an appealing choice for first-time buyers or those seeking a project.

The local playing field and pocket park are also just a short walk away, providing convenient outdoor space for those who enjoy getting out and about.

Key features: ·Character features including high ceilings ·Open-plan living/dining room with feature fireplaces ·Kitchen with utility area ·Two double bedrooms ·Spacious shower room ·uPVC double glazing and gas radiator heating ·Rear garden ·Close to the local playing field and pocket park ·NO ONWARD CHAIN GROUND FLOOR ENTRANCE HALL Accessed via a uPVC double-glazed entrance door, the hall retains its original tiled flooring and has a radiator and useful coat-hanging space.

Stairs rise to the first-floor landing, while an original four-panel door opens into the dining room, which is open plan to the living room.

LIVING ROOM A well-proportioned reception room featuring a front-facing bay window, allowing plenty of natural light to fill the space.

The fireplace provides an attractive focal point, with a wooden surround, tiled hearth and stove.

The room further benefits from high ceilings, a decorative ceiling rose, picture rail, deep skirting boards and a radiator.

Exposed wooden floorboards continue through to the adjoining dining room, adding to the property's character.

DINING ROOM Another generously proportioned reception room, affording another focal-point fireplace with ornate wooden fire surround and tiled hearth.

Further characterful details include high ceilings, a decorative ceiling rose, picture rail, and deep skirting boards.

A radiator and rear-facing window complete the room, while an original four-panel door leads down into the kitchen.

KITCHEN The kitchen is fitted with a variety of wall and base units, providing storage alongside work surfaces incorporating a stainless-steel sink with mixer tap.

There is space for a range cooker, while a side-facing window and door provide natural light and access to the garden. The room retains its high ceilings and has traditional quarry-tiled flooring.

A further panelled door opens to a useful understairs storage cupboard with lighting, accessed via a step down.

UTILITY AREA Leading off the kitchen, a separate utility area provides additional worktop space, with plumbing and space beneath for a washing machine.

There is also space for a freestanding fridge/freezer. Windows to the rear and side provide natural light.

FIRST FLOOR LANDING Stairs rise from the entrance hall to the first-floor landing, where painted panelled doors lead to the bedrooms and shower room.

There is access to the loft via a hatch, together with a useful area at the top of the stairs offering potential for additional storage.

MASTER BEDROOM A particularly spacious principal bedroom, enjoying plenty of natural light from two front-facing windows.

The room retains an attractive cast-iron bedroom fireplace, while the high ceilings and generous proportions enhance the sense of space. A radiator is positioned beneath a window.

BEDROOM TWO A good-sized double bedroom neutrally decorated and featuring a cast-iron bedroom fireplace, high ceilings and useful fireside recesses offering potential for shelving or fitted storage.

A rear-facing window enjoys an outlook towards the playing field, while a radiator completes the room.

SHOWER ROOM A spacious shower room fitted with a white pedestal wash-hand basin, WC and separate shower enclosure with Triton electric shower, tiled to ceiling height.

A Vaillant gas-fired boiler is also located here. A rear-facing window, radiator and vinyl flooring complete the room.

OUTSIDE The front garden is accessed via steps down from the street with a paved footpath leading to the attractive integral porch.

The remainder of the garden is laid to a combination of decorative pebbles and slate. The rear garden is accessed from the kitchen onto an area of hardstanding, with an outside tap fitted to the wall.

The hardstanding continues around to the rear of the property, providing space for outdoor dining and seating, beyond which the garden is laid to decorative stone.

A footpath leads to a timber gate opening onto a shared alleyway, off which is a brick-built barn belonging to the property.