3-bedroom bungalow · IP8 4JE
Sold STCListed 230 days
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About
The property occupies a prime position within this sought after close, of just established bungalows surrounding a central green, only a short walk to the well served village centre.
Bramford offers village stores and post office, a public house, pharmacy and primary schooling.
The county town of Ipswich is approximately three miles distance offering a wide range of shopping and recreational facilities including mainline railway link to London's Liverpool Street.
The A14 trunk road offers access in an easterly direction to the A12, Ipswich and Felixstowe and in a westerly direction to Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge and onto the Midlands.
This established bungalow has been the same ownership for many years, now requiring a degree of updating throughout but offering enormous potential, having been extended to the side to provide an extra reception room and with an extended garage.
The spacious reception hall gives access to the sitting room and kitchen/breakfast room, three bedrooms, two with built-in wardrobes.
The drive provides parking and leads to an extended garage, a particular feature of this property is the amazing rear garden, with far reaching views and offering a good degree of privacy.
The property offers enormous potential to create a superb family home. ENTRANCE PORCH: Double doors.
RECEPTION HALL: 14' 9" x 5' 6" (4.5m x 1.68m) PVC double glazed entrance door, access to the insulated loft space, built-in cloaks cupboard, separate built-in storage cupboard housing the recently replaced, wall mounted gas fired combination boiler, radiator.
SITTING ROOM: 17' 8" x 11' 9" (5.38m x 3.58m) Chimney, radiator, decorative arch leads to the dining/living room, large PVC double glazed window overlooking the green to the front.
DINING/LIVING ROOM: 16' 5" x 7' 9" (5m x 2.36m) Radiator, PVC double glazed window overlooking the green to the front, PVC glazed door and screen style window opening to the rear garden.
KITCHEN: 12' 9" x 10' 0" (3.89m x 3.05m) Fitted with base and wall mounted units having solid pine panelled doors and drawer fronts, fitted worktop inset with stainless steel single bowl sink unit with mixer tap, space for cooker, space for fridge/freezer, plumbing for washing machine, radiator, generous PVC double glazed window with views over the rear garden and beyond.
BEDROOM 1: 14' 5" x 10' 2" (4.39m x 3.1m) Radiator, built-in triple wardrobe with sliding doors inset with fitted shelves and hanging rails, separate built-in double wardrobe with sliding doors inset with fitted shelves and hanging rails, generous PVC double glazed window overlooking the green to the front.
BEDROOM 2: 11' 9" x 9' 2" (3.58m x 2.79m) Radiator, built-in three door wardrobe inset with fitted shelves and hanging rails, PVC double glazed window overlooking the rear garden.
BEDROOM 3: 8' 8" x 7' 2" (2.64m x 2.18m) Radiator, PVC double glazed window overlooking the rear garden.
SHOWER ROOM: Built-in double shower enclosure with fitted screen, vanity unit with inset ceramic wash hand basin and storage cupboard below, fully tiled walls, chrome towel radiator, PVC double glazed window to the rear.
WC: Low level wc, PVC double glazed window to the rear. OUTSIDE: The property is set back from the road with the green to the front.
Low brick wall boundary, lawn and flowering shrubs, adjacent drive provides off road parking and gives access to the garage, formerly extended in both length and width 26'4" x 13'3" personal door to the garden.
The rear garden comprises extensive lawns interspersed with flowering shrubs and fruit trees, fenced boundaries.
Situated within the rear garden there is a timber workshop 14'7" x 9'9" power and light connected, former prefabricated garage, garden store 14'8" x 9'6" and former timber summerhouse.
The garden extends beyond the outbuildings to a substantial former vegetable garden with fruit trees.
POSTCODE: IP8 4JE ENERGY RATING: D - 66 VIEWING: By arrangement with the agents, Hamilton Smith, , or email us at You can also visit our web site
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