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See how verdicts work3-bedroom semi-detached house · LE5 2NS
Sold STCListed 35 days
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About
Occupying a pleasant position overlooking an open green, this extended three-bedroom semi-detached home offers stylish and particularly well-proportioned accommodation, with a superb open-plan living kitchen and an impressive rear garden.
The property was significantly enhanced in 2022 with a single-storey rear extension, creating a fantastic contemporary living space ideally suited to modern family life and entertaining.
Location - Gelert Avenue occupies a convenient position just off Uppingham Road, approximately three and a half miles east of Leicester city centre.
The location is particularly well placed for everyday amenities, with a wide range of shops and services available along nearby Uppingham Road, while Leicester itself provides comprehensive shopping, leisure and recreational facilities together with a mainline railway station offering excellent links to London and beyond.
Accommodation - The property is entered through a porch into the entrance hall, with wood-effect flooring and access to a useful utility room, created from part of the original garage and providing space and plumbing for laundry appliances.
Beyond is a remaining garage/store, retaining the original garage door to the front.
An inner hallway provides useful understairs storage, stairs rising to the first floor and access to a ground-floor WC with wash hand basin.
The real centrepiece of the home is the impressive open-plan living kitchen, beautifully extended and remodelled in 2022.
The sitting area, formerly a separate lounge, provides a comfortable space for relaxing and features a contemporary media wall, before flowing seamlessly into the kitchen and dining areas.
The kitchen itself is particularly striking, fitted with an extensive range of sleek light-grey eye and base level units and drawers, complemented by quartz preparation surfaces and a contrasting navy island incorporating a Prima five-ring induction hob.
Further appliances include a Prima oven, extractor unit and combination microwave/oven and Prima dishwasher, with space for an American-style fridge/freezer.
A bank of full-height cabinetry provides excellent additional storage, while a dedicated bar area adds another sociable touch.
Patio doors open directly onto the rear garden, creating a natural connection between the living accommodation and outside space.
To the first floor, the landing has a small airing cupboard and gives access to three bedrooms.
There are two well-proportioned double bedrooms, positioned to the front and rear respectively, together with a third bedroom currently arranged as a dressing room but equally well suited as a single bedroom, nursery or home office.
The accommodation is completed by a good-sized family bathroom, finished with floor-to-ceiling tiling and comprising a bath with shower over, WC, wash hand basin with storage beneath and chrome heated towel rail.
Outside - To the front, a generous tarmac driveway provides off-road parking for at least four vehicles.
Immediately adjoining the house is a decked seating area, beyond which lies a particularly generous lawned garden, providing plenty of space for children, entertaining or simply enjoying the outdoors.
A storage shed sits towards the rear, with gated access to the side. Other Information - Tenure: Freehold. Listed Status: None. Conservation Area: None. Local Authority: Leicester City Council.
Tax Band: B. Services: Offered to the market with all mains services and gas-fired central heating. Broadband delivered to the property: Unknown. Construction: Believed to be standard.
Wayleaves, Rights of Way & Covenants: None our Clients are aware of. Flooding issues in the last 5 years: None our Clients are aware of. Planning issues: None our Clients are aware of.
Accessibility: No specific accessibility modifications made.
Note To Prospective Purchasers - As a regulated profession, and in accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, we are legally required to carry out due diligence checks on all purchasers to verify their identity.
A non-refundable administration fee of £60 plus VAT per purchaser is payable upon an offer being accepted.
This fee covers the cost of compliance procedures, including Anti-Money Laundering and identity verification checks.
These checks are completed to meet our obligations under Anti Money Laundering Regulations (AML) and are a legal requirement.
Value & comps
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