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See how verdicts work3-bedroom bungalow · RG20 0LU
Sold STCListed 146 days
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** NO ONWARD CHAIN ** A fantastic opportunity to acquire this detached bungalow, offering significant potential for extension and development, situated within a desirable village location.
DESCRIPTION Ribasa presents a rare opportunity to acquire a detached bungalow with excellent potential in a highly regarded village on the outskirts of Newbury.
Offered to the market for the first time in many years, the property provides scope for an incoming purchaser to modernise, reconfigure, or extend the accommodation to suit their own requirements.
The well-proportioned, light-filled accommodation is arranged around a central entrance hall and includes a spacious principal sitting room with a fireplace and traditional parquet flooring, together with a separate kitchen/breakfast room overlooking the garden.
There are also several versatile bedrooms, easily adaptable as home offices or additional reception rooms.
While the property would now benefit from sympathetic updating throughout, its solid footprint, attractive proportions, and large windows provide an excellent foundation for creating a bespoke single-storey country residence.
OUTSIDE The property occupies a substantial and generously proportioned plot, enjoying an excellent degree of privacy together with an attractive rural outlook.
Accessed via a private driveway providing ample off-road parking, the frontage is complemented by mature planting and gives direct access to the attached garage.
The wrap-around gardens are a particularly noteworthy feature of Ribasa, being predominantly laid to lawn and enclosed by established hedgerows, mature trees, and well-stocked planting, creating a peaceful and secluded environment.
The rear garden provides extensive space for outdoor entertaining, family recreation, or the development of landscaped gardens and kitchen garden areas.
Furthermore, the scale of the plot offers considerable potential for extension or the construction of additional outbuildings, subject to the necessary planning consents.
SERVICES AND MATERIAL INFORMATION All mains services are connected.
Council Tax Band: E EPC Rating: TBC Situated within the sought-after hamlet of Wash Water, the property offers a tranquil semi-rural setting with picturesque countryside walks readily accessible from the doorstep, whilst remaining conveniently positioned for the wide range of amenities, restaurants, and direct rail services to London available in nearby Newbury town centre.
Newbury offers an excellent range of shopping, leisure, and educational facilities, alongside the award-winning Victoria Park and nearby attractions including Donnington Castle and Highclere Castle.
The town also benefits from picturesque walking and cycling routes along the Kennet & Avon Canal, direct rail services to London Paddington in approximately 41 minutes, and excellent road links via the A34 and M4.
Value & comps
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