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See how verdicts work3-bedroom detached house · IP33 2DN
Sold STCListed 102 days
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*OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 18TH JULY 12 NOON - 2PM* An established, chain-free, family home coming to the market for the first time in over 50 years!
Be the lucky person to acquire this as your next home and make it your own. Do not hesitate to book a viewing.
Entrance Hall | Sitting/Dining Room | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | 3 Bedrooms | Bathroom | Separate WC | Front and Rear Gardens | Single Garage | Off Road Parking 5 Hervey Road Welcome to 5 Hervey Road.
This is a fantastic opportunity to buy an established family home in a highly sought-after neighbourhood, rarely available in this favoured location, with the potential to update and personalise to your own taste.
Offered for the first time to the market in over fifty years, the home now presents an opportunity for the new owners to become the next chapter in its’ history.
The house itself offers an open-plan sitting/dining room which is a good size and well-lit with a uPVC bay window to the front, side windows, and uPVC French doors to the rear.
There are two chimney breasts with recesses in, which could potentially be re-stablished with fireplaces. Alongside is a good-sized hallway with stairs to the first floor and understairs cupboard.
The kitchen/breakfast room offers space for a dining table, a range of fitted units, space for appliances, windows and a door to the rear garden. The wall mounted gas boiler provides central heating.
Upstairs offers a traditional layout, with two double bedrooms of a good size, one to the front with a bay window and one to the rear with a garden outlook, both with built-in wardrobes.
There is also single bedroom to the front with a small, shelved cupboard. There is a traditional tiled bathroom and separate WC positioned to the rear. Outside The house sits within a generous plot.
To the front is a lawn and parking area for two cars in front of the attached single garage. Further off road parking could potentially be provided at the front.
Side access leads to a generous lawned rear garden with storage shed, greenhouse, ample space for children/pets to play and established trees and shrubs.
Location Hervey Road is a quiet established turning approx. 1.5 miles from the town centre.
The property is surrounded by other established residential properties and at the bottom of the road, is a pleasant walkway by the river which leads into town.
The market town of Bury St Edmunds provides an excellent range of schooling, leisure, retail and dining plus the attractive Abbey Gardens, Arc shopping centre and twice weekly market.
Property Information Services: Mains electricity, water and drainage. Gas fired central heating. Local Authority: West Suffolk Council. Council Tax Band D. Tenure: Freehold.
Broadband: Ultrafast predicted highest download speed 5500 Mbps and highest upload speed 5500 Mbps. (Information taken from Ofcom website). Mobile Coverage: Good outdoor and good/variable in-home.
(Information taken from Ofcom website). Agent’s Note Please note that the property title is unregistered.
The buyer’s conveyancer will need to attend to first registration with the Land Registry on completion of the purchase. Directions What3words///trainers.fermented.cheeks.
Heading out of town on Out Westgate which leads into Horringer Road, take the right hand turning into Bristol Road which in turn leads into Hervey Road where the property will be found after a very short distance on the left hand side.
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