3-bedroom house · TA4 2JY
Listing removedReduced £20.8k (−8.2%) on 10 JulListed 225 days
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Over 60s can secure this property with a Home For Life from Homewise Through the Home for Life Plan from Homewise, those aged 60 or over can purchase a Lifetime Lease and a share of the property value to safeguard for the future.
The cost to purchase the Lifetime Lease is always less than the full market value. Over-60s customers typically save between from 20% To 50%*.
Home for Life Plan guide price for Over-60s The Lifetime Lease price for this property is £264,750 based on an average saving of 33%.
Market Value Price: £395,000 The price you pay will vary according to your age, personal circumstances and requirements and will be adjusted to include any percentage of the property you wish to safeguard.
The plan allows customers to purchase a share of the property value (up to 50%) to safeguard for the future.
For an indication of what you could save, please use our calculator on the Homewise website.
Please call for more information or a personalised quote Please note: Homewise do not own this property and it is not exclusively for sale for the over-60s.
It is being marketed by Homewise as an example of a property that is currently for sale which could be purchased using a Home For Life Lifetime Lease.
If you are not over 60 or would like to purchase the property at the full market value of £395,000, please contact the estate agent Webbers.
Property description We are delighted to offer for sale this larger than average village home approximately 100 yards from Wiveliscombe town centre.
The property benefits from good size gardens at the rear, off-street parking, garage and workshop.
One enters the property into a hall with an original red and black tiled floor, with further access via a stained glass door to a dining room with fireplace, dual aspect double glazed windows and stripped floor.
Stairs rise to the first floor landing from here. There is an independent sitting room with gas fire at the front of the property with fireplace and double glazed window to the front elevation.
Behind these two rooms is a 26? Kitchen/dining room with log burner at one end and window at the far end.
There is wooden flooring and a good range of base units and Range cooker and deep understairs storage cupboard.
There is further access to a kitchen/utility area with sink unit and window overlooking the rear of the property. There is a conservatory with access to the garden and a ground floor cloakroom.
At first floor level there are three double bedrooms, two at the front and one at the rear.
The one at the rear has access to a new en-suite bathroom and also a balcony with excellent views across the town to the hills and Quantocks beyond.
There is an additional family bathroom and from the first floor landing there are a set of stairs rising up to a loft room providing versatile, flexible extra space and attic storage space.
Outside the property at the rear there is a garden with terrace, gravelled area, ornamental flower bed, pond and wall and fence boundaries.
There is a gated drive with off-street parking for one vehicle and a large garage/workshop approximately 17? X 16?.
The Wiveliscombe area is the best kept secret in Somerset with rolling green hills and peaceful unspoilt countryside, whilst maintaining excellent access to communities in Taunton, 11 miles with main line railway station and M5 access junction 25 and Wellington junction 26 is 7 miles from Wiveliscombe.
Wiveliscombe town offers an unusually wide range of services including post office, doctors surgery, vets, chiropodist, library, churches, public houses, community office, primary and secondary schools with excellent reputations and a recreation ground with heated outdoor swimming pool, cricket and rugby pitches and tennis courts.
Exmoor National Park is close at hand as well as the Quantock and Brendon hills providing open country for walking, riding, mountain biking and access to the beautiful West Somerset coastline.
Services: Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage are connected.
Tenure: Freehold Council Tax Band: D Local Authority: Somerset Council The information provided about this property does not constitute or form part of an offer or contract, nor may be it be regarded as representations.
All interested parties must verify accuracy and your solicitor must verify tenure/lease information, fixtures & fittings and, where the property has been extended/converted, planning/building regulation consents.
All dimensions are approximate and quoted for guidance only as are floor plans which are not to scale and their accuracy cannot be confirmed.
Reference to appliances and/or services does not imply that they are necessarily in working order or fit for the purpose. Suitable as a retirement home.
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