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Description Superb and spacious family home on the desirable north lodge estate - Proudly sitting on the very outskirts of this popular estate sits this amazing 4 bedroom semi-detached house on Merlin Drive.
This beautifully presented property boasts style and space for modern family living with it's 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms and utility.
The property boasts a generous plot in an ideal location of the estate, facing onto a large green with a children's park.
The estate also sits proudly between the towns of Chester-le-Street and Birtley, offering a variety of local amenities, not to mention the well-regarded Park View School being within walking distance, as well as excellent transport links to Newcastle and Durham.The property offers excellent living space to the ground floor with a comfortable lounge offering a bay style window and gas fireplace, perfect to cosy up in front of, on those cold autumn/winter evenings, as well as a spacious dining room with a large bay window overlooking the rear garden, ideal for entertaining.
The kitchen boasts a high quality range of units with an integrated dishwasher, all with sleek gloss panelling and work surfaces, finished with effective down lights and plinth lighting, along with a utility room just off the kitchen with space for a washing machine and fridge/freezer.The first floor is just as impressive for space, thanks to 4 well-proportioned bedrooms along with a stunning bathroom and a separate stylish shower room, perfect for meeting modern day family requirements.The front exterior offers a stunning, low maintenance feature garden with a large, block paved double drive leading to an integral garage with power, lighting and remote controlled roller shutter door.
Go through the gated access to arrive at a similarly stunning and private garden at the rear with a large patio area.
This fantastic house has been a fond family home for the current vendors for 34 years, who now wish to offer a young family the chance to make treasured memories and begin their next chapter in this wonderful home.Tenure: FreeholdCouncil Tax Band: Cepc In ProgressRoom DescriptionsEntrance Porch - Enter via a composite front door into a large porch with tiled flooring and forward-facing UPVC double glazed windows.
Access to a hall via another composite door.Hall - Carpeted hall with access to a lounge, kitchen, carpeted staircase to the first floor and under stairs cupboard.
Wall mounted radiator.Lounge - 14'2 x 11'4 (4.33m x 3.50m) - Carpeted lounge with a forward-facing UPVC double glazed bay style window.
Stove style gas fireplace with an exposed brick feature and wall mounted radiator.Dining Room - 15'5 x 8'6 (4.74m x 2.62m) - Spacious dining room with carpeted flooring, a large rear-facing UPVC double glazed bay window and wall mounted - 10'6 x 8'5 (3.24m x 2.59m) - Rustic style tiled flooring along with a sleek range modern fitted units with high quality work surfaces, finished with down lighting and plinth lighting.
Integrated electric oven and hob with an overhead extractor and dishwasher. Ceramic white sink with a mixer tap below a rear-facing UPVC double glazed window.
Wall mounted vertical radiator and access to the dining room and utility.Utility - 8' x 6'5 (2.46m x 2.00m) - Tiled flooring, fitted kitchen units and work surfaces, white ceramic sink with mixer tap.
Space for a freestanding washing machine and fridge/freezer. Rear-facing UPVC double glazed window.
Access to the rear of the garage and to the rear garden via a UPVC door.First Floor Landing - Carpeted landing with access to four bedrooms, a bathroom and separate shower room, built-in cupboard and fully boarded loft via a hatch with drop down ladder.Bedroom One - 11'7 x 7'7 (3.57m x 2.37m) - Carpeted bedroom with a forward-facing UPVC double glazed window, large fitted wardrobes with sliding doors and wall mounted radiator.Bedroom Two - 10'2 x 9' (3.13m x 2.74m) - Carpeted bedroom with a rear-facing UPVC double glazed window and wall mounted radiator.Bedroom Three - 13'4 x 6'5 (4.11m x 2.00m) - Carpeted bedroom with a forward-facing UPVC double glazed window and wall mounted radiator.Bedroom Four - 8'7 x 7'1 (2.65m x 2.18m) - Carpeted bedroom with a forward-facing UPVC double glazed window, built-in cupboard and wall mounted radiator.Bathroom - 4'7 x 7'9 (1.44m x 2.40m) - Stunning bathroom with tiled flooring and splashback.
Access to a toilet, vanity unit with a fitted wash basin and oval corner bath.
2 Rear-facing UPVC double glazed windows, wall mounted heated towel rail and extractor fan.Shower Room - 4'8 x 6'5 opening to 8'3 (1.49m x 2.00m opening to 2.54m) - Stylish shower room with tiled flooring and splashback.
Access to a toilet, vanity unit with a fitted wash basin and large shower cubicle with a rainfall style mains mixer shower.
Rear-facing UPVC double glazed window, wall mounted heated towel rail and extractor fan.Exterior - To the front is a stunning, low maintenance garden behind a brick wall boundary, alongside a block paved double drive leading to an integral garage (16'7 x 6'6 (5.10m x 2.02m)) with a remote controlled shutter door, fitted storage units, power and lighting.
Gated side access to the right hand gable end leading to another spacious and low maintenance, beautifully presented garden with patio at the rear.
Value & comps
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