3-bedroom detached house · EX8 4AB
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A delightful 1930’s detached home in a sought-after avenue within Exmouth. Enjoying two reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, three double bedrooms, and walled garden with driveway and garage.
DISTANCES Exmouth Beach 1.4 miles Exmouth Train Station 1.8 miles M5 Junction 30 8 miles GROUND FLOOR - Entrance hall - Kitchen/breakfast room - Dining room - Sitting room - Utility - Cloakroom FIRST FLOOR - Three double bedrooms - Family bathroom OUTSIDE - Garage - Front garden with driveway - Walled garden LOCATION Exmouth is a thriving coastal town renowned for its long sandy beach, dramatic Jurassic Coast scenery and excellent lifestyle amenities.
The town offers a strong sense of community alongside a wide variety of shops, cafés and restaurants, together with sailing, walking and water sports opportunities.
The surrounding area is well known for its outstanding natural beauty, with easy access to coastal walks, cycle paths and the Exe Estuary, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Despite its coastal setting, Exmouth remains highly practical for everyday living.
Educational facilities are well regarded, and there are convenient transport links, including a mainline railway station providing regular services to Exeter.
The cathedral city itself offers a more extensive range of cultural, retail and business amenities, together with access to the M5 motorway network and Exeter International Airport.
Drakes Avenue is one of Exmouth’s most sought-after roads and is ideally positioned to take advantage of both the coastal lifestyle and the town’s amenities, making this an appealing location for families, professionals and those seeking a balanced coastal lifestyle.
THE PROPERTY 14 Drakes Avenue is a charming detached 1930s home offering light, spacious accommodation and mature grounds.
The entrance hall creates an inviting first impression, with generous proportions and attractive period features.
Both reception rooms overlook the garden: the sitting room includes a pretty bay window, while the dining room opens onto the terrace through French doors.
The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a range of wall, base and drawer units, together with a breakfast bar.
The sink is positioned beneath a window overlooking the front garden, and a rear door leads to a side passage with access to the gardens. The ground floor also includes a cloakroom and utility room.
On the first floor are three double bedrooms and a family bathroom. Each bedroom enjoys an attractive outlook, while the bathroom includes both a separate bath and a free-standing shower.
OUTSIDE The gardens are attractive and well established, with mature planting and defined borders.
At the front, a paved driveway provides parking for at least two cars, alongside a front garden and access to the single garage.
To the rear, the level walled garden includes a terrace immediately outside the house, with a further seating area at the far end.
The garden is mainly laid to lawn, with flowering shrubs and planting along the borders.
DIRECTIONS (POSTCODE EX8 4AB) From Exeter / Topsham, head towards Exmouth along the A376 passing signs for the villages of Ebford, Exton and Lympstone.
On approaching Exmouth continue along the Exeter Road, past the traffic lights and at the roundabout by the bus station, turn left and then at the next roundabout turn right.
Follow this road past the shops and at the top of the hill, at the next roundabout turn left onto Salterton Road.
Follow this road for approximately 1 mile and the turning for Drakes Avenue is on the left hand side after the junction at Littleham Cross.
PROPERTY INFORMATION Services: Mains gas, water, electricity and drainage Tenure: Freehold Local Authority: East Devon District Council Council Tax: Band F EPC rating: E Contents, fixtures and fittings: Unless specifically mentioned in these particulars, all contents, fixtures and fittings, garden ornaments and statues and curtains are specifically excluded from the sale.
Certain items may be available by separate negotiation. Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Jackson-Stops Exeter office:
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