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See how verdicts work4-bedroom semi-detached house · YO31 7TU
Sold STCListed 111 days
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About
Being Sold via Secure Sale online bidding. Terms & Conditions apply.
Starting Bid £275,000 Offered to the market for the first time in 70 years and with the convenience of no forward chain, Lancaster Samms is delighted to bring to the market this extended traditional four bedroomed semi-detached property.
It will require a full programme of modernisation, but has great potential and is in a sought-after location within easy reach of the city centre.
Its features include a spacious entrance hallway leading to all the principal living accommodation.
The good size lounge at the front and the dining room at the rear both boast the original fireplaces & surrounds. The kitchen has a sink unit, cooker and original pantry.
The kitchen provides access to a larger than average garage and rear garden.
Stairs from the entrance hallway lead to the first floor landing with three well-proportioned double bedrooms (one with original fireplace) a fourth single bedroom and family bathroom.
The property is heated by an oil central heating system with boiler and has double glazed windows. Externally to the front of the property is a lawned garden with stocked borders.
A driveway provides off-street parking and leads to the larger than average garage.
To the rear is a good size, remarkably private sunny south-east facing garden, laid mainly to lawn with hedged and fenced boundaries. Irwin Avenue is a popular side street located off Heworth Green.
Heworth Green boasts an attractive mix of period homes.
It will particularly appeal to those looking to be on the edge of the thriving Heworth area which offers a wide variety of shops, boutiques, wine bars and public houses.
The city walls are within easy reach on foot, as are the many historic and cultural attractions of the city.
York railway station is 1.3 miles South West, offering mainline travel to London in under two hours. The shopping parks of Monks Cross and Vangarde are also close by.
DIRECTIONS Leave the city centre via Monkgate and at the roundabout, continue straight onto Heworth Green.
Continue to the second set of traffic lights and take the left hand turning into Dodsworth Avenue.
Take your first right into Irwin Avenue and continue over the crossroads and at the T junction turn right where No60 is tucked in the left hand corner.
City of York Council Tax - Band D - £2158.93 for 2025/2026 Auctioneers Additional Comments Pattinson Auction are working in Partnership with the marketing agent on this online auction sale and are referred to below as 'The Auctioneer'.
This auction lot is being sold either under conditional (Modern) or unconditional (Traditional) auction terms and overseen by the auctioneer in partnership with the marketing agent.
The property is available to be viewed strictly by appointment only via the Marketing Agent or The Auctioneer. Bids can be made via the Marketing Agents or via The Auctioneers website.
Please be aware that any enquiry, bid or viewing of the subject property will require your details being shared between both any marketing agent and The Auctioneer in order that all matters can be dealt with effectively.
The property is being sold via a transparent online auction.In order to submit a bid upon any property being marketed by The Auctioneer, all bidders/buyers will be required to adhere to a verification of identity process in accordance with Anti Money Laundering procedures.
Bids can be submitted at any time and from anywhere. Our verification process is in place to ensure that AML procedure are carried out in accordance with the law.
A Legal Pack associated with this particular property is available to view upon request and contains details relevant to the legal documentation enabling all interested parties to make an informed decision prior to bidding.
The Legal Pack will also outline the buyers’ obligations and sellers’ commitments.
It is strongly advised that you seek the counsel of a solicitor prior to proceeding with any property and/or Land Title purchase.
Auctioneers Additional Comments In order to secure the property and ensure commitment from the seller, upon exchange of contracts the successful bidder will be expected to pay a non-refundable deposit equivalent to 5% of the purchase price of the property.
The deposit will be a contribution to the purchase price.
A non-refundable reservation fee of up to 6% inc VAT (subject to a minimum of 6,000 inc VAT) is also required to be paid upon agreement of sale.
The Reservation Fee is in addition to the agreed purchase price and consideration should be made by the purchaser in relation to any Stamp Duty Land Tax liability associated with overall purchase costs.
Both the Marketing Agent and The Auctioneer may believe necessary or beneficial to the customer to pass their details to third party service suppliers, from which a referral fee may be obtained.
There is no requirement or indeed obligation to use these recommended suppliers or services.
EPC Rating: F Disclaimer IMPORTANT NOTE TO POTENTIAL PURCHASERS We endeavour to make our particulars accurate and reliable, however, references to appliances, fixtures or fittings are for guidance only and do not imply inclusion or that details are correct.
Buyers should satisfy themselves as to what is included. Please note - some images may have been computer-generated (CGI) and are indicative only.
Value & comps
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