4-bedroom house · AL1 5QE
Listing removedReduced £50k (−5.9%) on 20 JunListed 204 days
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About
Offered for sale with no onward chain, this wonderful family home offers versatile accommodation including a welcoming entrance hall, useful utility room, stunning open-plan kitchen/dining room with central island and bi-fold doors overlooking the rear garden, a further spacious reception room and an inner hallway and downstairs shower room which complete the ground floor.
On the first floor, you have four spacious bedrooms and a modern family bathroom.
To the front you have a large bloc-paved driveway providing off-street parking for multiple cars and to the rear you have an enclosed south-facing garden with a stylish patio, which is laid to artificial lawn and features a well‐designed, spacious and versatile garden room ideal as an office for those wishing to work from home, relaxation area, hobby room, gym or studio.
Cell Barnes Lane is located on the Eastern fringes of St Albans, moments from outstanding local schooling and open parkland.
The address proves popular with young families and is located within walking distance of Cunningham Hill Infant and Junior School and Samuel Ryder Academy and comfortable distance of the mainline station and the City centre.
It also provides easy access to the various motorway links.
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Properties like this can earn 2–3x BTL yields when converted to HMO, with retrofit costs around £10k/room. Sign in to see the full tier, yield projection, and cost breakdown.
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About 100, Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans
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