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About
This semi detached home offers fantastic potential and is ideally positioned within easy reach of Kendal town centre.
Requiring renovation but offering great bones, the property presents an excellent opportunity to modernise and create a long term family home.
The location provides convenient access to a wide range of shops, schools and everyday amenities, along with straightforward links to the M6 motorway and the wider Lake District.
The ground floor includes a welcoming lounge with natural light to the front aspect. A separate dining room sits to the rear, offering a defined space for family meals or entertaining.
The kitchen adjoins the dining room and provides scope for redesign or potential reconfiguration, subject to any required consents.
Upstairs, there are three bedrooms comprising two comfortable double rooms and a single bedroom suitable as a child’s room, guest space or home office and a handy storage cupboard housing the gas central heating boiler.
The family bathroom is fitted with a bath, wash hand basin and WC, with plenty of opportunity to update and personalise. A loft space adds further potential for storage.
Externally, the property benefits from a garden providing outdoor space to enjoy and landscape to taste. A driveway offers off road parking as well as a car port leading to an outside workshop space.
Overall, this is a well-located home with clear potential in a sought-after market town setting. EPC rating D. Council tax band currently C.
EPC Rating: D Location From Underwood, head down Hazelwood Avenue and continue along until you reach Hillswood Avenue. Follow Hillswood Avenue to the end, then turn onto Vicarage Drive.
Number 170 is the second house you will see on the left-hand side.
Hall (0.94m x 1.40m) Living Room (3.62m x 5.28m) Kitchen (3.89m x 2.41m) Dining Room (2.92m x 2.74m) Landing (2.76m x 1.47m) Bedroom (2.73m x 2.10m) Bedroom (3.60m x 3.09m) Bedroom (3.27m x 2.88m) Bathroom (2.00m x 2.31m) Identification Checks Should a purchaser(s) have an offer accepted on a property marketed by thw Estate Agents they will need to undertake an identification check.
This is done to meet our obligation under Anti Money Laundering Regulations (aml) and is a legal requirement. We use a specialist third party service to verify your identity.
The cost of these checks is £43.20 inc. VAT per buyer, which is paid in advance, when an offer is agreed and prior to a sales memorandum being issued. This charge is non-refundable.
Services Mains electric, mains gas, mains water, mains drainage Parking - Car Port 14' 2" x 7' 9" (4.32m x 2.37m) Parking - Driveway
Value & comps
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Returns
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