3-bedroom bungalow · LD1 6BY
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A 3-bed Woolaway detached bungalow with a Conservatory, electric heating, Solar PV, PVC double-glazing, pleasant outlook, garage, car port, ample parking and private rear garden, located on the Northern outskirts.
NOTE: Only Suitable for cash buyers due to non standard construction.
An attractive detached bungalow built around 1970 by Woolaway from prefabricated concrete panels with mainly rendered and whitewashed elevations, under a concrete tiled roof.
It has been enhanced with a conservatory, Solar PV, Solar hot water, PVC double-glazing and briefly provides: - Entrance Hall, Lounge, Kitchen, Inner Hall, Conservatory, two double Bedrooms, one single Bedroom, Bathroom and separate Toilet; In addition there is a detached Garage, lean-to Car Port, large tarmac parking area and a private South-facing rear garden with a lawn, flower borders, mature evergreen and flowering shrubs, patio, three storage sheds and screen fencing.
Council Tax - Band D EPC - E ( 50 ) This bungalow has a South-facing rear garden and is located on an individual plot that backs onto a mature estate on the North-western outskirts of town, about a 700 yard walk from Tesco and the High School and 0.8 mile from the town centre.
It is accessed over a private drive which is shared with the bungalow on the Eastern side and is set well back from North Avenue.
This is a link road with 20 mph speed limit and there is woodland on the opposite side of the road.
Llandrindod Wells is the County Town of and administrative centre of Powys, giving it a better range of shopping and business facilities than would be expected for a town of around 5150 residents, to include a Tesco Superstore, Aldi Supermarket, successful schools, Hospital and Railway Station (Shrewsbury to Swansea line).
The Rightmove survey of 2015 declared LD1 (Llandrindod Wells postal area) to be “the friendliest place to move to in the UK” and their surveys of 2019, 2020 and 2021 declared Llandrindod Wells to be “Happiest Town in Wales” (Note - Fifth and fourth overall respectively for whole of UK).
Leisure facilities within a 11 mile radius include a Theatre, Cinema, Library, active U3A, three Sports Centres, indoor and outdoor bowls (International quality), two 18-hole Golf Courses (one with a driving range), Game and Coarse fishing.
The market towns of Builth Wells, Rhayader, Knighton, Brecon and Newtown are approximately 8, 10, 19, 25 and 26 miles distant.
The City of Hereford, Abergavenny and coastal resort of Aberystwyth are all about an hour’s drive, with Cardiff, Swansea, Worcester and the Severn Bridge all just over a 1¾-hour drive ( Note - Dependent on traffic conditions and any new WAG speed limits ).
Entrance Hall Having a recessed PVC double-glazed door, cloak hooks, telephone point and doors to the Inner Hall and Lounge 4.32m x 4.3m Having a small multi-fuel stove set in a Bradstone fireplace, electric panel heater, television point, picture window to North (front), Aluminium double-glazed window to West (Car Port), two green coloured floor cupboards, two matching wall cupboards and part glazed door to Kitchen 4.32m x 1.8m Having a range of green coloured painted cabinets incorporating four base cupboards, three wall cupboards, inset stainless steel sink, worktop with tiled surround, electric cooker point, plumbing for a washing machine, built-in pantry (with shelving and Solar PV controls), extractor fan, cloak hooks, window to South (rear), PVC double-glazed door to the Car Port (West) and door to Inner Hall / Dining Area 2.9m x 2.77m Having a wall mounted gas boiler (supplementing hot water), built-in cupboard (with over-sized hot water tank), doors to the bedrooms and bathroom, access to loft and PVC double-glazed door to Conservatory 2.74m x 2.7m A PVC double-glazed lean-to model built off dwarf walls with a polycarbonate roof and sliding patio doors to the East and West.
Bathroom Having a white pedestal wash basin and panelled bath with disability access door and an electric shower over, together with half tiled walls, electric panel heater and window.
Seperate Toilet Having a toilet and window. Bedroom 1 (rear) 2.77m x 2.3m Having a panel heater. Bedroom 2 (front) 3.33m x 3.3m Having a panel heater.
Bedroom 3 (front) 3.3m x 2.74m Outside Engleberg is set behind a neatly clipped hedge and is approached over a private tarmac drive (which is shared with and owned by the bungalow next door).
To the front there is a large tarmac parking and turning area, with flower borders along the Northern and Western sides.
The South-facing rear garden is accessed through door between the garage and the bungalow, and through the Car Port that is located on the Western side.
It has a paved patio, a low retaining wall topped with a flower border, level lawn, mature shrubs, Raspberry bed, two Garden Sheds (8’ x 8’ and 8’ x 6’) and Log Store (8’ x 8’), surrounded by screen fencing.
Detached Garage 4.88m x 2.44m Built from sectional concrete panels with a corrugated asbestos roof, up and over door, personal door, workbench, two windows, florescent light and double power point.
Tenure Freehold with vacant possession on completion. Fixtures & Fittings described in this brochure are included in the price.
Services Mains gas, electricity, water, drainage and telephone are connected. Fischer Electric panel heaters with Solar PV panels. Gas boiler and Solar hot water panels for hot water.
Note - The Agents have not tested the installations. Note: WAG is trying to get owners to switch from fossil fuel to electric.
The 2017 EPC when Engleberg had a mains gas central heating was Band C (69).
Local Authority Powys County Council, County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5LG Tel: Council Tax Band ‘D’ ( £2,242.42 for 2025 / 26 )
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