This well presented, established property presents with brick elevations and a tiled roof. It has benefitted from many improvements in recent years, with works including re-fitting the Kitchen/Breakfast Room and Bathroom, adding a Conservatory, which is currently used a s a Dining Room, and converting an outhouse into a useful Utility/Wc, with Study space. This property featuring a generous SOUTH-WEST facing rear garden, is conveniently located for nearby amenities, including schooling, shops, leisure centre, supermarkets, and is on a regular bus route, and would suit first-time buyers, a young family, or investment purchaser.
Proceed out of Bury St Edmunds along Fornham Road and at the traffic lights turn left into Tollgate Lane. Continue along and take the right turning into Lancaster Avenue. Turn left immediately into Northumberland Avenue and proceed along. Continue past the Methodist Church, on the left and the property is located after a short distance on the left.
Approached via an outer canopy with UPVC part glazed front door. Stairs to first floor, telephone point, consumer unit, radiator.
Ornamental fireplace with surround, TV point, display recess, telephone extension, radiator, UPVC window to front.
Re-fitted with range of pale grey 'Shaker' style base units in Farrow & Ball colour pallette, composite work surfaces and upstand splashbacks, inset single drainer sink unit with 'Flexi-mixer tap, inset Smeg ceramic hob with stainless steel splashguard, built-in Smeg electric oven/grill, pan drawers, slimline wine cooler, integrated fridge/freezer, plumbing for dishwasher, polished porcelain tiled floor, built-in understairs larder cupboard with shelving and small window to side, LED downlights, wall mounted gas combination boiler, modern vertical radiator, UPVC window to rear, UPVC part glazed door to side and rear garden. Arch to:
Brick plinth, polished porcelain tiled floor, modern vertical radiator, UPVC windows to side and rear, UPVC glazed double doors to side and rear garden.
Access to part-boarded loft space with ladder and light, UPVC window to side.
Built-in storage cupboard, shelved storage recess, TV aerial, radiator, UPVC window to front.
Radiator, UPVC window to rear.
Re-fitted with white suite comprising P-shaped panelled bath with mixer tap, glazed screen and mixer shower attachment, wc, vanity unit wash basin with mixer tap, fully tiled walls, tiled floor, LED downlights, extractor fan, chrome vertical radiator/towel rail, UPVC window to rear.
To the front the garden is enclosed by dwarf brick walls and hedging, being laid mainly to lawn with border and shingle bed, with adjacent shingle area and pathway to the front door. The current owners use part of this front garden for parking, and this area offers potential for a drop-curb to be added, and then to be converted into a driveway and parking area, for up to two cars. A gate provides side access to the large SOUTH-WEST facing rear garden. This is enclosed by fencing, being laid principally to lawn with borders, generous paved patio areas, TIMBER SHED and outside water tap. A former BRICK STORAGE SHED 2.87m (9'5") x 2.13m (7'0"), has been cleverly converted, to provide a UTILITY/WC and STUDY AREA.
UTILITY AREA: 9'1" x 6'7" red to 4'5" (2.77m x 2.01m red to 1.35m), with base and wall mounted units, work surface, inset 11/2 bowl stainless steel sink unit with 'Swan-neck' style mixer tap, plumbing for washing machine, space for tumble dryer, space for fridge/freezer, wood laminate floor, UPVC part glazed door to garden.
WC: White wc, wood laminate floor.
STUDY AREA: 7'4 x 3'2" (2.24m x 0.97m), with wood laminate floor, fitted shelving, work surface, LED downlights, electric heater, UPVC window to rear.
AGENT'S NOTE: The vendor has informed us that mains gas, water, electricity and drainage are connected. The council tax band is understood to be Band B.
Sitting amidst beautiful countryside, Bury St Edmunds is an historic town and the second largest in Suffolk. Surrounded by many picturesque villages, some of which offer good local amenities, it offers a wide range of cultural, educational and recreational facilities.
Features of particular note include St Edmundsbury Cathedral with its Millenium Tower, the famous Abbey Gardens with the original ruins and The Georgian Theatre Royal, which has recently been the subject of a restoration programme and The Apex, a live performance venue for concerts, comedy and dance, together with a contemporary art gallery. In addition, there are two cinemas, one of which is a multi-screen complex and a sports centre.
Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding villages boast excellent schools and further education is catered for at the West Suffolk College.
The town benefits from extremely good shopping facilities with a twice weekly market and a wide range of independent traders, national chains, five supermarkets and the arc shopping centre, opened in 2009. In addition, there are many pubs and restaurants which cater for a variety of tastes.
The A14 dual carriageway heading west from Bury St Edmunds provides easy access to Newmarket, Cambridge, the Midlands, Stansted Airport and London, via the M11. Stowmarket and Ipswich, both with direct rail links to London's Liverpool Street, the East Coast and the A12 are all readily accessed by heading east.
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