Property description
Potential chain-free sale. Highly convenient for the town centre and train station, an older style detached bungalow of character requiring modernisation in a level residential road with a garage and on-site parking.
Description
The property offers single storey accommodation with all the rooms independently accessed from the central hall yet also has potential, subject to any planning or building control, for enlargement including the two floored attic areas, which of both have windows. Additional characteristics retained include fireplaces, bay windows, several picture rails and recessed panelled doors. The bungalow already has the benefit both of a gas heating system with the majority of the radiators incorporating thermostatic valves, and of double glazing with fanlight style windows. The on-site space for cars is an added bonus particularly with a property so close to the town centre and all its attributes.
Location
Nestling just away from the town's thoroughfares, the bungalow is in the proximity of the top of the town within 350 yards of Crown Hill, the High Street and is within a section of Victoria Road consisting of mainly detached and varying aged properties. The station with its commuter link to London Waterloo (minimum journey time 67 minutes) is within 0.35 mile with an adjacent Waitrose store. The immediate neighbourhood includes St Lawrence Church with its primary school and Amery Hill Senior School opposite, Alton Infant School, Alton College, shops on Normandy Street, the 17th Century Quaker Meeting House, Palace Cinema, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church and Alton House Hotel. The town centre has major and family shops, stores such as Boots, Iceland, M & S and Sainsbury's, weekly open air markets and specialist/farmers events, a library, cultural facilities, churches, restaurants, hotels and inns. A bustling market town at the head of the Wey Valley, Alton has a long and interesting history. It was the site of action in the English Civil War and Jane Austen lived in nearby Chawton. For health and leisure, there is a sports centre, doctors surgeries, fitness studios and two golf courses on the outskirts.
Ground Floor
Entrance Vestibule
Front aspect. Glazed front door with matching pair of tall side windows. Quarry tiled floor, courtesy light. Part glazed inner door with transom window to:-
Central Hall - 28' 5'' x 2' 11'' (8.65m x 0.89m)
Excluding bathroom door recess. Ideal digital thermostat/programmer, radiator. High level electric meter and fusebox. Door to rear lobby.
Sitting Room - 14' 3'' x 10' 4'' (4.34m x 3.15m)
Including triple front aspect bay window and tiled fireplace with chimney breast (gas fire not operational). Picture rails, shelved and arched ornament niche beside fireplace. Radiator.
Dining Room - 11' 11'' x 10' 4'' (3.63m x 3.15m)
Including chimney breast and fitted ledged wooden cupboards at side. Side aspect. Radiator, display niche, panelled entry door.
Kitchen - 10' 0'' x 7' 7'' (3.05m x 2.31m)
Twin aspect - main over rear garden. Fitted oak style laminated worktop, stainless steel single drainer sink, double base cupboard and drawer. Fitted collection of further floor cupboards with beechblock effect laminated worktop and several wall cupboards and angled corner cupboard concealing gas meter. Part tiled splashbacks. Recessed shelving in former doorway. Gas cooker point, plumbing for washing machine, space for fridge freezer. Part glazed sliding entry door.
Rear Lobby
Quarry tiled floor, picture rails, coat hooks. Part single glazed door to rear garden.
Bedroom One - 14' 3'' x 10' 4'' (4.34m x 3.15m)
Including triple front aspect bay window and former fireplace with brick raised hearth and mantel sill, hanging rail at side. Oak floorboards, coved ceiling, radiator, TV aerial lead, telephone point (subject to connection).
Bedroom Two - 11' 11'' x 10' 4'' (3.63m x 3.15m)
Including tiled fireplace with chimney breast, matching hearth and mantelpiece. Side aspect. Picture rails, radiator.
Bathroom - 7' 8'' x 7' 5'' (2.34m x 2.26m)
Side window. White suite of panelled bath with mixers/shower attachment, and wash basin, cupboard below. Coved ceiling, radiator. Fitted wall cupboard housing Ideal Logic + gas combination boiler. Recessed panelled entry door.
Separate WC - 4' 7'' x 2' 5'' (1.40m x 0.74m)
Rear window. White WC with high level cistern. Radiator, vinyl flooring.
First Floor
From central hall, fitted wooden steps with pair of hinged traps to attic area. Consisting of:-
Attic Area One - 15' 9'' x 12' 11'' (4.80m x 3.93m)
Maximum floor area. Front aspect.
Attic Area Two - 16' 5'' x 12' 5'' (5.00m x 3.78m)
Maximum floor area including fitted cupboard leading to eaves at side. Rear aspect. Light.
Outside
Front Parking
Brick pavioured area providing off road parking for at least one car. Raised angled corner area. Paved front step.
Detached Garage - 16' 4'' x 8' 7'' (4.97m x 2.61m)
Externally. Located at the rear with up-and-over door. Pavioured recess for bins.
Rear Garden - 59' 0'' x 32' 0'' (17.97m x 9.75m)
Including garage. There are lawns with flower borders including brick wall raised beds, concreted patio area outside back door with floodlight, outside tap and gate to side. Base for summerhouse (summerhouse & metal archway excluded from sale). Concreted and paved paths. To the rear of the garage, there is an area suitable for a vegetable garden with timber shed, several bushes and evergreens.
Local Authority
East Hampshire District Council, Penns Place, Durford Road, Petersifield, Hants. GU31 4EX. www.easthants.gov.uk Tel: 01730 266551.
NB
We have been unable to confirm whether certain items included with this property are in full working order. Any prospective purchaser must accept that the property is offered for sale on this basis.
Directions
From the Palace Cinema/Alton Police Station mini-roundabout, at the Eastern end of Drayman's Way/Orchard Lane, exit towards Alton College on Normandy Street but immediately turn right into Victoria Road. At the T-junction, turn right into Victoria Road where the property is 100 yards on the left.
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