Property description

* GREAT LOCATION!!! * HILLINGTON HOUSE: This good-sized detached family home is nestled in a most pleasant and popular village location and has been extended adding a fourth bedroom and an entrance porch. The present accommodation includes: an entrance porch, hallway, sitting room, L-shaped lounge/diner, conservatory, breakfast kitchen, downstairs cloakroom, master bedroom with en suite shower room, three further generous bedrooms and a bathroom. There's a single garage, off-road parking for five cars and the private rear garden enjoys rear views towards the local cricket field. Early viewing is highly recommended.

THE LOCATION
The desirable Leicestershire village of Appleby Magna is within easy access of the M42 motorway with links to Midland cities such as Birmingham, Coventry, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. Within walking distance of the house you'll find several public houses, a Post Office/convenience store. Nearby is the Ofsted 'Outstanding' rated Sir John Moore School'. Other private schools available in the area include: Twycross House, Manor House at Ashby de la Zouch and Dixie Grammar School at Market Bosworth. Further afield, there is Repton School. Country pursuits to be enjoyed in the area include: walking, horse riding, a water park, golf and tennis. Ashby canal is nearby and there are plans for a marina to be built at Bosworth.

ABOUT THE PROPERTY
This good-sized detached family home is nestled in a most pleasant and popular village location and has been extended about ten years ago adding a fourth bedroom and an entrance porch. There are plans available (consent has now lapsed and prospective purchasers would need to re-apply for permission) to extend the property further adding an additional bedroom, creating a larger kitchen and family bathroom, and building a detached double garage with access. The present accommodation includes: an entrance porch, hallway, sitting room, L-shaped lounge/diner, conservatory, breakfast kitchen, downstairs cloakroom, master bedroom with en suite shower room, three further generous bedrooms and a bathroom. There's a single garage, parking for five cars and the private rear garden enjoys rear views towards the local cricket field.

ACCOMMODATION IN DETAIL


The detached property is set back from the lane behind a good-sized lawned front garden with a centre Tarmac driveway offering off-road parking for up to five cars, leading to a detached single garage to the side.

ENCLOSED ENTRANCE PORCH - 7' 4'' x 6' 6'' (2.23m x 1.98m)
Entered via a UPVC opaque half-glazed door with stained glass and side window. A central heating radiator, tiled floor, door to the hall, and a further door to the:

CLOAKROOM/W.C.
Comprising a low-flush toilet and a pedestal wash hand basin. An extractor fan and a UPVC double glazed opaque side window.

RECEPTION HALLWAY - 0' 0'' x 0' 0'' (0.00m x 0.00m)
With a central heating radiator, ornate coving to the ceiling, stairs off to the first floor, a recessed wall shelf and white panelled doors leading to the sitting room, lounge/diner (and conservatory) and the:

BREAKFAST KITCHEN - 10' 9'' x 9' 7'' (3.27m x 2.92m)
Fitted with a range of base and drawer units and matching wall cupboards including a glass-foored display cabinet. There's a stainless steel sink and drainer with mixer tap, an inset four-ring ceramic hob with built-in Neff electric oven, stainless steel cooker splashback and a chimney extractor hood. Roll-edged worktops, tiled floor, halogen spotlights, space and plumbing for a washing machine and a spaces for a fridge and table and chairs. A door to an under-stairs pantry with shelves. Glass serving hatch to the adjacent dining room. A half-glazed opaque side exit door, and a UPVC double glazed bow window to the side elevation.

SITTING ROOM - 14' 10'' x 12' 7'' (4.52m x 3.83m)
With a central heating radiator, coved ceiling, TV aerial point and UPVC French doors leading outside onto the paved patio and private easterly-facing rear garden.

LOUNGE / DINING ROOM - 20' 2'' max x 16' 2'' (6.14m x 4.92m)
An L-shaped room measuring 7' 9\" at the narrowest point. The focal point is the marble-style fire surround with matching inset and hearth and incorporating a coal-effect electric fire. A central heating radiator, dual aspect UPVC double glazed windows to the side and rear elevations.


Double glazed sliding doors accessing the:

CONSERVATORY - 12' 0'' x 9' 6'' (3.65m x 2.89m)
A hardwood constructed conservatory with double glazed window panels and doors, laminate flooring, power points and lighting. Twin doors to the rear garden.


Returning to the entrance hall, stairs rise to the:

FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION

LANDING
With a telephone point, airing cupboard housing the Baxi gas combi boiler and shelves, and access to the loft storage space. A UPVC double glazed leaded stained glass front window, and a further window to the side aspect. Doors off leading to the four bedrooms and the family bathroom.

MASTER BEDROOM - 14' 9'' max x 12' 8'' max (4.49m x 3.86m)
(Measurements include the corner en suite shower room). This room was added about ten years ago. With a central heating radiator, coved ceiling and UPVC double glazed dual-aspect windows overlooking the front and rear gardens and views towards the cricket ground.


A door to the adjoining:

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM
Fitted with a modern white suite comprising: a fully tiled corner shower cubicle with electric shower, corner wall-hung wash basin and a low-flush toilet. Laminate tile-effect flooring, central heating radiator, part-tiled walls, extractor fan and a UPVC double glazed opaque front window.

BEDROOM TWO - 10' 3'' x 9' 10'' (3.12m x 2.99m)
With a central heating radiator, coved ceiling and a UPVC double glazed front window.

BEDROOM THREE - 8' 7'' x 8' 3'' (2.61m x 2.51m)
With a built-in recessed double wardrobe with shelf and bi-folding doors, central heating radiator and a UPVC double glazed window overlooking the rear garden.

BEDROOM FOUR - 9' 8'' x 7' 9'' (2.94m x 2.36m)
With a built-in recessed double wardrobe with shelf and bi-folding doors, central heating radiator and a UPVC double glazed side window.

FAMILY BATHROOM
Comprising: a panelled bath with separate hot and cold water taps, pedestal wash basin and a low-flush toilet. Laminate tile-effect flooring, central heating radiator, part-tiled walls and a UPVC double glazed opaque window to the side elevation.

OUTSIDE

FRONT GARDEN
An extensive lawned front garden with off-road parking for five cars, leading to the:

DETACHED SINGLE GARAGE
With up-and-over door, power and lighting.

SIDE GARDEN
A large paved patio area with a useful timber shed - ample space here to extend (subject to the relevant planning consent).

REAR GARDEN
A good-sized private rear garden facing in an easterly direction with views towards the cricket field at the rear. Mainly laid to lawn and having a variety of mature shrubs and conifer trees to the boundaries. Brick walling to two sides, and hedging to the remaining side.

PLANNING CONSENT
The current owners applied and were granted planning consent for a two-storey extension to their property to the side - adding a fifth bedroom and creating a larger lounge and kitchen. Permission has since lapsed, and new purchasers would need to re-apply for this work to be passed. It is believed that the local council would look favourably on such an application.

AND FINALLY...
The popular picturesque village of Appleby Magna is located on the borders of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire and has easy access to the M42 motorway at Junction 11. Viewing is enthusiastically recommended.

HOW TO GET THERE
From our NEWTON FALLOWELL office in the heart of ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH: Turn left into Market Street. Left at the second mini-island into Bath Street and Tamworth. Follow this road out of town for about a mile and, at the roundabout, turn right onto the M42 motorway towards Birmingham. In a few miles, turn off at Junction 11 (the A444) and take the first exit towards Measham. In just 100 metres turn right signposted to Appleby Magna. In half a mile or so, at the T-junction, turn right and right again into Church Lane passing the church on your left hand side. In approximately 200 metres, turn right into Bowleys Lane where the property (number one) is the second house on the left. Please note: There is NO For Sale sign outside the property. POST CODE for SATNAVS: DE12 7BE.

PLEASE NOTE:
SERVICES: All mains are connected. The services, systems and appliances listed in this specification have not been tested by Newton Fallowell and no guarantee as to their operating ability or their efficiency can be given. TENURE: Freehold - with vacant possession on completion. Newton Fallowell recommends that purchasers satisfy themselves as to the tenure of this property and we recommend they consult a legal representative such as a solicitor appointed in their purchase. MEASUREMENTS: Please note that room sizes are quoted in metres to the nearest tenth of a metre measured from wall to wall. The imperial equivalent is included as an approximate guide for applicants not fully conversant with the metric system. Room measurements are included as a guide to room sizes and are not intended to be used when ordering carpets or flooring. VIEWING: By strict appointment through the selling agent.

Property Features :

• Extended Four-Bedroomed Family Home
• Pleasant and Popular Village Location
• Sitting Room
• L-Shaped Lounge/Diner
• Hardwood Double Glazed Conservatory