Property description

LAUNCH DAY FOR VIEWINGS Sat. 10th January by prior appointment. Standing proudly back in an enclosed corner plot, a well matured detached house combining 3 bedroom accommodation and gardens both of generous proportions with a sought after setting in The Butts area.

Description
This family sized home sits behind a tree studded green esplanade with a broad return frontage to Downsway, a residential road leading to The Butts Primary School. Believed to have been built in about the mid 1960's by Janes, the property has a slightly larger ground floor footprint and yet lends itself to some cosmetic improvement and enlargement subject to the necessary investigations and consents. The accommodation enjoys vistas over its own garden, whilst additional facets include part replacement double glazing with fanlights to most of the rooms, a gas heating system with thermostatically controlled radiators, cavity wall insulation and plastic finished facias and barge boards to the upper elevations. The house is one of five of a similar design in an established residential area of mainly detached and semi-detached houses of varying sizes.

Location
A green lies between the house and Whitedown Lane, which is towards the Western country outskirts of Alton. Adjoining Downsway leads to a small network on no-through roads also providing shortcut footpaths to the town centre. The Butts area of Alton is frequently requested for reasons of its proximity to schooling, The Butts - an historic green, Alton Sports Centre, walks in nearby Ackender Wood, and strategic road routes including the A339 to Basingstoke, the A31 Winchester-Guildford axis and the B3349 leading to the M3 Junction 5. The neighbourhood also has bus services, the French Horn Inn, Chawton Park Surgery, the Jubilee playing fields and local interest clubs such as indoor bowls, guides and scouts. Steeped in English Civil War and Jane Austen history, Alton town centre is within a 0.8 mile drive away with its varied range of shops, M&S and Sainsbury's stores, weekly street and farmers market events, and pubs and eateries. The town also has a station (Waterloo line), senior schools, Alton Convent and College, a Waitrose and retail park, library, cultural centres and two outlying golf courses.

Ground Floor

Enclosed Porch - 9' 0'' x 4' 2'' (2.74m x 1.27m)
Sensor outside floodlight. Replacement part glazed panelled front door with matching windows either side to porch. Further side window, quarry tiled floor, exposed brickwork, wall light point. Part arched glazed panelled wooden door with glazed side screen to:-

Reception Hall - 13' 4'' x 6' 3'' (4.06m x 1.90m) including stairway
Coved ceiling, radiator, telephone socket (subject to connection). Built-in electric meter and fusebox double cupboards. Alarm control panel (not operational).

Sitting Room - 17' 2'' x 12' 8'' (5.23m x 3.86m)
Front aspect. Marble theme fireplace with matching hearth and elegant wood finished dentil mantelpiece (coal effect gas fire disconnected - not operational). 2 double wall light points, coved ceiling, TV aerial socket, radiator. Archway to:-

Dining Room - 11' 10'' x 10' 4'' (3.60m x 3.15m)
Including chimney breast. Rear garden aspect via replacement sliding patio door opening to sun terrace/rear garden. Coved ceiling, radiator, dimmer switch. Serving hatch to kitchen.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room - 11' 8'' x 10' 8'' (3.55m x 3.25m)
Overlooking rear garden. Presenting light woodgrain effect fitted units with beech style laminated worktops and trims, providing extensive floor cupboards, drawers, tray space, corner larder, inset Franke stainless steel single drainer sink with mixer, worktop light and matching double pelmetted wall cabinets incorporating vented cooker hood and angled end display shelves. Concealed Kinetico Compak water softener. Tiled splashbacks, coved ceiling, radiator. Gas cooker point, space for fridge/freezer, vinyl flooring, supplementary strip light. Wall hung replacement Worcester Greenstar Ri gas condensing boiler, digital programmer. Half glazed door to:-

Utility room - 9' 1'' x 4' 7'' (2.77m x 1.40m) excluding door recess
Rear aspect. Radiator, cork flooring, strip light, pine panelled ceiling. Fitted onyx effect laminated worktop, plumbing for washing machine, space for condenser dryer, both on tiled base. Personal door to garage. Part bevelled single glazed panelled door to outside - side path.

Cloakroom - 5' 4'' x 3' 4'' (1.62m x 1.02m)
Replacement rear window. Suite of WC and corner hand basin, tiled splashback, cork flooring, extractor fan.

First Floor

Galleried Landing - 9' 9'' x 6' 0'' (2.97m x 1.83m)
Main area including stairwell. Approached from hall via straight spindle wooden balustraded stairs with pine handrail to matching galleried landing. Side window, coved ceiling. Built-in airing cupboard - light, shelving, hanging rail, recessed hot water cylinder, immersion heater. Hinged hatch with fitted sliding aluminium ladder to loft - lighting.

Bedroom One - 14' 9'' x 12' 8'' (4.49m x 3.86m)
Including beaded finished fitted series of 3 double and 1 single wardrobe with shelving/cupboards above. Also fitted matching twin pedestal dressing table and bedhead linked pair of bedside lockers. Two replacement windows - front aspect over tree studded green and Whitedown Lane beyond - angled view towards Ackender Wood. 4 wall light points, coved ceiling, radiator. Built-in shelved linen cupboard.

Bedroom Two - 14' 9'' x 10' 8'' (4.49m x 3.25m) overall
Including fitted part shelved double wardrobe - sliding doors. Rear garden aspect. Vitramid vitreous china pedestal wash basin. Radiator.

Bedroom Three - 8' 11'' x 8' 2'' (2.72m x 2.49m)
Front aspect via replacement window over tree studded green to Whitedown Lane. Radiator.

Bathroom - 5' 11'' x 5' 5'' (1.80m x 1.65m)
Replacement rear and side windows. Suite of panelled bath and washbasin, tiling to visible walls, shaver socket, 2 mini-fluorescent lights, radiator.

Separate WC - 5' 5'' x 2' 9'' (1.65m x 0.84m)
White suite. Replacement rear window.

Outside

Adjoining Garage - 18' 11'' x 8' 10'' (5.76m x 2.69m)
Replacement side window. Remote controlled up-and-over door, 2 strip lights, recessed gas meter, double power point. Personal door to utility room.

Good Sized Gardens
The front garden is contained within brick walls and part trellis topped timber fencing and provides a lawn with adjoining shrubberies and herringbone brick pavioured driveway/car space via pair of metalwork gates creating an enclosed environment. Paved path with brick arched metalwork gate leads to rear garden which measures 68 ft depth x 45 ft width across sun terrace. The extensive crazy paved raised sun terrace recesses with a wide paved area to the far side. There is a rectangular bed and outside tap with attractive curved stone wall and steps descending to large lawn which is flanked by a wide variety of specimen shrubs and small/ornamental trees. Timber garden shed. Rear garden enclosed by timber closeboarded and lapped fence.

Directions
From the Western end of High Street, Alton beside the M&S Simply Food store, proceed away from the town on Butts Road towards Winchester. At The Butts green, proceed under the railway bridge and immediately exit the mini-roundabout right handed towards Basingstoke onto Whitedown Lane passing the French Horn Inn. Then turn second right into Downsway, where the house is set back on the right hand corner.

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