House For Sale £465,000
A 3/4 bedroom, 2 bathroom detached family house with good sized living accommodation, driveway parking, garage, south westerly facing garden and countryside views. No chain.
Description
Ponds Reach is an attractive detached family house situated close to the edge of the popular and conveniently located rural village of Colkirk with fine far reaching views from the upstairs rooms over neighbouring countryside. The property has spacious well laid out ground floor accommodation comprising an entrance hall, cloakroom, kitchen/dining room with a separate utility room, sitting room and a good sized conservatory. Upstairs, a galleried landing leads to a principal bedroom with an en suite shower room, 3 further bedrooms (1 currently used as a study) and a family bathroom.
There is also the benefit of timber double glazed windows and doors, oil-fired central heating (boiler was replaced in the last couple of years), a wood burning stove in the sitting room, pine 4 panel internal doors, solid oak flooring to the ground floor with all curtains and blinds being included in the sale (excluding the net curtains in the conservatory).
Outside, a brick cobbled driveway provides parking for several cars with an attached garage and a south westerly facing garden to the rear.
Ponds Reach is being offered for sale with no onward chain.
Situation
Colkirk is an active rural village, approximately 2 1/2 miles from the busy popular market town of Fakenham with all of its amenities such as health facilities, schools and sixth form college, churches, a cinema, library, restaurants, public houses, major supermarkets, traditional food shops, and markets. There is also a racecourse and garden centre close by in the village of Hempton. Colkirk has a variety of period and modern properties and offers pre-school and village primary school, a country public house, village hall, church and a traditional village green with a small well equipped play area. There is also a large recreation field and allotments. The village has its own website which advertises walking groups, keep fit and craft groups and, being surrounded by open farmland, there are plenty of walking opportunities. The north Norfolk coast, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is approximately 12 miles away with its large sandy beaches and small coastal villages with a wide variety of recreational facilities.
Entrance hall
A timber door with leaded glazed panels leads from the front of the property into the entrance hall with a staircase to the first floor landing, understairs storage cupboard, solid oak flooring and a window to the front.
Cloakroom
Pedestal wash basin, WC, solid oak flooring, radiator, extractor and a window to the side with obscured glass.
Kitchen/dining room
5.65m x 3.89m (18' 6" x 12' 9") A good sized focal point of the house with solid oak flooring and recessed ceiling lights. Comprising:
Kitchen area - A range of painted base and wall units with laminate worktops incorporating a sink unit with chrome mixer tap, tiled splashbacks. Brick fireplace housing a dark blue oil-fired Aga with a tiled splashback, further electric double oven with hob (included in sale). Integrated dishwasher, space for a freestanding fridge freezer (the existing Gorenje appliance is available by separate negotiation), window overlooking the rear garden. Open plan to:
Dining area - Room for a dining table and chairs, radiator, French doors leading out to the rear garden, door to the entrance hall and glazed double doors to the sitting room.
Utility room
2.82m x 1.63m (9' 3" x 5' 4") Pine base units with laminate worktops incorporating a stainless steel sink unit, tiled splashbacks, space and plumbing for a washing machine, Grant oil-fired combi boiler. Radiator, extractor, window to the front and a partly glazed door leading out to the driveway to the side of the property.
Sitting room
6.96m x 3.67m (22' 10" x 12') Another impressive room with a red brick fireplace housing a wood burning stove on a pamment tiled hearth, 2 radiators, TV and telephone points. Window to the front, door to the entrance hall and French doors leading into:
Conservatory
4.39m x 3.42m (14' 5" x 11' 3") Double glazed windows in painted timber frames with a polycarbonate roof, tiled floor, fan light, 2 electric radiators and French doors leading out to the rear garden.
First floor landing
Galleried first floor landing with a large cupboard with airing shelves and louvred double doors, radiator and a window to the front.
Bedroom 1
3.85m x 2.83m (12' 8" x 9' 3") Dormer window overlooking the rear garden with countryside views beyond, radiator and a door leading into:
En suite shower room
Shower cubicle with a chrome mixer shower, pedestal wash basin, WC, tiled floor and walls, chrome towel radiator, shaver point, extractor and a window to the side with obscured glass.
Bedroom 2
3.79m x 3.67m (12' 5" x 12') Dormer window overlooking the rear garden with countryside views beyond, radiator, TV and telephone points, loft hatch.
Bedroom 3
3.67m x 3.07m (12' x 10' 1") at widest points. Dormer window to the front, radiator.
Bedroom 4/study
2.84m x 2.73m (9' 4" x 8' 11") Currently used as a study with a dormer window overlooking the rear garden with countryside views beyond, radiator.
Family bathroom
Suite comprising a shaped bath with a shower mixer tap and glass shower screen over, pedestal wash basin and WC. Tiled floor and walls, chrome towel radiator, shaver point, extractor and a dormer window to the front with obscured glass.
Outside
Ponds Reach is set back from the road behind a mature hedge with a driveway to the side leading to a brick cobbled forecourt providing parking for several cars and leading to the attached garage and front entrance door with a storm porch over. There is a small lawn to the side with shrub beds and fenced boundaries.
A tall pedestrian gate to the side of the property leads to the south westerly facing rear garden. The garden backs onto countryside and comprises a paved terrace opening out from the conservatory and kitchen/dining room French doors with a lawn beyond. Mature shrub borders, fenced and hedged boundaries, outside tap and lighting, small timber garden shed, plastic oil storage tank and pedestrian access to the garage.
Garage
5.20m x 2.68m (17' 1" x 8' 10")
Attached garage with an up and over door to the front, power and light, window and a pedestrian door to the rear garden.
Services
Mains water, mains drainage and mains electricity. Oil-fired central heating to radiators. EPC Rating Band D.
Local authority
Breckland District Council, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1EE. Tel: Council Tax Band E.
Description
Ponds Reach is an attractive detached family house situated close to the edge of the popular and conveniently located rural village of Colkirk with fine far reaching views from the upstairs rooms over neighbouring countryside. The property has spacious well laid out ground floor accommodation comprising an entrance hall, cloakroom, kitchen/dining room with a separate utility room, sitting room and a good sized conservatory. Upstairs, a galleried landing leads to a principal bedroom with an en suite shower room, 3 further bedrooms (1 currently used as a study) and a family bathroom.
There is also the benefit of timber double glazed windows and doors, oil-fired central heating (boiler was replaced in the last couple of years), a wood burning stove in the sitting room, pine 4 panel internal doors, solid oak flooring to the ground floor with all curtains and blinds being included in the sale (excluding the net curtains in the conservatory).
Outside, a brick cobbled driveway provides parking for several cars with an attached garage and a south westerly facing garden to the rear.
Ponds Reach is being offered for sale with no onward chain.
Situation
Colkirk is an active rural village, approximately 2 1/2 miles from the busy popular market town of Fakenham with all of its amenities such as health facilities, schools and sixth form college, churches, a cinema, library, restaurants, public houses, major supermarkets, traditional food shops, and markets. There is also a racecourse and garden centre close by in the village of Hempton. Colkirk has a variety of period and modern properties and offers pre-school and village primary school, a country public house, village hall, church and a traditional village green with a small well equipped play area. There is also a large recreation field and allotments. The village has its own website which advertises walking groups, keep fit and craft groups and, being surrounded by open farmland, there are plenty of walking opportunities. The north Norfolk coast, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is approximately 12 miles away with its large sandy beaches and small coastal villages with a wide variety of recreational facilities.
Entrance hall
A timber door with leaded glazed panels leads from the front of the property into the entrance hall with a staircase to the first floor landing, understairs storage cupboard, solid oak flooring and a window to the front.
Cloakroom
Pedestal wash basin, WC, solid oak flooring, radiator, extractor and a window to the side with obscured glass.
Kitchen/dining room
5.65m x 3.89m (18' 6" x 12' 9") A good sized focal point of the house with solid oak flooring and recessed ceiling lights. Comprising:
Kitchen area - A range of painted base and wall units with laminate worktops incorporating a sink unit with chrome mixer tap, tiled splashbacks. Brick fireplace housing a dark blue oil-fired Aga with a tiled splashback, further electric double oven with hob (included in sale). Integrated dishwasher, space for a freestanding fridge freezer (the existing Gorenje appliance is available by separate negotiation), window overlooking the rear garden. Open plan to:
Dining area - Room for a dining table and chairs, radiator, French doors leading out to the rear garden, door to the entrance hall and glazed double doors to the sitting room.
Utility room
2.82m x 1.63m (9' 3" x 5' 4") Pine base units with laminate worktops incorporating a stainless steel sink unit, tiled splashbacks, space and plumbing for a washing machine, Grant oil-fired combi boiler. Radiator, extractor, window to the front and a partly glazed door leading out to the driveway to the side of the property.
Sitting room
6.96m x 3.67m (22' 10" x 12') Another impressive room with a red brick fireplace housing a wood burning stove on a pamment tiled hearth, 2 radiators, TV and telephone points. Window to the front, door to the entrance hall and French doors leading into:
Conservatory
4.39m x 3.42m (14' 5" x 11' 3") Double glazed windows in painted timber frames with a polycarbonate roof, tiled floor, fan light, 2 electric radiators and French doors leading out to the rear garden.
First floor landing
Galleried first floor landing with a large cupboard with airing shelves and louvred double doors, radiator and a window to the front.
Bedroom 1
3.85m x 2.83m (12' 8" x 9' 3") Dormer window overlooking the rear garden with countryside views beyond, radiator and a door leading into:
En suite shower room
Shower cubicle with a chrome mixer shower, pedestal wash basin, WC, tiled floor and walls, chrome towel radiator, shaver point, extractor and a window to the side with obscured glass.
Bedroom 2
3.79m x 3.67m (12' 5" x 12') Dormer window overlooking the rear garden with countryside views beyond, radiator, TV and telephone points, loft hatch.
Bedroom 3
3.67m x 3.07m (12' x 10' 1") at widest points. Dormer window to the front, radiator.
Bedroom 4/study
2.84m x 2.73m (9' 4" x 8' 11") Currently used as a study with a dormer window overlooking the rear garden with countryside views beyond, radiator.
Family bathroom
Suite comprising a shaped bath with a shower mixer tap and glass shower screen over, pedestal wash basin and WC. Tiled floor and walls, chrome towel radiator, shaver point, extractor and a dormer window to the front with obscured glass.
Outside
Ponds Reach is set back from the road behind a mature hedge with a driveway to the side leading to a brick cobbled forecourt providing parking for several cars and leading to the attached garage and front entrance door with a storm porch over. There is a small lawn to the side with shrub beds and fenced boundaries.
A tall pedestrian gate to the side of the property leads to the south westerly facing rear garden. The garden backs onto countryside and comprises a paved terrace opening out from the conservatory and kitchen/dining room French doors with a lawn beyond. Mature shrub borders, fenced and hedged boundaries, outside tap and lighting, small timber garden shed, plastic oil storage tank and pedestrian access to the garage.
Garage
5.20m x 2.68m (17' 1" x 8' 10")
Attached garage with an up and over door to the front, power and light, window and a pedestrian door to the rear garden.
Services
Mains water, mains drainage and mains electricity. Oil-fired central heating to radiators. EPC Rating Band D.
Local authority
Breckland District Council, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1EE. Tel: Council Tax Band E.
